Digital detox: have your phone confiscated by this travel operator

TECH
Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018
12:00 AM MYT

Letting go of your smartphone during holidays can be hard. But one travel operator is offering to make it easier by confiscating your device.

If requested, Germany's ASI Reisen will take guests' smartphones away at the start of selected trips or excursions, be it crossing the Alps or hiking around Iceland.

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HSI-PWHI	0.195	0.210	0.195	0.205	0.015	7.89	1,936,176
HSI-CWGX	0.250	0.250	0.230	0.230	-0.035	-13.21	1,730,445
HSI-CWGI	0.170	0.170	0.155	0.155	-0.030	-16.22	1,700,156
HSI-PWHV	0.180	0.200	0.175	0.185	0.010	5.71	1,400,245
HSI-CWGS	0.140	0.140	0.120	0.120	-0.025	-17.24	1,397,471
NEXG	0.515	0.530	0.515	0.525	0.010	1.94	996,383
FOCUS	0.010	0.010	0.005	0.010	0.000	0.00	868,755
ZETRIX	0.915	0.920	0.905	0.910	-0.005	-0.55	607,583
HSI-PWJF	0.140	0.150	0.140	0.145	0.005	3.57	490,787
TANCO	0.915	0.920	0.910	0.915	0.000	0.00	462,506
VELESTO	0.185	0.190	0.185	0.185	0.005	2.78	455,496
LCTITAN	0.700	0.730	0.675	0.695	-0.010	-1.42	381,126
ZETRIX-C9K	0.070	0.070	0.070	0.070	-0.080	-53.33	271,087
PHARMA	0.220	0.225	0.215	0.220	0.000	0.00	202,221
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