Virgin Voyages to launch hedonistic hipster cruises in 2020
Setting sail in 2020, Richard Branson's new Virgin Voyages cruise company will be debuting with the Scarlet Lady, a cutting-edge ship that features a tattoo par...
Innovators
The Bright Club in London is a co-working space for vegans
Located in East London, the Bright Club provides co-working space, access to business mentoring and hatha yoga classes, but members have to be vegan. Alice Snap...
Ecosia Travel search engine uses profits to plant trees
Ecosia, the world’s largest nonprofit search engine, has launched a new platform called Ecosia Travel that plants trees for every booking that is made. Jenny ...
The Plum Guide wants to curate the best home rentals in the world
Exclusive booking platform The Plum Guide has added properties in Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Madrid and Tel Aviv to its collection of the world’s ...
Unlimited stays: Inspirato Pass is the Netflix of luxury travel
Luxury hospitality company, Inspirato, has launched a subscription-based service that enables frequent flyers to travel as much as they like without paying nigh...
Infinity London: futuristic rooftop pool proposed for city skyscrapers
Swimming pool manufacturer Compass Pools has designed the world’s first 360-degree infinity pool to sit on top of a London skyscraper. But how do you get in o...
The Wing: exclusive co-working club for women to open in London
Women-focused co-working club, The Wing, is opening in London this autumn. It is the ninth outpost for the US company, which originated in New York where it now...
Uncommon launches new biophilic co-working space in London
A new flagship co-working space from Uncommon opened opposite Liverpool Street station in London, in May. Tapping into the trend for biophilic interior design, ...
Working From: The Hoxton announces dedicated co-working concept
Known for its growing chain of trendy lifestyle hotels, the Hoxton has announced a new dedicated co-working concept called Working From, which will debut in the...
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...
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...
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...
Are podcasts the new travel magazines?
With podcasting booming while print is in decline, it's time for travel companies to take the medium seriously. A few have started dabbling but there is a gap i...
Shoot My Travel turns Instagram amateurs into influencers
Vacation photography service Shoot My Travel enables travellers to outsource their photo-taking to a local professional and capture quality candid shots rather...
W Hotels launches its own record label, W Records
In the autumn, glitzy chain W Hotels launched its own record label, W Records. Marisa Cannon reports on why this hospitality brand – part of Marriott Internat...
Airbnb sees surge in popularity among business travellers
Airbnb's business travel portal Airbnb for Work (recently rebranded from Airbnb for Business) is seeing exponential growth. Between 2015 and 2016, reservations ...
Toronto’s trendy East Room co-working space set to expand
Located in Toronto's up-and-coming Riverside district, three year-old co-working space East Room is in the process of expanding.
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Virgin Atlantic unveils festive crowdfunding platform for dream trips
Tapping into the trend for favouring experiences over material possessions, Virgin Atlantic has launched a new crowdfunding platform called "Where I Want for Ch...
Why WeSwap wants travellers to exchange money with strangers
Jared Jesner, founder and CEO of peer-to-peer travel money service WeSwap, speaks to Globetrender about his innovative foreign currency exchange app, and why cr...
Uber launches clean air plan for greener cities
In a bid to reduce pollution across the world's cities, on-demand taxi service Uber has announced that it intends to make sure every Uber X car in its London ne...
Seven European travel tech start-ups to watch
With 200 travel tech businesses attracting £2.5 billion of funding in 2016 and more than three quarters of UK holidaymakers booking holidays online during 2016...
CityStasher: new left luggage app lets you travel light
CityStasher is a travel tech start-up that is tapping into a new niche within the sharing economy – left luggage. After downloading the app, you can search fo...
Why travel companies are investing in start-ups
Marriott Hotels, Eurostar, IAG and Boeing are four companies that have recently announced initiatives to invest and support the growth of start-ups, demonstrati...
Ian Schrager’s new Public hotel represents ‘luxury for all’
A new hotel brand from legendary hotelier Ian Schrager has arrived in New York this month with the opening of Public on Chrystie Street in the Bowery, on the Lo...