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...
Last November, Moxy Hotels partnered with female-first social networking app Bumble, to create designated meeting sites for people taking online dating, offline...
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...
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...
Geocoding company What3words has partnered with Airbnb to list some of the world’s most remote locations on its international platform. Marisa Cannon reports
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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Luca Del Bono, co-founder of British concierge group Quintessentially and the South Kensington Club, has launched Onda, an innovative subscription platform that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Last year, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced a global competition in which countries could put forward potential routes for his ultra-high-speed Hype...
Launched in 2015, Horizn Studios has created stylish smart luggage that comes fitted with GPS tracking and built-in battery chargers to charge your devices. Her...
Britain's boundary-pushing Hummingbird Bike Company has designed what it says is the world's lightest fold-up bike, weighing just 6.9kg, compared to 11.5kg for ...
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...
A new breed of mobile bank card, which can be used seamlessly across the world, has emerged. Most are managed via a smartphone app, and all have low (or zero) f...
Last year, more than 21 million bags were lost (if temporarily) by airlines globally. However, companies such as Tumi, which has launched its new luggage tracke...
Innovative UK tech company iCoupon is partnering with airlines and airports across Europe to provide passengers facing delays with digital vouchers for free foo...
Dutch airline KLM has developed a GPS-powered "smart" luggage tag that has been designed to trigger audio advice and tips on what to see and how to navigate Ams...
Sony has collaborated with Eurostar to offer passengers travelling on its trains a "Sound Menu", delivered via the on board entertainment system. The specially ...
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has designed a prototype flying car called PopUp. Ben Brown investigates when we might see these sci-fi vehicles zooming through ou...
