Costco sold an around-the-world cruise for $293K
Costco sold a round-the-world cruise reservation for $293,000 through Costco Travel. The revelation was made clear Thursday when CFO Gary Millerchip offered a “fun fact” about Costco's members-only travel service during the warehouse retailer's first-quarter earnings call. “Our biggest cruise booking last year was a 150-day round-the-world cruise departing from Fort Lauderdale and stopping at […]
Marine vet Ronnie Simpson rescued after 10-hour wait in middle of Atlantic during around-the-world sailing race
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran participating in a round-the-world race is forced to risk getting stranded hundreds of miles off the coast of Argentina when his boat sustains severe damage and a storm heads toward him. I didn’t get it. Ronnie Simpson, 38, activated the distress signal on Monday about 900 miles off the coast […]