"Virtually every member agrees that we need work because we cannot keep up with AI and the fast-moving world." @wto Director-General @NOIweala on her organization's efficacy.

"It is more in the media than real to be honest with you. It is more psychological." @DP_World CEO @ssulayem on tariffs.

"We take care of our people so they can take care of our travelers." IHG Hotels & Resorts CEO Elie Maalouf on building trust with customers through employee care.

"All we're focused on is technologically enabled disruptive innovation that is going to cut across sectors." @ARKInvest CEO @CathieDWood on the effects of technological changes on the economy.

"I think we've moved a long way towards 'young, scrappy, and hungry,' and I hope we stay there." London Stock Exchange CEO Julia Hoggett on keeping her institution relevant.

"The demand is crazy." DAMAC Founder @HussainSajwani on building AI data centers.

"All the way through this, China has known that America is very strong. It does not take America lightly." Kerry Brown, a professor of Chinese Studies at King's College London, on Trump's agreement with Xi Jinping.

Former Federal Reserve Economist @krogoff on the market reaction to a quarter point cut "I would not rule out interest rates turning around and going up at some point next year if the economy doesn't slow down."

Accor CEO Sebastian Bazin on AI and the guest experience "I don't want AI to replace your stay. I want AI to enhance your stay."

FII Chairman @RichardAttiasAs on this year's convention in Saudi Arabia "The Arabic Peninsula is full of opportunities and you will have great return on investment, including on AI and technology."

"It's definitely a major, major concern with infrastructure... in terms of how we're gonna gain access to those communities, both physically and via telecommunications and other means." @AllHandsHearts Team Leader Jess Sharman on delivering aid to Jamacia.

"If we continue to see sea surface temperatures increase, it's quite possible that we can continue to see storms reach this intensity." Michael Scott Fischer, an assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami, on Hurricane Melissa.

"The good news is that we are well prepared. This is perhaps one of the most prepared moments for Jamaica in terms of any disruption we may have had." @tourismja Minister Edmund Bartlett on how the industry will recover from Hurricane Melissa.

"We live in the experience world, the experience economy, and people are willing to invest far more in themselves." @Delta CEO Ed Bastien on his airline's new route between Atlanta and Saudi Arabia.

"The harder systemic issues still remain on the table and not only that, China has gotten the U.S. basically to push them even farther away." @PIIE Economist Mary Lovely on the framework trade deal between the U.S. and China.

"So to some extent Trump engineered this victory and bought Mille time to try and generate the foreign exchange revenues to pay off the massive foreign debt bills." @FT U.S. National Editor @EdwardGLuce on President Milei's victory in Argentina.

"They're looking much more closely at individual properties to make sure that the rate that they charge match, matches the risk that they're facing." @SPGMarketIntel Research Analyst Tim Zawacki on stealth insurance tactics.

"We had a vision that we should establish a serious cruise line for serious people." Viking CEO Tor Hagen on their no-kids cruise policy.

"We decided to give choice to people." WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech on reconfiguring planes to offer more seating options.

"There's a lot of reasons to think that the job market is worse than the numbers suggest." Nobel-Prize winning economist Paul Krugman on rising inflation and the shrinking labor market.