Most “last-minute holidays” are actually booked a few weeks in advance rather than minutes. Launched in July 2014, an app called Flight Tonight is set to change this, offering travellers the cheapest round-trip flights departing in nearby airports in as little as two hours.

It's been said that mobile payments - which involve neither cash nor card - will make up one in five retail transaction by 2019. But following eBay’s 2014 data breach, only 18% of people still feel their data is secure, making for a complex transition.

A study by fits.me claims that 97% of online clothes shoppers do so when they are at home or work, not out and about - even those using mobile devices. The survey tries to contextualise studies which indicate growth in mobile device transactions.

The stereotypical image of a holiday masks a much larger variety of desires and options, connected to states of mind, emotions, personal interests and idea of leisure and enjoyment. How much do we still identify with white sands and blue sea?