| Hang onto your hats people, because, if you're into | | | | hotel will consist of a facility on land, a connecting |
| travel, your options are going to shoot through the | | | | tunnel, and a submarine complex. The complex will |
| roof within the next decade or so. New trends are | | | | include luxurious underwater villas, a ballroom, a spa, |
| already spreading, while others are germinating in the | | | | restaurants, and shops. |
| minds of our most innovative travel gurus and CEOs. | | | | 6) Luxury Pod hotels are transportable facilities that |
| 1) More and more top-rated hotels are transforming | | | | cater to wherever the hottest tourist spots are |
| themselves into yoga retreats, fitness centers, | | | | globe-wide. These pods are constructed on stilts, |
| wellness nests and broad-ranging spa resorts. And | | | | have their own waste disposal system, harness solar |
| hotels like these are gradually forming their offerings | | | | photovoltaic cells for power, and contain quality |
| into affordable packages that even the middle class | | | | rooms for any tourist's budget. In other words, |
| can afford. | | | | guests could helicopter to the Australian rainforest. If, |
| 2) Would you believe the field of medical tourism is | | | | a few years later, the hot spot became Beijing, |
| growing? Various procedures, including skilled and | | | | China, the pod could be transported there, leaving |
| intricate plastic surgery is far less expensive in some | | | | only a small mark on the environment. |
| countries, so many are traveling to "hospitals" with | | | | 7) Helium-filled airship hotels are very possible now. |
| accommodations to rival any four-star hotel and | | | | These will meld the elements of hot air balloon, cruise |
| coming back home nipped and tucked with a brand | | | | ship, and airplane into an airship that will cruise at a |
| new look. | | | | leisurely pace over large expanses. Talk about |
| 3) Middle class travelers are discovering that cruises | | | | awe-inspiring views! |
| are no longer vacations limited to the affluent. | | | | 8) Expert, Howard Wolff, claims that holiday space |
| All-inclusive cruise packages make it possible to have | | | | travel is coming right up. The obstacle is not |
| accommodations, child care programs, entertainment, | | | | technology-it's only an issue of time and money. The |
| unlimited food choices, on-shore excursions, and more | | | | first hotel in space will most likely be a mixed-use |
| for about what it would cost to take the family on a | | | | project with commercial and research applications. |
| trip to Disney. | | | | Some parts of the hotel will have partial Earth |
| 4) Custom options for the affluent are multiplying. | | | | gravity, other parts will be weightless environments |
| You can book exclusive land trips detailed to your full | | | | where guests can float around in sheer bliss. |
| desires. You can cruise on a yacht with an intimate | | | | Are you the adventurous questing type or will you |
| group on the Rhine, the Volga River or even the | | | | always be perfectly content with a couple of days at |
| Mekong. | | | | the nearest amusement park? If you are interested |
| 5) A plan is in the works for an underwater hotel | | | | in traveling where no vacationer has gone before, |
| called Hydropolis in Dubai off the coast of Jumeirah. | | | | don't watch a rerun of Star Trek---sign up for one of |
| In case you didn't know, Dubai is the second largest | | | | these brand new modes of travel zooming your way. |
| of the incredibly wealthy United Arab Emirates. The | | | | |