The new map of global tourism
PLUS: Inside the rising cost of hotel stays
TRAVEL TIPS
📈 Where tourism is growing fastest in 2026
The next wave of travel demand is shifting toward newer tourism hubs backed by big airport expansions, easier visas, and aggressive global marketing.
Lindsey Galloway for BBC Travel
NOMAD HOUSING
🏨 Inside the rising cost of hotel stays
Hotel stays are getting steadily more expensive as labour costs, energy bills, and post-pandemic travel demand reshape the industry’s pricing model.
Andrea Sachs for The Washington Post
FUTURE OF WORK
💀 “Digging your own professional grave”
The translation industry is absorbing AI at speed, turning a skilled profession into a shrinking layer of oversight above the machines.
Lianne Kolirin for CNN
P.S. The faster you answer, the higher you are on the leaderboard.
NETWORK STATES
🚀 Starbase is becoming a real city
Could a rocket factory evolve into civic infrastructure? SpaceX’s Texas company town is gaining state-like features—the latest being a municipal court to handle disputes.
Sean O’Kane for TechCrunch
FUTURE OF CITIES
🌙 Why 12-hour cities can’t power a 24-hour economy
Many cities want round-the-clock commerce, yet urban infrastructure is still designed for daytime use. A true 24-hour economy demands cities that are built for the night.
Tim Hunt for ARUP
INTERNET CULTURE
🧠 The future is built by small, weird groups
Old institutions move slowly; tight-knit clusters of obsessive builders move first. Marginal ideas compound inside these circles until they spill out and remake the mainstream.
Austin Tindle for The Elysian