The Vessel: Thomas Heatherwick’s ‘vertical park’ is unveiled in New York

3rd April 2019

The Vessel is a honeycomb-like network of 2,500 stairs to nowhere, a futuristic public park-cum-sculpture designed by Thomas Heatherwick as the centrepiece for ...

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New Design District coming to London’s Greenwich Peninsula in 2020

14th January 2019

A new Design District is coming to London's North Greenwich, providing a permanent base for over 1,800 creatives in studios with affordable rents

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Rough Guides launches bespoke trip planning service

19th December 2018

Branching out from books, Rough Guides has launched a trip-planning service whereby unique itineraries are organised by local experts

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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 ...

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Airstream ‘glampsite’ to open near Yosemite National Park

4th December 2018

In April 2019, Californian glamping start-up Autocamp will unveil a new Airstream trailer "glampsite" near Yosemite National Park, taking the "glamping" (glamo...

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New Marriott Moments portal offers experiential travel

12th July 2018

The world's biggest hotel company, Marriott International, has this summer launched a new online portal called Marriott Moments (this will be rebranded as Marri...

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Black Tomato launches Panic Button for last-minute trips

10th July 2018

Sometimes a package holiday will do the job but they are not for everyone. Recognising this, luxury travel agent Black Tomato has launched a new "Panic Button" ...

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Why vegan travel is flourishing in 2018

15th June 2018

Believe it or not, vegan travel is on the up, reflecting a 350 per cent increase in the number of vegans in the UK between 2006 and 2016. It's a dietary and...

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Paris embraces nudist cultural experiences

9th May 2018

It's long been known that the Germans are happy to strip off in their parks, the Spanish shun swimwear on certain beaches and the Scandinavians are content to b...

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Black Tomato launches new ‘Blink’ experience in Bolivia

3rd March 2018

Luxury travel agent Black Tomato has launched a new "never-to-be-repeated" experience in Bolivia as part of its Blink collection of trips. First introduced a ye...

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Driving the ‘New Silk Road’ from London to China

5th February 2018

This summer, a team of UK university students are driving the length of China's New Silk Road, all the way from London to Yiwu. Having already cycled the origin...

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Poker tourism: the people who travel the world to win millions

5th November 2017

From Macau to the Bahamas, poker tournaments with huge cash prizes are held every month in glamorous destinations around the world. For a growing number of play...

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Futuristic Louvre art gallery opens in Abu Dhabi

16th September 2017

After years of waiting, a futuristic extension of Paris's famous Louvre art gallery is to open in the Middle Eastern emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UA...

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Why mystery travel could save the tourism industry

2nd September 2017

Globetrender first wrote about mystery travel in May when it reported on a number of new travel platforms that lets you book holidays abroad without you knowing...

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Extreme travel: diving tours of the Titanic to start in 2018

18th August 2017

Next summer, luxury travel company Blue Marble Private will be offering daring (and very wealthy) divers the chance to explore the wreck of the Titanic, located...

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Eki hunting: the expat who cycled to every station in Tokyo

15th May 2017

Jason Goodier is not your average Canadian expat living in Tokyo. When we met about a decade ago, we were both teaching English as a foreign language at a compa...

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Surprise travel: taking trips to mystery destinations

9th May 2017

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 ...

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Eco-tourism: Chile creates 1,500-mile scenic highway ‘Route of Parks’

14th April 2017

In a landmark moment for conservation and tourism, Chile has declared 11 million acres of wilderness as protected National Parkland. The initiative was sparked ...

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NASA discovers exoplanets that could host alien life

25th February 2017

NASA has announced it has found a solar system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets – located 39 light years away, three of them could host alien life forms. Unfor...

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Extreme travel: 20 experiences for the fearless

1st February 2017

Have you been cliff camping, storm chasing or volcano boarding? If not, you haven't lived. The trend for extreme travel is gathering momentum, with adventurous ...

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No snow: is climate change killing the ski industry?

8th January 2017

Snowfall was at a record low in November 2016 across the lower 48 United States. Ben Brown investigates the effect of climate change on ski resorts around the w...

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Where to travel in 2017: Iran and Antarctica

18th December 2016

Iran and Antarctica are two destinations on the 2017 travel hotlist. Globetrender gives you the low-down on what to expect, when to go and how to get there. IR...

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Experiential travel: ten most popular bucket list trips

24th November 2016

Following a survey of 1,000 people by credit card comparison site totallymoney.com, Globetrender can reveal the ten most popular bucket list trips to book aroun...

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Emerging destinations: Iran opens up to tourism

3rd November 2016

Globetrender editor and founder Jenny Southan wrote the cover story for the November 2016 issue of Business Traveller magazine on the opening up of Iran. Follo...

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