Hub by Premier Inn is a new hotel concept that aims to bring the connected home to temporary accommodation. Targeting Millennials, the urban hotel chain allows people to check-in, control the room temperature or find the best local bar through a dedicated companion app.

It can be disappointing to arrive at a hotel only to find out that the internet connection is rubbish. Helping you to avoid that situation, the Hotel Wi-Fi Test is a crowdsourced service which gathers and displays Wi-Fi quality at thousands of hotels around the world.

Over 40% of people have stolen from hotels. And while taking home a towel might seem acceptable, what if you fancy the bedding? Aloft hotels and Design Within Reach are letting guests buy everything from the chairs to the beds. But does this ‘in-context’ way of selling really work?

The stereotypical image of a holiday masks a much larger variety of desires and options, connected to states of mind, emotions, personal interests and idea of leisure and enjoyment. How much do we still identify with white sands and blue sea?