The European aerospace company Airbus is demonstrating a small all-electric plane it is calling the E-Fan. Just in time to quell rising global concern over the environment, along with the fact that increasing air travel is a huge contributor to airborne the C02 levels that are leading to climate change, the E-Fan just might be a harbinger of an...
Building on last year’s rise of "glamping," or luxurious, glamorous camping, travel firms are taking the cue and offering upscale mobile homes rentals to people who would otherwise not be caught dead in one. AKA, a British company, is now offering a 5-day trips along the California coast in "mobile suites" they call caravans. The company's...
What is the most transformative trend facing the world of travel? As with so many other consumer-oriented industries, one of the biggest trends is the move towards mobile. Travelers are using their mobile devices for everything now, from research and booking to ticketing, getting customer service, and, of course celebrating or complaining about...
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but the latest trends in cruising take obsequiousness to the next level by imitating some of the trendiest experiences around. With the launch of their latest ship "Quantum of the Seas", Royal Caribbean is looking to lead cruising into the next decade with all kinds of bells and...
Celebrity Cruises is jumping on the creative cocktail trend by hiring bona fide mixologists to staff many of their onboard bars. Most bars on cruise ships are pretty decent – you usually have your champagne bar, your martini bar, a big lounge with live performers, and a nightclub offing dance music of one kind or another. But Celebrity Cruises...
What is the latest trend in luxury travel? Listen. Yes, it's silence. The world's wealthy travelers are not just paying to get away from it all, they are paying not to hear it all either. We're now seeing hotels – from luxury resorts to business-travel chains – marketing things like noise-free zones, triple-paned glass, soundproof walls, and...
In the last decade, spas have become the "must have" amenities for high-end resorts worldwide. If there is a fancy hotel in some beauty spot in the middle of nowhere, you can almost be certain that it's offering hot stone therapy in Zen-like, patchouli-scented rooms. What's interesting about this trend is that intense competition has pressured...
