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Hotels for digital nomads are on the rise. How is it to stay in one?

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Tsugio Makimoto and David Manners coined the term “digital nomad” in their 1997 book of the same name, which predicted a future in which technological advances enabled people to live and work on the move.

It would be another two decades before the concept really took off – during the Covid-19 pandemic – but today there are millions of digital nomads worldwide. Unsurprisingly, the trend is starting to shape the travel industry.

Aside from an increasing number of countries introducing remote-worker-friendly visas, there is a new generation of hotels designed with digital nomads in mind.

I checked into one such hotel to see if it would help a part-time nomad like me travel better and for longer.

The check-in counter at Lyf Collingwood doubles as a cafe to celebrate Melbourne’s coffee culture.

The check-in counter at Lyf Collingwood doubles as a cafe to celebrate Melbourne’s coffee culture.

My base was Lyf Collingwood, a co-living hotel in Melbourne, Australia, that I found through a digital nomad forum.

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