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Hilton Worldwide has released its third quarter results for 2025, which show a net income for the quarter of $421 million, but the company’s RevPAR number for the U.S. market declined 2.3 percent during that same period. System-wide comparable RevPAR, on a currency neutral basis, is projected to be flat to an increase of 1.0 percent compared to 2024. In the third quarter of 2025, Hilton opened 199 hotels, totaling 24,800 rooms, resulting in 23,200 net room additions. It also continued to expand its luxury and lifestyle brands, with the addition of the Conrad Hamburg, (the brand’s debut in Germany)…
Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has landed a commercial deal with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with thousands of its new pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles that are big enough to carry more than 400 pounds of packages and small enough to use a bike lane. Under the multi-year collaboration, the two companies will work on customizing the pedal-assist vehicles to meet Amazon’s delivery needs in Europe and the United States. The TM-Q pedal-assist electric quads will launch in spring 2026, according to Also, which was revealed on Wednesday at an event in Oakland alongside the company’s…
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s developing AI-powered smart glasses for its delivery drivers. The idea behind the glasses is to give delivery drivers a hands-free experience that reduces the need to keep looking between their phone, the package they’re delivering, and their surroundings. The e-commerce giant says the glasses will allow delivery drivers to scan packages, follow turn-by-turn walking directions, and capture proof of delivery, all without using their phones. The glasses use AI-powered sensing capabilities and computer vision alongside cameras to create a display that includes things like hazards and delivery tasks. Amazon likely hopes that the new…
by Donald Wood Last updated: 9:35 AM ET, Wed October 22, 2025 The Walt Disney World Resort announced that the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts will take place from January 16 through February 23.The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts debuted in 2017 and has grown into one of the theme park’s most popular seasonal events, which highlights visual, performance, and culinary creativity. As part of the festivities, the Disney on Broadway Concert Series returns to the America Gardens Theatre with several performances per day, all included in the price of admission. Seating is first-come, first-served, and new…
OpenAI unveiled its AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas, during a livestream on Tuesday. There are other AI browsers such as The Browser Company’s Dia, Opera’s Neon, Perplexity’s Comet, and General Catalyst-backed Strawberry. OpenAI’s launch is notable because of the sheer scale of reaching potentially 800 million of its weekly ChatGPT users. For the company, the browser is much more about keeping ChatGPT central than about making web browsing better. While Atlas is currently available only on the Mac, the company is already working on bringing it to Windows, iOS, and Android — all the surfaces where ChatGPT already exists. OpenAI has…
Viking celebrated a significant milestone on October 21 – the simultaneous christening of nine river boats, which brings the total fleet size to 100 river, ocean and expedition vessels.The ceremony was held onboard Viking Honir in Basel, Switzerland, while the other eight Longships were scattered around the globe – three in Rostock, Germany; two in Luxor, Egypt; and one each in Porto, Portugal; My Tho, Vietnam; and Paris, France. All seven godmothers – and two godfathers – were in Basel, and the other ships joined the festivities via live hookups.Viking Chairman and CEO Torstein Hagen, who started the company 28…
Tesla’s record sales quarter has offered the company a reprieve after a terrible start to 2025. But CEO Elon Musk is focused on building a “robot army” and making good on his years-long, unfulfilled promise of self-driving cars — tasks he needs to accomplish if he is to unlock the full value of the $1 trillion compensation package that Tesla wants to award him. The tension between Tesla’s current automotive-driven business and the AI-centric one that Musk is aiming for has never been more clear. Tesla delivered a record number of vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, thanks in…
A major U.S. airline has entered a legal battle with the world’s largest hotel chain.In a lawsuit that proceeded to court on Monday, Delta Air Lines has accused Marriott International of trademark infringement for similarities between the hotel chain’s Delta Hotels brand and the airline’s own branding. Marriott acquired the Canada-based Delta Hotels brand in 2015, but the hotel brand itself dates back more than 50 years in Western Canada.In court documents, the airline accused Marriott of “hijacking” its brand. According to Delta Air Lines, shortly after acquiring the hotel brand, Marriott changed Delta Hotels’ logo from a cursive font…
OpenAI reportedly asked the Raine family — whose 16-year-old son Adam Raine died by suicide after prolonged conversations with ChatGPT — for a full list of attendees from the teenager’s memorial, signaling that the AI firm may try to subpoena friends and family. OpenAI also requested “all documents relating to memorial services or events in the honor of the decedent, including but not limited to any videos or photographs taken, or eulogies given,” per a document obtained by the Financial Times. Speaking to the FT, lawyers from the Raine family described the request as “intentional harassment.” The new information…
Long-distance train rides will be an affordable getaway for couples, family, or friends this winter, thanks to Amtrak’s latest deal. The rail company has launched a new offer that allows travelers to bring a free plus-one on roomette bookings for a limited time. The deal, which Amtrak calls its ‘Twice as Nice’ sale, is valid for travel from November 2025 through January 2026 on some of the company’s most scenic routes on both coasts, the southern U.S., and the middle of America. Roomettes are Amtrak’s sleeper cabins available on some of its longer, cross-country routes. The cabins have two seats that…