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by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:45 PM ET, Wed October 29, 2025 Royal Caribbean is sharing more details about its 2027 European sailings.Bookings are now open for members of its Crown & Anchor Society loyalty program, and will open to members of the public October 30. The highlight of the season is the Royal Beach Club Santorini, the newly announced private destination in Greece that will be available to guests of both Royal Caribbean International and sister brand Celebrity Cruises. Royal Caribbean will have six ships sailing in the region in 2027: Legend of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Rhapsody…
Fubo and Hulu Live TV are officially joining forces. After some buzz earlier this year about the groundbreaking transaction, it’s now a done deal. The two companies announced on Wednesday that they’ve wrapped up their agreement to combine Fubo’s sports-centric platform with Hulu’s live TV service, following a nod of approval from Fubo shareholders last month. This is a game-changer in the streaming landscape as the new entity becomes the sixth-largest Pay TV provider in the U.S., boasting nearly 6 million subscribers. That puts the newly combined company in direct competition with YouTube TV, which leads with around 10 million…
In total, 52 villages from around the globe have been crowned top travel destinations, chosen from 270 entries across 65 UN Tourism member states. Another 20 villages joined the Upgrade Programme, which recognizes high-potential villages and helps them improve on identified weaknesses. The Best Tourism Villages Network is now part of the largest community of rural destinations in the world, with the announcement of its 72 new members, coming to a grand total of 319 villages.UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili says: “Tourism can be a powerful tool to progress shared prosperity, inclusive growth, and territorial cohesion in rural areas. Our…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is here! If you’re still on the fence about attending in person, dive into the extensive schedule of speakers, networking opportunities, workshops, after-parties, and more that’s available here. There’s still time to get a last-minute ticket, and we’re giving a 50% discount since there’s just one day left! If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage, which features some of our most prominent speakers and the highly anticipated Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition. We’re streaming via YouTube, so you can catch the embed…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they’re being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.The city of Fort Lauderdale is planning to replace the decades-old, beachside basketball courts with pickleball courts, part of a deal with developers for a massive condo and hotel project.Local basketball players have generated a groundswell of support online, but city officials and developers have said the changes are part of larger improvement plan for the park that now includes building new basketball courts several hundred yards away. Unpleasant surpriseOzzie McRea said…
Two of the largest airlines in the United States have reached a significant milestone as they integrate into a single carrier. Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines received a single operating certificate from FAA officials on October 29. The new certificate means Alaska can now operate alongside Hawaiian as two separate brands. Passing this regulatory requirement means the combined airlines have successfully integrated every part of their operations, from training and policies to procedures and manuals. “This was a year-long, multi-phase effort involving multiple departments and thousands of hours of work,” said Ben Minicucci, president and CEO of Alaska Air Group. “We also…
AI audio company ElevenLabs‘ co-founder and chief executive Mati Staniszewski believes that AI models will be commoditized over time, a revealing comment for a company focused today on building them. Speaking onstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the ElevenLabs founder was discussing both his short-term and long-term views of the AI audio space. Staniszewski said that his company’s researchers have been able to crack some of the model architecture challenges, and this focus will continue in the audio space for the next year or two. “Over the long term, it will commoditize — over the next couple…
Bending Spoons, one of Europe’s largest mobile app developers, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy AOL from Yahoo, which is backed by private equity giant Apollo. Bending Spoons says it has secured a $2.8 billion debt financing package to support the purchase. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the year and is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals. “AOL is an iconic, beloved business that’s in good health, has stood the test of time, and we believe has unexpressed potential,” said Bending Spoons CEO and co-founder Luca Ferrari in a press release.…
Expanding its global portfolio, Grand Metropolitan Hotels (GMH) has announced the takeover of Signature Hotels.The acquisition will expand the hotel management company’s footprint across the UK, Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and India. Signature Hotels currently operates boutique and upper-midscale properties throughout London with two additional properties opening during the next year. Signature also has two properties under development in India. Grand Metropolitan Hotels’ plan is to integrate Signature Hotels’ operational and management teams into its existing structure, ensuring a seamless transition and continued focus on service excellence. The Signature Hotels brand will remain part of the GMH portfolio and…
Google announced this week it is working with NextEra Energy to revive a nuclear power plant in Iowa that had closed in 2020. NextEra has been looking for a partner to reopen the reactor for the past year, and it found one in Google, which has been steadily adding zero-carbon energy sources to power its growing data center fleet. Neither company disclosed financial terms of the deal. The Duane Arnold Energy Center was shuttered after a summer derecho (major rain storm) damaged a part of the secondary containment system that would prevent the release of radioactive gases. The power plant…