The value of tech for travellers

The value of tech for travellers

Blue Swan Daily – 27/8/19

Technology – whether we see it as good or bad – has become an integral part of life. In the travel and hospitality industries, it is driving change with mobile increasingly at the heart of developments. More sophisticated devices mean we can be better connected for work, but those benefits seemingly have a negative flip side which means it is becoming harder to escape from the technology and even during downtime we cannot stop ourselves from going online.

Going on holiday would seem to be the perfect time to switch off from work and technology. However, a new survey from international roaming service TravelSim has shown that UK travelers are spending more than half an hour each day using tech for work while on holiday and over a third of people say they get anxious if they don’t have access to the internet on holiday. Read more…