My mom taught me that I didn't have to follow the script if I didn't want to.

Twenty-five years ago, an intrepid traveller circumnavigated the globe with a battery-powered laptop, and forever changed how the world travels.

From micro-stays in rustic off-grid cabins to alpine hiking in Piedmont and feasts of soft feta and local olives on small Greek islands, these are the 20 travel trends we predict for 2020

Airplane seat concept, called Interspace, uses foldable wings to create a privacy barrier and offer extra comfort when trying to sleep. Its designers say it can be retrofitted to existing seats.

You are welcome to my list of the top most romantic places to visit in Gdańsk, a port city on the Baltic coast of Poland. At the center of its Main Town, reconstructed after WWII, are the colorful facades of Long Market, now home to shops and restaurants. Nearby is Neptune Fountain, a 17th-century symbol of the city topped by a bronze statue of the sea god. Gdańsk is also a center for the world’s amber trade; boutiques throughout the city sell the ossified resin.

At a special center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, researchers from the Federal Aviation Administration are running a series of drills that could affect the comfort and safety of millions of airplane passengers. More than 700 residents have been recruited to help determine whether the space between airplane seats or the size of the seats affects their ability to evacuate an aircraft.

They’re already common in Indonesia, so why not cash in on it?

When 27-year-old Tetsuya Inoue began running the Fukuoka, Japan hotel owned by his grandmother, he wondered how he could improve business in the new economy.

Using a 787-9 Dreamliner, Australian airline Qantas launches a test flight carrying about 50 people from London to Sydney nonstop, clocking up the longest commercial passenger flight in recent aviation history in the process.

An unusual hotel, scattered throughout the community, is breathing life back into deserted villages.

Pittsburgh International Airport is creating a "microgrid" to fully power itself with its own onsite natural gas and solar energy. Recent power outages at airports make this even more desirable.

Growth centred in US and China, with slowdown in Sweden attributed to Greta Thunberg

Canada’s most northerly community answers to the names Aujuittuq or Grise Fiord. The first is an Inuit name that means “the place that never thaws out” in Inuktitut.

Visiting Iceland in the age of overtourism.

On October 6, Nabongo became the first documented black woman and first Ugandan to travel to every sovereign nation. Here’s what she learned along the way.

Word on the Water, a floating bookstore on a 1920s Dutch barge, was founded in 2011 by Paddy Screech and Jon Privett. It is currently moored in Regents Canal in King’s Cross, London. * What’s…

The definitive guide to travelling to Hong Kong during the protests

The 1486 text features panoramic illustrations of Jerusalem, Venice and other sites across the Mediterranean region

If technology proves to be viable, a 2,200-km trip from Wuhan to Guangzhou could be reduced to around two hours

A futuristic high-speed train travel pod that creators hope will one day zip passengers from New York to DC in just 30 minutes was unveiled in Manhattan on Friday.