Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine and the author of "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing." Thailand's tourist industry ...

Design trends come and go, but the biggest trends in tile this year are made to last. At Coverings 2025—the largest ceramic tile and natural stone event in North America—Custom Builder had the ...

Sunday’s “The White Lotus” season finale offered plenty of drama. And the affluent characters aren’t the only ones who’ve been on a journey — the luxury labels and elite institutions ...

The final episode of The White Lotus will air this weekend. While viewers will be tuning in for closure on this year’s lorazepam-fueled storyline, a number of eagle-eyed marketers will be ...

President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs are a day away – and they’ll go into effect sooner than some had expected. As in, immediately, the White House said Tuesday. Although many details ...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration still intends for reciprocal tariffs to take effect on April 2, a White House official said, clarifying comments from Treasury Secretary ...

KOH SAMUI, Thailand -- "'The White Lotus' will put Thailand, and particularly Koh Samui, back on the map," says Jasjit Assi, general manager of the Fo ...

Four Seasons Maui at Wailea in Hawaii — where season one was shot — told BI that it knows the "White Lotus effect" well. A spokesperson said it experienced a 425% increase in website visits ...

with many dubbing this phenomenon 'The White Lotus Effect.' The White Lotus has made a name by setting each season in glamorous, far-flung locations. Earlier, it was Hawai and Sicily, and now ...

It's being called the "White Lotus effect": the way that major TV shows influence the way we travel, thanks to the hit TV show that's back on 16 February 2025. The black comedy-drama, written by ...

Discovery, driving ratings, revenue and corporate partnerships, the so-called “White Lotus” effect has also provided a boost to the local economies of the sun-drenched places where the show films.

There’s nothing like the feeling of stepping out of the barber shop with a fresh haircut. Whether you’re going in for a mohawk or a flat-top fade, the Black barbershop has long been considered ...