With summer just a few months away, thousands of people are now planning their vacations, booking hotels and looking for discounted flights. Travel and tourism, however, are still struggling to return to normalcy after the stringent measures taken by governments in an attempt to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The aviation industry was hit particularly […]
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Over the last decade, the aviation industry in the Middle East & Africa has become a core contributor to the area’s economy. After the pandemic, the demand for travel and tourism soared through the roof and has been growing ever since. 2023 was an exceptional year for the aviation sector as figures are decisively catching […]
Thousands of people have been returning to travelling and exploring the world over the past year after the pandemic-related restrictions on international travel, in particular, were finally lifted. But for many, it turned out that flying would not be the hassle-free experience they had looked for, with many flight delays and high cancellation rates at […]
Owning a home is part of the American dream. But home prices in the U.S. have considerably outpaced both inflation and income growth over the past couple of decades. If you are hoping to finally buy a house this year, you might find yourself out of luck. Factors such as still-high mortgage rates, rising construction […]
Recently the State of Washington released up-to-date data on Electric Vehicles registered in the state. The dataset was published on January 19 on the Washington State Open Data Portal (data.wa.gov) and it gives us a very detailed view into EV penetration in WA. The data analysis team at BestBrokers imported the CSV dataset into a […]
Summer is still months away but many travelers are already planning their vacations. As host to some of the most outstanding properties on the planet, Airbnb has become a go-to source for those seeking authentic and, sometimes, eye-wateringly expensive vacation experiences. Since its founding in 2008, the company has welcomed over 1 billion guests up […]
It has been exactly two weeks since the first 11 Bitcoin Spot Trading ETFs got approval by the SEC and started operating in the US. There were some news stories, focused on the amount of BTC traded and the great interest the ETFs accumulated. This drove our team at BestBrokers to put things in perspective […]
After absolutely devastating 2022, economy-wise, 2023 appeared to bring some sort of revival to pretty much all markets, including crypto. When the Fed’s rates hit 4.50% in December 2022 (from 0.25% in January) most analysts predicted recession which would affect all economic aspects and crypto markets were on target as the riskiest. However, a number […]
Pig Butchering (known as Sha Zhu Pans) has been widely reported as a scam scheme in 2019, mainly targeting Chinese men in dating apps. However, with the rising popularity of cryptocurrencies, the scammers quickly expanded their horizons. Back in October 2022, the Thai police detained one of the most well-known scam leaders, the Chinese businessman […]
While thousands of new companies are established in the UK each month, the country’s business activity is witnessing a slowdown. According to the Office of National Statistics, the second quarter of 2023 is the eighth quarter in a row with more business closures than creations, at 84,150 vs 77,095. In addition, there is a staggering […]