Uber co-founder buys record-breaking LA mansion for $72.5m as drivers fight for wages

Los Angeles sees a spike in the homelessness population while homes the size of football fields are selling for more than $100m

Secondhand fashion site TheRealReal soars on Wall Street debut

Shares rise more than 45% as investors are won over by US firm’s sustainability message

20 of the best food tours around the world

Feast your eyes on these foodie walking tours, which reveal the flavours – and culture – of cities from Lisbon to Lima, Havana to Hanoi

Insects tipped to rival sushi as fashionable food of the future

Analysts believe falling prices and reduced ‘yuck factor’ will build appetite for bug cuisine

The future trends set to dominate the travel and hospitality industry in the next 100 years

    100 years from now hotels will have to create opportunities to converse, collaborate and connect, delivering moments that matter, individually, to each and every guest. The hotels of the future will offer moon-walking planet breaks, 3D-printed hotel rooms, digital detoxes, and hyper-personalised spaces, among other treats like offline spaces, disconnected from the system. … Read more