Stories

Though hit hard, the travel industry will bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the way we journey will be changed forever – and for the better. Delving into staycations, off-grid vacations and conscious travel, we look forward to the positive impact of changing habits.

We are bound to technology in a way humanity has never seen before. This affects everything we do, including trade and, more specifically, cash. With the rapid integration of digital payments and wallets in our daily lives, will cashless travel be the future of tourism?

Millennials: be careful what you wish for. Two weeks into lockdown, we explore the social side of social distancing and find that checking in with your friends and family is more important than keeping up with the Kardashians.

The decade of selfie sticks, foodstagrams and travel influencers is over. Gazing into an uncertain future, in which “facemask” no longer equates to “skincare routine”, we explore the changing role of influencers, the future of virtue signalling and say: bring back the fedoras already.

With months of social distancing and working from home on the horizon, how can we sustain motivation and productivity? We’re exploring the world of nootropics, the psychoactive substances designed to improve cognitive function and boost your mood.

Each year, from Europe to Ghana and Japan, lovers flock to the tiny Danish island of Ærø to get married. What makes Ærøskøbing the most romantic town you’ve never heard of?

Does the wellness industry’s growing ubiquity spell an end for the staid concept of the spa in urban environments?

What does it really take to feel healthy in our era of “self-care” overload? To celebrate the launch of Volume 30: The Health Issue, we invited readers and wellness insiders to join us at Bamford Wellness Spa in order to answer this very question.

Wellness is a buzzword that has infiltrated city living – you no longer need to fly to India or traipse around Venice Beach.

In our uncertain, data-driven world, millennials need a guiding star when it comes to life and travel.

A new-year digestive reboot at the original home of intermittent fasting, Austria’s FX Mayr clinic.

Think pilgrimage, think Chaucer? Think again. The term is laden with religious connotations but the humble act of pilgrimage is having a renaissance, particularly among those looking for a spiritual awakening, but on their own terms.

Tackling the millennial brag of burnout with a week-long detox at the Swiss retreat Clinique La Prairie.

Visiting the country’s Orthodox Christian churches carved into cliff faces soaring more than 2,000m above sea level is an epiphanic experience – even for a non-believer.