With a third of Brits spending over 10 hours researching a holiday, a new generation of apps is refining the process. As mobile becomes indispensable for travellers, rome2rio maps out journeys door-to-door to minimise both travel and planning time.

Dutch airline KLM are engaging intimately with customers at a scale never before possible, spearheading social media not just as a marketing tool, but as a tool that improves what they do for an increasingly connected traveller.

Gone are the days where intrepid travellers would touch down on foreign soil without having any clue how to get around. In today's hyperconnected world, travellers are able to thoroughly research, itemise and plan their holidays on a level that's never before been possible.

Most “last-minute holidays” are actually booked a few weeks in advance rather than minutes. Launched in July 2014, an app called Flight Tonight is set to change this, offering travellers the cheapest round-trip flights departing in nearby airports in as little as two hours.