Seaside inspiration for THack@WIT
01/09/2011 by WiT

Developers taking part at THack Day@WIT, the 24-hour hacking event held in conjunction with the WIT Conference, will be able to take inspiration from the ocean breeze and palm trees, plus work on an API made available exclusively to participants for this event.

The hackathon, which will kick off Oct 16 at 10am, will take place at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa, Siloso 4 and has confirmed Expedia as the latest sponsor.

THack@WIT, a partnership between Tnooz and WIT, is being sponsored by Abacus as the exclusive GDS and Expedia.

To date, developers will be able to work on open APIs provided by Abacus,EverbreadExpedia Affiliate NetworkWego and AddToTrip. Others are expected to be added in the coming weeks.

“We decided to choose a venue that would inspire rather than leave these poor developers locked in a box,” said Yeoh Siew Hoon, editor and founder of WIT. “This way, they can take in the sea breeze anytime they want – after all, it’s the tropics here – and we look forward to some great ideas coming out of this collaboration with Tnooz.”

Tnooz editor and co-founder Kevin May added: “We are firm believers that collaboration, sharing of expertise and development tricks, as well as having access to some of the best sets of data the industry can offer, can lead to some wonderfully creative ideas, especially in the pressure cooker atmosphere of a hack event.”

The event is FREE for developers to attend and participate. Contact Kevin May

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