Automated customs kiosks at New York’s JFK really do reduce wait times upon arrival at the airport, Barbara Peterson finds. (Condé Nast Traveler)
Leonardo DiCaprio is involved in a plan to open a ecologically sensitive luxury resort in Belize on an unpopulated island not far from the country’s main international airport. It could open as soon as 2018. (New York Times)
Paris will spend €150 million to add hundreds of miles of bike lanes to the city by 2020. (Circa)
About one in ten Millennials has stayed in a vacation rental rather than a hotel while on a business trip, a new survey from Hipmunk says. Millennials still prefer, ever so slightly, the hotel experience to a vacation rental when on leisure trips. (Hipmunk)
The new Soho House Istanbul is set in the former American Consulate: “A rooftop pool, flanked by yellow-and-white striped beds and with a sweeping view of the Golden Horn waterway and the minarets of the old city, is a fresh touch,” reports Tim Arango. “Inside, a layered approach to interior design creates a ‘Downton Abbey’-meets-’Mad Men’ effect, mixing late 19th-century with midcentury modern furniture.” (New York Times)
“Starting with its September issue, the luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler will be bigger and heavier. The pages will be two inches bigger when the magazine is opened, with thicker pages and heavier covers.” (New York times)
Posted by : Flora CANO and Mathilde JULIA
Sources : http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-04-06/morning-news-milan-expo-to-embrace-the-sharing-economy
The Sharing Economy Opens New Doors for Travelers. The burgeoning peer-to-peer or sharing-economy movement allows travelers to skip the traditional booking options and live the local life by staying in other people's homes, driving their cars, eating in their kitchens, and otherwise, seeing a new destination through their eyes.
ReplyDeleteAfter the economic downturn, people developed innovative ways to make money by sharing resources they already had, such as houses, vehicles, and skills, creating a new economy based on collaborative consumption. While this power-to-the-people movement has mobilized an army of microentrepreneurs, it has also resulted in traveler benefits ranging from practical (savings, convenience, and personalized attention) to enriching (authentic experiences and real human connection). It also supports local communities and encourages sustainability.
A travel style favored by generations of backpackers, peer-to-peer has grown meteorically and become more accessible in recent years through the use of the Internet and social media, both of which help connect travelers with hosts and services.
Here we would like to underline the importance of this trend in the well known Milan Expo.