Making it to your hotel after a 12-hour haul hardly inspires you to gather together your documents and spend 20 minutes attempting to check-in with the hotel receptionist. GTRIIP plans to free us from this first world problem with a check-in service that uses the iPhone’s biometric functions.

No matter how well planned an event is, there are always going to be queues, be it for the bar, the toilets or the merch table. Ticketing platform Eventbrite is attempting to smooth this out, replacing its regular paper tickets with RFID wristbands that bring a whole host of advantages.

After a bumpy ride through the recession, the theme park industry has picked up speed. With competition from the home as the centre of the personal entertainment world, theme parks are innovating their way into a multi-sensory shared experience that’s unique to the parks themselves.

What kinds of hotel do people want to stay in? How can the craft world ‘go digital’? And will VR take over the holiday industry or will it be confined to gamers’ homes? As part of the 2016 Expert Outlook series, three industry insiders give their views on the future of leisure and tourism.