WiT to be first travel hybrid event on Oct 1, streaming live from Marina Bay Sands
WiT Experience Week 2020 will not only be Singapore’s first travel pilot hybrid event but possibly also the first global travel conference to have a physical footprint when it streams live from Marina Bay Sands’ new Hybrid Broadcast Studio on Oct 1.
WiT Singapore, which has been held in the [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 23: All About Food And Tech
In Asia we love
to eat. We also love to talk about it, almost as much as we eat. In this
episode, we get stuck into the marriage between food and tech.
Because if there’s
one breakout star of Covid 19 and the great human experience of staying home
for prolonged periods, it is food.
[...]
WiT Startup Pitch to receive US$250,000 in technology credits and support from Amazon Web Services
WiT announced today that Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, is collaborating with WiT Startup Pitch for the third year running. AWS will provide over US$250,000 worth of technology credits and support towards WiT Startup Pitch 2020 throug [...]
The Wrap: HalalBooking on recovery track with plans for expansion, WTTC launches safety protocols for adventure travel, and more …
The
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly
take root.
HalalBooking bounces back, plans expansion beyond Europe and a Series B round
HalalBooking adds new hotels and villas to [...]
Mastercard report: Italy, Russia, France lead travel and entertainment spending recovery in G20 countries
Despite
the challenges posed by Covid-19 there are promising signs in consumer spending,
including hard-hit sectors like travel, with Italy, Russia and France leading the
way.
This is one of the findings in the Mastercard report, Recovery Insights: Travel Check-In, which focused on the impact of [...]
Domestic travel recovers, Singaporeans top list: Tripadvisor
Singaporeans, eager to "make memories with family and friends, relax and enjoy nature", have found themselves as leaders of the pack for domestic travel bookings, according to Tripadvisor in its latest travel index. It saw that domestic travel within the island state has recovered the quickest thi [...]
Here are the winners of Phocuswright Innovation Summit and Launch EMEA
Phocuswright has announced the award winners of the latest Phocuswright Innovation Platform programmes, Summit: EMEA and Launch: EMEA.
The winners are:
Summit: EMEA Most Innovative Startup Award - Winner: IoMobSummit: EMEA People’s Choice Award - Winner: Hotelmize Launch: EMEA Pe [...]
The Wrap: Grab and Klook partner to promote regional tourism, AirAsia launches e-tail platform to bolster revenue, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
Grab adds tour and activity bookings to app through integration with Klook
A new partnership to promote tourism in South [...]
Planeterra launches virtual trek challenge to help rebuild community tourism devastated by Covid-19
Planeterra Foundation, the non-profit partner of small-group adventure tour operator G Adventures and G Touring, launched its first annual Planeterra Trek Challenge today (September 2).
Bruce Poon Tip, Planeterra's founder (also G Adventures' founder and G Touring's owner), invites the travel i [...]
WiT partners with GEVME to deliver a new kind of Experience Week, Sept 28-Oct 1
WiT (Web in Travel) is partnering with Singapore-based events platform, GEVME , to deliver a new kind of WiT Experience Week 2020, scheduled from September 28 to October 1.
“Covid has forced events
into a new world and all of us have had to adapt to the changed circumstances,
and the best way [...]
