Ancestry travel: Airbnb partners with DNA testing service 23andMe

29th May 2019

Proving once again that Airbnb is at the forefront of travel innovation, the company has announced a partnership with home DNA testing service 23andMe. In doing...

TechWorld

Sweatcoin app motivates people to get fit and earn free trips

22nd May 2019

Not everyone finds it easy to get themselves out of bed and down to the hotel gym, but smartphone app Sweatcoin has been proven to motivate people to get fit. I...

TechWellness

Tech under attack: San Francisco bans facial recognition

19th May 2019

While airports and airlines around the world are installing facial recognition cameras to identify passengers without them having to show their boarding passes ...

Tech

High-tech fashion brand Virtual Super Land opens Fred Segal pop-up in LA

18th May 2019

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...

Tech

Uber Eats is testing food deliveries to the airport gate

11th May 2019

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...

Food & DrinkTech

Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant will connect human brains to computers

11th May 2019

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...

InnovatorsTech

Louis Vuitton and Marc Newson launch Horizon Soft lugggage

6th May 2019

Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has created an innovative new rolling suitcase line called Horizon Soft for Louis Vuitton. The luggage comes three ye...

Tech

Crowdfunding starts for Pull Up suitcase that converts into closet

6th May 2019

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...

Tech

Gaming tourism: Rough Guides to publish book on Xbox virtual worlds

2nd May 2019

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...

InnovatorsTech

New ‘rollable’ Luzli Roller MK02 headphones are the coolest

22nd April 2019

Swiss high-end audio brand Luzli has introduced the Roller MK02, a pair of "rollable" headphones that are perfect for travelling. The problem with most over-ea...

Tech

Review: Away Aluminium Edition smart suitcase

7th March 2019

A number of companies design smart suitcases but airlines are wary of passengers bringing them on board. Most will not accept them if the lithium-ion batterie...

Tech

Moxy hotels are becoming lively havens for online dating

3rd March 2019

Last November, Moxy Hotels partnered with female-first social networking app Bumble, to create designated meeting sites for people taking online dating, offline...

HotelsTech

This cashierless New York store only sells health drinks via SMS

3rd March 2019

Opened in Tribeca in September 2018, the Drug Store in New York is a high-tech health drink store where customers help themselves to what they want and walk out...

Tech

Cashierless Amazon Go stores tipped for airports

25th January 2019

Futuristic Amazon Go grocery stores, which allow people to walk out with products without having to pay for them at a till (even an automated one), may be comi...

Tech

What3words enables access to world’s most remote Airbnbs

5th December 2018

Geocoding company What3words has partnered with Airbnb to list some of the world’s most remote locations on its international platform. Marisa Cannon reports ...

TechWorld

450,000 hotels now available to book with cryptocurrency

5th December 2018

Travellers can now book more than 450,000 hotels with cryptocurrency, thanks to an app called Tripio, says Ben Brown. Participating hotels include the spectacu...

HotelsTech

Ibis hotels in Switzerland employ ‘Instagram sitters’

30th November 2018

Marisa Cannon reports on why Ibis has decided to employ Instagram "sitters" to post content on the behalf of guests during their stays at hotels across Switzerl...

Tech

Audi debuts self-piloted flying drone taxi

30th November 2018

German car manufacturer Audi has unveiled a prototype of a vehicle that can both drive and fly, joining the growing raft of companies investing in urban aviatio...

AviationTech

Airpod sleep capsules to be trialled in EU airports

18th June 2018

This autumn, new prototype Airpod sleep capsules are to be trialled across EU airports, for travellers needing a power nap when their flight is delayed or they ...

HotelsTech

Invite-only Onda platform gives access to members’ clubs worldwide

29th March 2018

Luca Del Bono, co-founder of British concierge group Quintessentially and the South Kensington Club, has launched Onda, an innovative subscription platform that...

Tech

British Airways tests biometric boarding gates at US airports

9th March 2018

British Airways is trialling new biometric gates designed to speed up boarding and arrivals processes at four US airports – Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami and Ne...

AviationTech

Maldives resort launches Instagram butlers

28th October 2017

The five-star Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has it all – exquisite over-water villas, not one, but two luxury spas and even an under-sea restaurant. But just...

HotelsTech

Why WeSwap wants travellers to change money with strangers

30th September 2017

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...

InnovatorsTech

Seven European travel tech start-ups to watch

17th September 2017

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...

InnovatorsTech