Naked tourism
UK Fans of Uber can set their sights on the sky with news of a similar air travel service, Rise, launching this side of the Altantic later in 2015. Members of this glamourous private flight sharing service can use the app to check availability of seats on private flights (there are only about 8-10 seats per flight), then take advantage of a private Rise car service, right up to the door of the aircraft. Similar proceedings happen upon arrival. What’s the catch? Well, £1,500 per month membership fees, which can increase if you want a higher membership tier, is no small fee, but for frequent business travellers it might just be worth it. After spending £18,000 a year, the actual amount it will save travellers is questionable, but it will be exciting to see how this business venture unfolds nevertheless.
As Eleanor Hawkins, the infamous flashing traveller, returns to the UK after a short stint in a Malaysian prison for posing nude on a sacred mountain and insulting a nation’s culture and traditions, young people around the world are turning to social media and blogs to share their support for her in an unexpected way. ‘Naked Tourism’ as it has been labelled appears to be the new internet craze, with entire websites and blogs being created in her honour. We’re all for a bit of fun on your vacay, let’s not forget to respect the country you are visiting and its culture and traditions.
One of the apps we can’t travel without – even just around London – is Spotify. The music streaming and sharing app received backlash from Twitter users this week after it changed the colour of its logo from pea green to neon green. ‘Spotify green’ was trending on Twitter as users tweeted their annoyance at the colour change with one user stating they "were considering deleting the app". Although the colour changed on the app icon, the desktop version of Spotify still has the old pea green logo. The logo may have changed, but the app still allows users to create the perfect playlists to listen to whilst on their travels this summer.
Malibu’s best summer ever campaign is back for its second year running. The social campaign follows a team of four young YouTubers on a worldwide journey of a lifetime. The ‘A to Z of Summer’ campaign will follow the influencers over an eight week period as they give fans the ultimate guide to party season, including a range of tips from how to survive a festival to cooking the perfect barbecue. Viewers can engage with the team during their travels and help them decide what to do next by commenting on the channel. Fans in the UK also have the chance to win prizes through the campaign’s competition hub and can follow the journey by visiting Malibu’s A to Z of Summer YouTube channel.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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