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 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 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
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
Vacation photography service Shoot My Travel enables travellers to outsource their photo-taking to a local professional and capture quality candid shots rather
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 Internatio
Airbnb's business travel portal Airbnb for Work (recently rebranded from Airbnb for Business) is seeing exponential growth. Between 2015 and 2016, reservations
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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Tapping into the trend for favouring experiences over material possessions, Virgin Atlantic has launched a new crowdfunding platform called "Where I Want for Ch
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
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
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 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 for
Marriott Hotels, Eurostar, IAG and Boeing are four companies that have recently announced initiatives to invest and support the growth of start-ups, demonstrati
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
Crystal Cruises is the most decorated luxury cruise company in the industry. Now, a ‘new chapter’ sees Crystal expand its fleet to include river boats, yachts
The typical booker of cruises has traditionally been aged 50 or over, and travelled to destinations such as the Bahamas, Hawaii and Mexico. But all that is chan
Have you ever turned up at an airport without knowing where you’re going on holiday? Rose Dykins reports on the 'surprise travel' trend that allows you to do ju
American cruise company Royal Caribbean is searching for a summer Instagram intern to show off how amazing its voyages are. Hannah Hastings reports
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Ben Brown reports on why Airbnb is expanding into flight booking services and experiential travel with the launch of its new Trips platform, taking the sharing
French group Accorhotels is launching a new concept called Jo & Joe, which will embody the fledgling trend for "joie de vivre" in its day-glo, pop-art desig
From WeLive to Roam, a host of new companies are setting up modern co-living communes around the world for sociable entrepreneurs. Jenny Southan reports
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Ben Brown reports on a new creative co-working space, which opened in London's Shoreditch in the autumn, and offers an innovative pay-as-you-go membership schem
Antlos, a new online platform that connects travellers with skippers, is allowing the easy and affordable charter of yachts, in a similar way to booking an apar
