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Portraits of hospitality leaders of Chinese heritage, for an article on the Year of the Horse

Year of the Horse:
Riding steadfast into the Lunar New Year

What does the Year of the Horse hold? The Experientialist® explores the Lunar New Year through the lens of travel, Chinese astrology, ambition and renewal.

The top half of the statue of liberty, green to a backdrop of a crisp blue sky, illustrating the state of the politics of travel today

The politics of travel:
Should we visit the U.S.A. this year?

With the USA a new frontier for travel anxiety, let us, the diverse adventurers who have always had to think twice when we travel – just because of who we are – offer our thoughts.

Italian model in a hat, cravat and blue jacket opens to gates to a villa in Lake Como behind him

Our 2026 luxury travel trends:
These are the shifting sentiments that we all need to hear

If trends are meant to move us forward rather than rubber-stamp business as usual, we have to ask: are we truly engaging with what’s changing, or just comforting ourselves with the idea that nothing really needs to? These are the 2026 luxury travel trends we believe actually matter.

Tipping point:
The culture of gratuity and best practice

Yesterday, I spent a hundred dollars simply by checking in and out of a hotel in Miami. I...

Are we there yet?
LGBT+ luxury travel, featuring Simon Mayle, Reed Exhibitions

I was recently at the restaurant of one of Cape Town’s leading luxury hotels when the friendly maître...

Carry on cruising:
The high seas – a huge opportunity for growth

When it comes to precious vacation time, OutThere travellers can be fickle. In my many years of trying to understand...

The all-new buddymoons:
Going on honeymoon with the ‘family’

It was a chance meeting, up in a glass bubble hovering over the Flamingo Hotel in Vegas. I...

Slower travel:
How to be part of the movement when you don’t have the time

Slow travel is great if you’ve got the time. Uwern Jong discusses how to go slow when you...