From treetop dining to underwater villas, the Maldives is coming up imaginative ways to help travelers stay socially distanced while still enjoying a vacation. The island nation reopened to visitors on July 15, and more than 57,000 tourists have visited since. More airlines set to resume flights this month and next. Earlier in November, the

Tiffany & Co. gift boxes seen in a store window. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Many Americans are spending their days working from home in leggings and casualwear during the coronavirus pandemic. They have few, if any, parties or gatherings where they dress up — never mind show off a

Neiman Marcus now offers a virtual gift advisor service, and an in-store concierge service, to help customers pick out items on their wish lists. Source: Neiman Marcus Santa Claus will be busy delivering packages curbside, by appointment, at Neiman Marcus this holiday season. This is just one of the initiatives that the luxury department store

Tesla co-founder Elon Musk is now the world’s second richest person after he leapfrogged Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, which tracks the wealth of the world’s 500 richest people. The 49-year-old entrepreneur, who is also the co-founder of space exploration firm SpaceX, saw his net worth rise by $7.2 billion

1. Never stop raising expectations. To achieve greatness, you must constantly be evolving and innovating. Let’s say you’ve reached all your goals this year. Are you going to keep those goals the same for next year? No. That’s Bezos‘ mind works. He’s always thinking about the next big thing. For example, how can a successful

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images She was a billionaire CEO whose luxurious lifestyle rivaled that of any movie star. Elizabeth

Bank of America predicts that Generation Z (Gen Z) will be the “most disruptive generation ever” and will see their income surpass that of millennials by 2031.  “The Gen Z revolution is starting, as the first generation born into an online world is now entering the workforce and compelling other generations to adapt to them, not vice versa,” said Haim

CNBC’s “College Voices 2020” is a series written by CNBC fall interns from universities across the country about coming of age, getting their college education and launching their careers during these extraordinary times. Colette Ngo is a senior at Chapman University double majoring in broadcast journalism and business administration. The series is edited by Cindy

Many hotels named among the “best new hotels of 2020” this year have yet to welcome a single guest. The global pandemic pushed plans to open highly anticipated new hotels near the wineries of California’s Napa Valley to the banks of Paris’s River Seine, with many rescheduling openings well into 2021. Except, that is, in

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Adam Jeffery | CNBC The Trump Organization’s efforts to sell the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., have been put on indefinite hold, casting doubts on the future of one of the president’s biggest financial bets, according to industry executives. The Trump Organization hired Jones Lang LaSalle to shop

Jeff Bezos touring a space containing hundreds of plant species that maintains a tropical climate similar to Costa Rica at Amazon’s Seattle HQ in 2018. This week, Bezos announced $791 million in grants, the first of a planned $10 billion devoted to climate change. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon’s Jeff Bezos just named

Two new Covid-19 testing programs may be the key to unlocking travel between the United States and Europe. Select passengers flying on American Airlines, British Airways and United Airlines flights are eligible to participate in testing programs that are evaluating whether preflight Covid-19 tests can be used to relax travel restrictions imposed by both countries.

Post-election, many conservatives, and some extremists, have been heading to Parler, a conservative social media app funded by Republican megadonor Rebekah Mercer, which bills itself as a free speech Twitter-spin off. But billionaire Bill Gates isn’t a fan of the platform, calling some of its content “crazy stuff.” If somebody goes to Parler, they are

According to Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the most successful leaders have certain key traits. “[H]umility, openness, fairness [and] being authentic” are most important – “not [being] the smartest person in the room or the hardest working person in the room,” Dimon, who runs the nation’s largest bank and oversees more than

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has spent years studying the habits and personalities of successful, wealthy leaders.  In fact, the hedge fund billionaire, has interviewed and administered an hour-long personality test to people from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus in

A view of a person wearing mask passing by a Macy’s in Herald Square amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 24, 2020 in New York City. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images The stage is set for China to become the world’s biggest luxury market by 2025, according to a new report. In

When it comes to banking, fees generally trend in one direction: up. It’s no surprise, then, that a recent survey from Bankrate.com found that a number of banking-related charges have hit record highs this year. Holders of interest-paying checking accounts are paying a higher monthly service fee than ever – $15.50 on average – if

In 2009, Airbnb was clawing towards “ramen profitability,” or just enough profit to pay for basic expenses — with the expression playing off the ultracheap instant Japanese noodles people famously eat when they are saving money, which today cost as little $4.80 for a 24 pack. That January, Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, emailed

Exterior view of Villa Firenze in Beverly Hills, California Concierge Auctions A $160 million mansion in Beverly Hills, California, is headed to the auction block, making it the most expensive listing ever to auction. The nine-acre estate, called Villa Firenze, will be sold to the highest bidder, with no reserve, by Concierge Auction next month.

Since the pandemic began, “my life has changed utterly,” Bill Gates said on an episode of the new podcast, “Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions.” One of the biggest changes? The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder said he hasn’t been to a physical office since March. “I’m kind of embarrassed to admit, there’s

“The Spirit of the Rose,” a rare purple-pink diamond mined in Russia, was sold at a Sotheby’s auction for nearly $27 million. A picture taken at a press preview on November 6, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images The largest purple-pink diamond ever to be auctioned has been sold in Geneva, Switzerland for 24,393,000 Swiss

“I’m going to spend less this month.” We’ve all said these words at some point in our lives. But changing your bad money habits isn’t easy. Most of our impulsive spending happens when our brain is on autopilot. The solution is to implement both short-term and long-term strategies which upend our reactive spending routine.  From

Sign advertising apartments for rent in the Upper East Side in New York City. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Manhattan real estate may be turning the corner, as new rentals increased for the first time in over a year and sales activity started to creep higher after the Covid collapse. A big drop in rental prices

Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban is committed to life-long learning and often says it is key to his success. In fact, Cuban has said time and money spent on learning is “the best investment” he has ever made. And now, “we’ve got to teach our kids how to learn, because that’s the ultimate skill going forward,”

Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chief executive officer of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, arrives to speak as the luxury brand announces full year earnings in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Christophe Morin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Luxury king Bernard Arnault has retaken the title of world’s second richest person, with a

Despite rising Covid-19 infections throughout the United States, Europe and beyond, people are preparing to travel in late 2020. According to a survey by travel booking app Hopper, 39% of Americans are expected to travel during the upcoming holiday season. By that estimate, nearly 130 million people will be hitting the road in the United

Sylvester Stallone attends the premiere of HBO Documentary Film “Very Ralph” at The Paley Center for Media on November 11, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Rich Fury | Getty Images Sylvester Stallone is auctioning off some of his most prized watches, including two that became famous in his movies. The Academy Award-nominated actor, known for

Tech billionaire Mark Cuban has been an outspoken voice throughout the 2020 election process, from endorsing President-elect Joe Biden while criticizing President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 response to saying that certain aspects of “both sides scare me.” Despite making clear his preference of Biden over Trump before this month’s presidential election, Cuban now also says he

Portra Images | Getty Images The majority of U.S. adults believe the Covid-19 economy is worse than the 2008 Great Recession, according to a recent Edelman Financial Engines 2020 Financial Insights study. Just over half, or 51%, said that was the case. “That is scary,” said Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Engines and a

Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence conference November 5, 2019, in Washington Alex Wong | Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been approved to become a citizen of Cyprus, according to a report Monday from Recode. An October notice in Alithia, a Cypriot publication, apparently announced Schmidt and