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The future of travel and tourism: safe adventures, real-time guidance, and new frontiers

Trends in the Living Networks

Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. A massive rise in sustainable tourism , with low impact hotels and activities and the opportunity to observe rare species. Future of humanity Social trends Technology trends Uncategorized'

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Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

GeekWire

And in a move befitting this era of social distancing, the big reveal was done with the aid of virtual reality. Virgin Galactic went so far as to lend out Oculus Quest headsets to journalists, including yours truly, so we could get an advance peek at a computer-generated interior with an eye-filling view of Earth and space out the window.

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Social services provider uses artificial intelligence to provide genuine help

CIO Business Intelligence

For Colsubsidio , a non-profit provider of a wide array of social services in Colombia, the recent pandemic underscored the need to respond quickly to a major crisis to diminish the harm felt by communities with limited resources.

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The potential beyond the threshold of space tourism: hypersonic travel, solar system colonization and more

Trends in the Living Networks

I was just interviewed on ABC TV about the news that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is going public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, to be the first publicly listed space tourism company. Branson does not seem to be quite as grandiose in his aims but is clearly looking beyond the space tourism business.

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The World in 2030: Four scenarios for long-term planning and strategy

Trends in the Living Networks

Affluence drives tourism and travel. Social entrepreneurs invest $100 billion and seed a billion enterprises. Tags: Future of business Future of humanity Social trends Technology trends consulting executive future scenarioplanning strategyoffsite. Remote work leads to more distributed living. SCENARIO: HUMANITY MATURING.

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Virtually Visit the International Space Station

Gizmodo

After several months of social distancing and staying home, a lot of people are experiencing major wanderlust. Though we’re not quite there when it comes to space tourism, we can at least get a glimpse of… Read more. And given that we’re still involved in a global pandemic, taking a break from Earth may seem especially tempting.

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Australia takes the wrong path on Twitter advertising disclosure

Trends in the Living Networks

This followed the announcement on ABC’s MediaWatch program that celebrity chef Matt Moran, among others, had accepted payment from South Australia’s Tourism Board for tweets. If advertisers want to use social media to get their messages across, that’s OK – users have many ways to deal with that.