Consumers have the travel bug again
Feb 21, 2025

Consumers have the travel bug again

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Travel companies are raking in profits as consumers look to travel.

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Travel is back, baby

Shares of Booking Holdings — the company behind Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak and other travel sites — are popping this morning after announcing that profits were up almost 50% last quarter compared to a year earlier. Tons of companies in the travel industry, including airlines, are doing well thanks to strong travel demand. We’ll unpack.

How Massachusetts helped make the modern gambling industry

A new podcast from GBH News finds that it's a story of scratch-off tickets, vaudeville and more.
Today, scratch-off tickets are the moneymaking engine of every state lottery in the country. They started in earnest in Massachusetts.
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The team

Leanna Byrne Host, BBC
Kelly Silvera Executive Producer
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Ariana Rosas Producer
Nic Perez Director/Producer
Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer
John Bruington Media Producer
Jesson Duller Media Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director
James Graham Producer, BBC
Jo Critcher Producer, BBC
Naomi Rainey Producer, BBC