A new book called Peak Japan: The End of Great Ambitions, by Brad Glosserman, discusses the country’s role in Asia and on the international stage. Here, Globetr
From cliff camping in Colorado to Kung Fu in the Himalayas, Airbnb is expanding its experiential travel offering with the launch of Airbnb Adventures, providing
Seeing a spike in tourism to a destination that appeared in a popular film or TV show such as Lord of the Rings (New Zealand), The Night Manager (Majorca) or Ga
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
Proving that overtourism is a problem that can't be ignored, Thailand's famous Maya Bay, on the island of Phi Phi Leh, which featured in the 2000 film The Beach
Remember the film Waterworld? Well, that vision of the future may not be so far from reality, if new off-shore floating cities from Oceanix are given the go-ahe
The next step on from experiential and transformational travel, new Bring it Back tours from Black Tomato set out to change your life – both personally and prof
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
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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In April 2019, Californian glamping start-up Autocamp will unveil a new Airstream trailer "glampsite" near Yosemite National Park, taking the "glamping" (glamor
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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