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EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (AP) — The towering Christmas tree that will light up Rockefeller Center this holiday season is on its way to New York City. The 75-foot-tall (23-meter-tall) Norway spruce was felled Thursday morning in East Greenbush, an Albany suburb located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Manhattan.The 11-ton tree was then loaded onto a 100-foot-long (31-meter-long) trailer as scores of people turned out for the occasion. It is expected to arrive Saturday at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where it will take its place in front of the midtown Art Deco skyscraper overlooking the plaza’s famous ice skating rink.The…

A slew of new companies have emerged in recent years offering fresh takes on RVs, like Lightship, Pebble, and Grounded. Now another startup called Evotrex is coming out of stealth with its own twist: a hybrid RV travel trailer with an integrated gas engine. The new RV will have an onboard battery pack that will power the living quarters, onboard electronics, and an electric motor, but the gas engine will recharge that battery pack and extend its range for far longer than a full charge — potentially making Evotrex’s trailer attractive for longer camping trips. The Evotrex RV will debut…

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsCourtesy of Built TechnologiesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.If you rent an apartment, you’ve probably “talked” to an AI agent to help get your leaky toilet fixed. But what if you’re a builder making a request for funds from your lender? That’s a much more complicated process — and there’s…

TTC Tour Brands, which includes Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Costsaver and Contiki, has kicked off November with the return of TTC Tour Week.The company’s global familiarization program, running throughout November, sends travel advisors across North America and the world to gain firsthand knowledge of its guided vacations. Throughout the program, participants connect directly with TTC Tour Brands’ executive team and top-performing peers to learn new ways to convert client interest into bookings, expand destination knowledge, and strengthen long-term sales success across the six-brand portfolio. “Travel advisors are our most important storytellers, and Tour Week is just one of the ways we show our…

Google is adding Gemini to Maps in India, along with road safety alerts and more information about routes. The AI integration, launched in the U.S. on Wednesday, brings hands-free AI assistance to Maps, as well as contextual suggestions while navigating and information about places of interest. Miriam Daniel, vice president and head of Google Maps, said the rollout required significant localization. “When we say localizing for India, it’s not just the language,” she said at a virtual briefing. “It’s also adapting to how Indians use the product, how Indians will talk, how they will ask for questions, how they will…

Travelers can expect to see fewer flights to many major U.S. cities starting Friday morning, when the Federal Aviation Administration said it would reduce traffic across 40 airports to ease the load on the nation’s air traffic controllers.The head of the FAA said the move was unprecedented but necessary to keep air travel safe as traffic controllers, who are federal employees, show increasing signs of stress and fatigue while working unpaid during the longest government shutdown on record.Most of them worked six days a week and put in mandatory overtime even before the shutdown, but they have been doing so…

Chipotle Mexican Grill and Coach store logos.Getty ImagesChipotle and Cava pinned weaker sales on younger customers who are pulling back and packing lunches.But Gen Z shoppers are still spending on Coach handbags to bring to work — even if they’re skipping bowls and burritos.Coach’s parent company, Tapestry, raised its full-year outlook Thursday, after beating Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue and posting double-digit sales gains in North America.In an interview with CNBC, Tapestry CEO Joanne Crevoiserat said the company’s sales in the quarter were fueled by attracting new customers, particularly within Gen Z.Tapestry, which also includes Kate Spade,…

JetBlue customers now have an easy way to book flights and luxury cruise voyages on the airline’s vacation package platform.Paisly, JetBlue’s in-house travel booking subsidiary, has added three new luxury cruise lines to its platform: Azamara, Regent Seven Seas, and Seabourn.  With the new additions, travelers will now be able to book voyages with the three popular lines through JetBlue Vacations, which packages together flights along with the cruise trip. The company now has a total of 10 partner cruise lines, which include Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Norwegian, Princess, Cunard, and Holland America.Passengers who book the vacation package with JetBlue benefit from…

With so much money flooding into AI startups, it’s a good time to be an AI researcher with an idea to test out. And if the idea is novel enough, it might be easier to get the resources you need as an independent company instead of inside one of the big labs. That’s the story of Inception, a startup developing diffusion-based AI models that just raised $50 million in seed funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Mayfield, Innovation Endeavors, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Snowflake Ventures, Databricks Investment, and Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures. Andrew Ng and Andrej…

A Republic Airways plane takes off near the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAirlines rushed to provide travelers updates after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would reduce flights across 40 airports as the longest government shutdown in history continues to drag on.Many major airlines said they would waive cancellation fees for even their most basic tickets, which often come with penalties for changes.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy previously said he would reduce flight capacity by roughly 10%, affecting 3,500…