Google’s lesser-known travel apps

Location-based applications for Android and iPhone serve as pocket tour guides, alerting you to popular restaurants and landmarks and providing real-time translations.

• Travel Tips
• Technology

Play your part in the global food crisis

With at least one-third of produced food squandered every year, food waste is an increasingly important issue implicating hotels, resorts, restaurants and airports.

• Eco-tourism
• Food & Drink

Virgin tops US airline industry report

Included for the first time in the official Airline Quality Rating, Virgin America ranked first in overall performance, though industry-wide complaints jumped by 20%.

• USA
• Travel Tips

Risqué tour reveals yesteryear Vancouver

A racy new tour shines a light on the city’s not-too-distant past by taking visitors behind the curtain at the infamous Penthouse strip club.

• Vancouver
• Canada
• Tours & Classes
• History
• Nightlife

Sculptures come to life in Sydney

Starting 11 April, more than 140 performers will become living sculptures in interactive displays by 13 leading contemporary artists, including Marina Abramovic and Damien Hirst.

• Sydney
• Australia
• Arts & Architecture

Mapping the world: Old Tallinn, Estonia

A cartographer’s guide to global destinations.

• Europe

Should heavy travellers pay more?

Following a controversial decision by Samoa Air to charge passengers according to their weight, we investigate whether a “fat tax” could become mainstream practice.

A tango-tempo massage in Argentina

At the Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires, guests can book the Porteño Tango, an 80-minute massage treatment performed in sync with the beats of Argentinean tango music.

• Buenos Aires
• Argentina
• Health