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A new style of cruising is emerging for Gen Z travellers in a shift from retiree- focused holidays to experience-led travel shaped by entertainment, wellness culture and sustainability.

The Future Laboratory speaks to Leanne Elliott-Young and Cat Taylor, co-founders of IoDF Platform, a connected product system defining the new era of post-purchase commerce through digital product passports.

The creator economy is moving away from scale and spectacle towards credibility, values alignment and long-term trust.

For decades, longevity has been shorthand for science fiction: billionaires chasing immortality or start-ups promising to hack death. But Washington DC-based author and broadcaster Ken Stern is pushing a quieter revolution.

As birth rates fall and parenting becomes a marker of privilege, fashion imagery is bringing maternal identity into sharper cultural focus – reframing motherhood as visible, complex and creatively generative.