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CONTENTS Features


D E C EM B ER 2 0 2 4 / J A NU A R Y 2 0 2 5


Correspondence A round-up of readers’ letters and forum entries


Dispatch 11


Hot Ticket: Davos The latest airline,


hotel and travel news Travel tips with


Priority Pass Business industry


updates – Revolut’s fraud attacks and the UK government’s new budget Sustainability snapshot


– Helsinki tops the charts on this year’s GDS Index


Insight 39


Reviews 75


London


We chat to the CEO of Minor Hotels about the group’s expansion plans


Features 48


56 Rack up extra points with


these supermarket hacks Thoughts on limiting alcohol in airport bars In conversation with


Takashi Kudo from teamLab, an innovative international art collective


DECEMBER 2024/JANUARY 2025


Gift guide Get ahead with your Christmas shopping with our round-up of the season’s best gifts


68 BUSINESS TRAVELLER 03 TRAVEL 62 WISH LIST


Our international team share


what’s on their agenda for 2025


Explore 25


A day off in Singapore The Savoy’s new dining


destination, plus the rise of the trolley trend The UK’s first floating


sauna and the emergence of wellness social clubs Splash out on luxury


experiences and products Our pick of cultural


events around the world and inflight entertainment


Emirates Boeing 777


business class Casa de las Artes, Madrid The Hotel Maria, Helsinki Moxy Brooklyn


Williamsburg Mercedes Benz AMG GT 63 Kanishka by Atul Kochhar,


Business Traveller Awards 2024 Discover the winners of the annual reader awards


World of wifi We explore the growth of inflight wifi and how Starlink is raising the bar


From the archive


A look back at Business T


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raveller Awards over the years


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