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Travelodge hotels under threat from rivals

Bloomberg The landlords of as many as 40 Travelodge hotels are planning to replace them with a serviced apartment operator following a bitter row with the budget hotel chain over rent cuts, according to the Daily Telegraph. Various unnamed landlords are in discussions with Room2, which wants to launch a low-cost version of its “hometel” concept, which combines serviced apartments ...

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Google, Amazon, J&J join WHO to fight Covid-era smoking

Bloomberg With the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning the globe’s 1.3 billion tobacco users are at higher risk during the global Covid-19 pandemic and in need of new tools to quit, it’s calling in the big guns: Johnson & Johnson, Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. In a rare tie-up with the private sector, the WHO is launching with its ...

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The cars of our self-driving future will be electric

Bloomberg Cars aren’t going away any time soon. So the ultimate green move will be combining two emerging technologies: autonomous driving and fully electric cars. Autonomy brings efficiency in driving and battery use, while electric cars drastically cut emissions, fuel costs and maintenance. Even so, a rift has developed within the automobile industry about the best way to move forward. ...

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