Top of the WiT Ep 10: Dialing in from ‘The Phocuswright Conference 2022’, with Pete Comeau (Managing Director, Phocuswright Inc)
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter.
This week, we tackle timezone differences and lessons from The Phocuswright Conference 2022, as Siew Hoon dials in from the event grounds in Phoenix, Arizona. And to celebrate the tenth episode of the podcast, we invite our first guest, Pete Comeau, Managing Director, Phocuswright on the show to give us his key takeaways (so far) from the event as well.
We discuss “doing the right thing” in travel and hospitality – prioritising sustainability, authentic travel, and respecting talent. We also briefly touch on AI, machine learning, and the metaverse.
Here are the articles that inspired this episode’s conversation:
- Letter from Phoenix: Gummies, guacamole and lessons from taxi drivers
- The Phocuswright Conference: Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
- Amadeus: Biometrics payments, luggage-lite trips, and the metaverse will drive travel trends in 2023
- Soul Survivors Or the Mighty Wasted? The WiT Great Debate 2022
- Doing the right thing a must-have to win customers and talent: Wizz Air’s Varadi
- WiT Studio: Brian Staunton (Atlas) talks technology and how it plays a pivotal role in travel recovery
- WiT Studio: Muzzammil Ahussain (Almosafer, Seera Group) talks Vision 2030 and bringing 100 million visitors to Saudi Arabia annually
Hosted by Arvindh and Siew Hoon.
Special guest: Pete Comeau (Managing Director, Phocuswright Inc)
