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I’m a writer, editor and travel industry analyst with a career spanning the newsroom floor and trend forecasting agencies. I help brands build cultural relevance by refining how they show up in the world – be it sparking inspiration through keynotes on emerging industry trends, research that uncovers long-horizon opportunities or collaborating on thought leadership reports that earn media attention and shape industry conversations. I also write about travel for editorial platforms, often from a consumer-friendly, business angle. My hotel reviews are regularly published by The Telegraph, with further bylines in Globetrender, The Times, Condé Nast Traveller and Gay Times. Reach out via DM or at therobbiehodges@gmail.com
Hilton's 2026 Trends Report
Through 2026, travellers are taking Whycations; primarily planning trips around purpose, rather than destination. Associated behavioural trends including Hushpitality and Inheritourism are shaping the future guest experience.
An affordable hotel stay in London? Canary Wharf might be the answer
The Telegraph
No longer just for corporate suits, Canary Wharf’s latest masterplan is reeling in culturally curious city-breakers with new hotels, attractions and a quasi-Scandinavian sensibility.
Charting the newly AI-powered customer journey
Trendwatching
How are advancements in AI likely to impact the customer journey, and how can marketing teams stake their claim on the future? A keynote presentation at Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam during TrendWatching's Hopeful Futures seminar.
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Coming out but going nowhere: Why the shadow of my failed lads holiday still haunts me
Condé Nast Traveller
Lads' holidays themselves offer catharsis in the extreme. Teenage angst uncanned. A spanner in the hamster wheel of school, exams, expectations. Sacred, especially to those in the depths of personal angst…
Compass in the storm: Travel macro-trend workshop
Globetrender
From PinkPantheress Britannia to Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa, this three-hour macro-trend workshop decodes the cultural forces reshaping travel, from algorithm fatigue and destabilised notions of ‘home’ to the transformation economy.
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SIRO: The hotel betting on a fitness-first future
Globetrender
As the world looks to future horizons fractured by diverging health inequality, every hotel, both high but especially low, should be taking note. SIRO cuts through with pioneering spirit, a razor-sharp focus and...
Amadeus: Travel Trends 2026
The future of travel is on ‘spin mode’. This flagship annual report explores how technology, culture and innovation – from ultra-long-haul aircraft to AI planning – are reshaping global travel patterns.
Could robotic exoskeletons become the next hotel wellness amenity?
Globetrender
Strip away the marketing gloss and the Ultra X reveals its deeper identity. At its core, it is a mobility aid – a distant cousin of the wheelchair, a sleeker descendant of the walking frame. And yet…
North London’s warehouse district: Gentrification’s last frontier?
SUITCASE
To most people, it looks like nothing more than an urban dust bowl skirted in steel, but this 30m x 10m patch of wasteland on the edge of Harringay's warehouse district in north London is currently hot territory being…
British Airways Holidays: Travel Trends 2026
For British travellers facing economic pressure, digital saturation and fragmentation, holidays are becoming spaces for transformation – testing identities, restoring balance and rediscovering joy that everyday routines suppress.
This is just a small sample of my work. Interested in collaborating? Let’s connect via email.
