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In 2015, Expedia announced that it would move its headquarters to the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle, purchasing the Amgen campus on the Elliott Bay waterfront for $228.9 million and investing an additional $900 million on renovation and expansion of the 41-acre (17 ha) campus to 1.23 million square feet (114,000 m 2). The first employees ...
Expedia Inc. is an online travel agency owned by Expedia Group, based in Seattle. [1] The website and mobile app can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruise ships, and vacation packages. Expedia.com was launched on October 22, 1996 by Microsoft. [2]
Royalton Hicacos is a resort in Varadero, in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. Formerly operated by Sandals Resorts as Sandals Royal Hicacos, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it was bought by Canadian company Sunwing and started operating under the Royalton brand in December 2014.
Antigua Air Station was established on a portion of the former Coolidge AFB. As of 2011, NASA continues to utilize the Antigua facility for launch tracking services on an as-needed basis; and did so for the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on 26 November 2011. [4] Upon the closure of the base in 1949, it became a civil airport.
Saint John is surrounded by some of Antigua's most premier beaches. Saint John had a population of 56,736 in a 2018 estimate, making it home to the majority of the population in Antigua and Barbuda. [4] While Saint John is a civil administrative division, the Anglican parish church is located in the city of St. John's.
Turner Beach in Antigua. Antigua (/ æ n ˈ t iː ɡ ə / ann-TEE-gə), [2] also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda.
The village is on a peninsula, and was named for the five rock islands adjacent in Five Island Harbour. [1] It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the nation's capital city St. John's, and connected to it by a single road.
The largest island of Antigua, is 21 km (about a dozen miles) across and 281 km 2 (about a hundred square miles) in area. [1] Barbuda covers 161 km 2 (62 sq mi) while Redonda encompasses 2.6 km 2 (1.0 sq mi). [1] The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is St. John's, located at St. John's Harbour on the northwest coast of Antigua. [1]