Eleven Life: Deplar Farm creates extreme wellness programme
A cutting-edge, extreme wellness programme called Eleven Life has been launched at Deplar Farm in northern Iceland. Designed by luxury, boundary-pushing, advent...
Tech under attack: San Francisco bans facial recognition
While airports and airlines around the world are installing facial recognition cameras to identify passengers without them having to show their boarding passes ...
Review: Trattoria Gloria brings maximalism to Shoreditch
Opened in February, new Italian restaurant Gloria delivers a smile-inducing dose of maximalism to London's otherwise industrial-cool Shoreditch. With kitsch int...
High-tech fashion brand Virtual Super Land opens Fred Segal pop-up in LA
An innovative new 'mixed reality' fashion brand called Virtual Super Land has launched a pop-up at Fred Segal's Sunset store in Los Angeles. Known for championi...
NH Hotel Group launches Mood Room for emotional wellbeing
Spain's NH Hotel Group has designed a futuristic Mood Room. With a touchscreen tablet, the lighting, music and temperature can all be adjusted to help guests sl...
Aim Altitude designs social spaces for ultra-long-haul flights
Aircraft interior design firm Aim Altitude has unveiled a vision for social spaces on ultra-long-haul flights called Ultraflex, where passengers can mingle, wor...
Uber Eats is testing food deliveries to the airport gate
On-demand dining app Uber Eats has started trialing food deliveries to gates in Toronto Pearson airport's Terminal 3, to ensure time-pressed travellers don't go...
Overtourism: Thailand’s ‘The Beach’ to close until 2021
Proving that overtourism is a problem that can't be ignored, Thailand's famous Maya Bay, on the island of Phi Phi Leh, which featured in the 2000 film The Beach...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant will connect human brains to computers
Have you ever wished you could get a microchip embedded in your brain that would gift you the ability to effortlessly converse in foreign languages when you tra...
British Airways serves ‘botanically engineered’ gin for drinking at altitude
British Airways has partnered with Edinburgh-based Pickering’s Gin to create a gin that has been 'botanically engineered' to be drunk in the air. Following th...
ASMR bedtime videos at Moxy NYC Chelsea hotel
Ever the trendsetter, Marriott's Moxy brand has been quick to capitalise on the somewhat bizarre growth in popularity for ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Resp...
Oceanix floating cities could be the answer to rising sea levels
Remember the film Waterworld? Well, that vision of the future may not be so far from reality, if new off-shore floating cities from Oceanix are given the go-ahe...
Black Tomato ‘Bring it Back’ trips will change your life
The next step on from experiential and transformational travel, new Bring it Back tours from Black Tomato set out to change your life – both personally and pr...
Louis Vuitton and Marc Newson launch Horizon Soft lugggage
Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has created an innovative new rolling suitcase line called Horizon Soft for Louis Vuitton. The luggage comes three ye...
Crowdfunding starts for Pull Up suitcase that converts into closet
German start-up Pull Up launched a crowdfunding campaign in April on Kickstarter to raise money to finance an innovative new suitcase that converts into a mobil...
Gaming tourism: Rough Guides to publish book on Xbox virtual worlds
Gaming tourism is a hot new trend that is about to explode. The virtual worlds of online gaming have become so advanced that Xbox is partnering with Rough Guide...
Five upcycled hotels in planes, silos and shipping containers
The trend for upcycled accommodation has given rise to the imaginative conversion of everything from Boeing planes and water pipes to old grain silos and shippi...
Almost half of young adults go on holiday with parents
A survey has revealed that 45 per cent of young people aged 18-34 still go on holiday with their parents, and 24 per cent expect their mum and dad to pay for th...
Emirates unveils Expo 2020 pavilion dedicated to future of air travel
Emirates has revealed plans for its pavilion for next year's Expo 2020 in Dubai. The airline will be presenting visions for the future of commerical aviation at...
New ‘rollable’ Luzli Roller MK02 headphones are the coolest
Swiss high-end audio brand Luzli has introduced the Roller MK02, a pair of "rollable" headphones that are perfect for travelling.
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New Jo & Joe hotel in Paris has sleep cabins and a beer wall
Accor's innovative Jo & Joe lifestyle brand has arrived in the French capital, with the opening of its second "Open House", the Jo & Joe Paris-Gentilly....
Hotels launch creative retreats in Nashville and Tuscany
This summer, the Hutton hotel in Nashville will be hosting a series of three- and four-day songwriting retreats for musicians. When ensconced at the property, g...
The most corrupt countries around the world in 2019
From extortion to kidnapping, corrupt countries pose a huge problem to global trade, tourism, democracy and public safety. With this in mind, travellers need to...
Edible cocktails arrive at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel
Ground-breaking mixologist Matthew Biancaniello is serving his trademark edible cocktails during a three-month residency in the Library bar at the Hollywood Roo...