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Push the boat out
Despite the predictions of big sales and profits, Asia’s yacht market is spluttering. But market watchers still hope that the habit will take hold.
Flights of fancy
Hamburg's Aircraft Interiors Expo delivered robots, double beds and wellness concepts alongside genuinely promising cabin innovations — suggesting aviation's interior designers are dreaming bigger, if not always more practically.
Street smarts
After a spin in a vintage Ferrari, Tyler Brûlé ponders the future of car design and mobility.
Going with the flow
Roland's engineers hiked mountain trails recording streams to solve Japan's most intimate public anxiety: the sound of strangers urinating. Meet the Sound Decorator, bathroom privacy's unlikely high-tech saviour.
Hit the summer sails
Now’s the time we start dreaming of the open water. We’ve found just the right vessels, from the sleekest yacht to the perfect pedalo.
Perfect pick me up
You stumble off a long-haul flight and there in the arrivals hall is a suited driver waiting for you. It’s a sign that all will be well today.
What a carry-on
Long beholden to industry giants, the luggage sector is now packed with fresh faces poised for market domination. We hear the case for start-ups and meet some of the major players.
Annual report
With their start-up thrills leavened by experience, four of our favourite new(ish) businesses tell us what they’ve learned in the past 12 months.
Best foot forward
This year our Big Interview Series taps into the experience of the men and women guiding the travel industry to new horizons.
Ahead of the pack
Whether you’re making for the shore, the slopes or the city, these four dedicated travel shops have enough covetable stock to really stretch your baggage allowance.
