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The term gets slapped on everything these days, so how can you distinguish between a swanky product and a pedestrian one?

New York Times: Are smart hotels a luxury or a letdown?

These days, it’s all about making do when I’m greeted by the glut of smart technology in hotel rooms. Voice-activated lights. Chatbot concierges. QR codes on television sets. Mobile browser or app check-ins.

Voice-activated lights. Chatbot concierges. QR codes on television sets. Don’t even get me started with motorised drapes – it’s driving me crazy.

Voice-activated lights. Chatbot concierges. QR codes on television sets. Don’t even get me started with motorised drapes – it’s driving me crazy.

Turns out that automatic mood lighting and motorized drapes do not make me a relaxed and happy traveler. And for the last time, I don’t want to download your app.

Opposites may attract, but they don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to traveling together. Our travel columnist has tips on how to meet in the middle—and where to go that will make you both happy.

If luggage could talk, it would tell a pretty interesting story this summer.

Christmas is less than 100 days away. And if 2021 hasn't quite been the year most people hoped for, with no end of the pandemic in sight yet, it seems Americans are ready to bank on a big consolation prize: an epic holiday vacation.

MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM Travel industry sees glimmers of recovery in Africa, Antarctica Travelers are starting to book now for trips they hope to take months or more down the line. By Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg 22 Feb 2021  09:04  Image: Bloomberg Early in the global pandemic, travel experts rushed to determine the shape of the recovery. Would it be L-shaped? More like a W? A year later, despite brief upticks and plenty of pent-up demand, the travel rebound has yet to arrive. Yet there ...