Jeremy Jauncey isn’t your average hoodie-toting tech dude. With an enviable tan, chiseled frame and charming British accent, he seems—at least physically speaking—more like a man-about-town than a guy who geeks out over data science. While you might not be familiar with his name, you’ve no doubt stumbled upon his ... More

Imagine a flight that knocks out all coach and first class seating, leaving room only for business class tickets. That's exactly the basis of La Compagnie, which serves daily flights from the Newark, New Jersey airport to London's Luton and Paris' Charles De Gaulle airports. 74 lie-flat seats fill out ... More

From Shakespeare to Sinatra, the moon has found itself playing the unwitting foil in all kinds of human dramas, but next year, it will be getting a much more literal delivery of our emotional baggage. To help fund the first privately financed mission to the moon, Pittsburgh-based logistics company Astrobotic ... More

At the end of the last century, Detroit was left for dead, a rust-ridden festering wasteland of a bygone era. Its decline didn’t happen overnight; the city that was once the mecca of American manufacturing, home to companies like General Motors, whose output in the mid-1950s rivaled the GDP of ... More

Lately you can’t shake a stick without hitting a boutique hotel promising Egyptian cotton linens, Kiehl’s products and flat-screen televisions. But there’s more to luxury than a well-appointed suite. That is why the proprietors at a string of new properties are turning their attention to common areas. More

Hailing Iran as the next big thing in luxury travel might sound like a Saturday Night Live bit—but just hear us out for a second. Beyond its exotic appeal, the country, which is rapidly strengthening relations with the U.S., has all the trappings of a richly satisfying vacation experience: sprawling ... More

Getting a pilot’s license isn’t the grueling chore it once was, thanks to the “sport pilot certificate,” which requires just 20 hours of training. Built for amateurs and enthusiasts alike, the Icon A5 is a slim and seductive two-seat plane with impossibly simple controls that allow even novice ... More

The Austrian city of Salzburg has laid claim to a number of rich moments in history—it is the city that gave us Mozart (he was born there) and also served as the backdrop for the classic 1965 film The Sound of Music. Equally historic is the city’s Grand Dame property,  More

A lot of people start with a vision, but give up because it’s too big,” says Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. “Or they edit their vision, so it’s more attainable. But as Walt Disney once said, ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ ” The dream that became Airbnb began as ... More

On any given night at the new W Singapore Sentosa Cove, a glittering glass structure trimmed in neon and flanked by private marinas, sleep comes secondary to pretty much everything else. Positioned squarely at the center of one of the island-nation's most exclusive neighborhoods—you pay a toll to ... More