| 1. INSIDE LOUIS VUITTON’S J.F.K. AIRPORT FASHION SHOW: Louis Vuitton held a cruise show on Wednesday at the once-abandoned T.W.A. terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The show had a 1980s theme and coincides with the revival of the white concrete and glass terminal, which will reopen with a hotel, restaurants, and shops next week. Associated Press: “For the Louis Vuitton show, the inside was transformed into a tropical oasis overflowing with tropical foliage that stretched even into the bathrooms; the centerpiece staircase above was made even more dramatic amid a sea of green, while retro signs including an old school flight departure board hung above.” 2. PLAYBOY POP-UP WANTS TO PRESENT REDEFINED MAGAZINE: Playboy magazine has opened a three-day pop-up in Los Angeles called the Playhouse. The public pop-up seeks to kick off a new era for the magazine, which was revamped as a quarterly after Cooper Hefner, Hugh Hefner’s son, exited the company. As Playboy aims to redefine itself as “woke,” the pop-up will include events like a Roxane Gay lecture and a panel on the “future of masculinity.” The Hollywood Reporter: “Yet another event features Lina Esco, the founder of the ‘Free the Nipple’ campaign; the women's toplessness movement was the subject of the magazine's winter cover. And at ‘The Sex Amendment,’ Johanna Maska, a former Obama administration aide, makes a case that the Equal Rights Amendment urgently needs to be ratified—and that the U.S. Constitution should finally guarantee equality to both sexes.” 3. EXPEDIA UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR U.S. HOTEL CONSPIRACY: Expedia is under investigation by the Utah attorney general for allegedly conspiring with U.S. hotel chains to get rid of competition in online travel booking. According to papers filed in a Utah state court, the office is investigating whether the travel technology company conspired with hotel companies, including Marriott and Hilton, to manipulate search advertising on Google. Bloomberg: “The allegations were raised in a lawsuit filed in December by TravelPass Group LLC, a Utah-based company that sells hotel room inventory through Google search ads. It accuses hotel chains and Expedia of restricting competition to buy those ads and reducing consumer choice. TravelPass’s complaint, which also names Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Hyatt Hotels Corp. as defendants, stems from keyword bidding on Google’s search engine where companies bid on search keywords to display ads at the top of the search results.” | 