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Episode 56

The Future of Travel (Part 2)

Host Richard Quest takes a look at the future of the travel experience. Travel may broaden the mind, but what about its toll on body, soul and planet earth?

Our journey begins in beautiful Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. Canadians have been at the forefront of environmental thinking for years. It’s no accident that Greenpeace was founded there back in 1971. Responsible traveling these days means keeping an eye on what you’re doing to the planet. So Richard traces the carbon footprint he left on his journey from London to Vancouver. What did he do right? What did he do wrong? How can responsible world travelers do better?

It isn’t just business travelers who pack in the air miles. We are what we eat – it’s as true of how we treat the food as the food itself.  At Vancouver’s Granville Island market there is produce from all over the world, often in a single store.  Getting it  to you uses up resources and generates emissions – let Business Traveller 21st Century explain about  Food Miles.

From Vancouver Richard travels back across the Pacific Ocean, through the dateline and on to Hong Kong. These sorts of long oceanic flights are terrible for jetlag. Anyone who’s done it regularly knows all about living in the grey half-light before dawn. Most of us just endure it, relying on sleeping pills, eyeshades and just good old fashioned willpower but are there other ways to beat the lag? We show you what can the business traveler learn about sleep.

From Hong Kong it’s back to Europe and Hamburg, HQ of Lufthansa Technik. This is one of the companies around the world who fit out private jets. What makes Lufthansa Technik different though, is that they’ve worked on a niche product that could open private jet travel up if not to the masses then at least the middle management. It is a type approved off the shelf private jet. Normally luxury jets are bespoke affairs costing telephone number prices. The Lufthansa offering – the Airbus A318 Elite – goes for a comparatively modest $50 million. We take a look at the first one to roll off the production line.

And from there it’s back home for Richard for some well earned rest before Business Traveller’s next show in June when we explain all about Open Skies. The winners, the losers and how it’ll affect your travel costs.