Big data and artificial intelligence: how will the future traveller get to their destination in 2040?

In the next 20 years, travellers exploring the world will experience a whole different journey – one that will evolve in real-time, long before setting off. Innovations using big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning will redefine the future of how we get from door to door. Already, tech companies are disrupting how we think about efficient, convenient travel by streamlining and personalising the experience. "In a future where our world is overlaid with augmented reality, expect to look forward to the journey as well as the destination," says Mark Holt, chief technology officer at Trainline, Europe's leading independent rail and coach travel platform. When planning to undertake a journey in 2040, humans will be assisted by mobile technology made up of bendable smartphones and must-have fashion accessories such as smart watches and augmented reality headsets.