Posts by WiT
Three South-east Asia VC firms form #SupportStartups movement in South-east Asia
02/04/2020 by WiT
Three venture capital firms – Openspace Ventures, 500 Startups and Cocoon Capital – have launched a regional initiative that aims to uplift the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem by helping them boost their revenues. It does this by collating all promotional activities offered by startups acros [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lockdown on a private island
02/04/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
There are no winners in all this, only survivors, say investors
03/04/2020 by WiT
BEACH (Booking, Entertainment & Live Events, Airlines, Cruise Lines & Hotels & Resorts) stocks have taken a hammering with the Covid-19 crisis. More than $332 billion in value have evaporated over the past month, according to this analysis. Booking Holdings has seen a 37% drop, Expedia [...]
Covid-19 Wrap: Malaysia Airlines launches ‘Fly Them Home’ campaign, Langham Group sees signs of recovery, RedDoorz provides free rooms to medical workers, and more …
01/04/2020 by WiT
The Covid-19 Wrap is part of WiT’s “Unity In Crisis” series, a weekly round-up of news on the coronavirus and its impact on travel. Malaysia Airlines to fly home travellers stranded overseas Stranded Malaysians abroad can now come home with Malaysia Airlines' special flights. (Image [...]
WiT Community Blog: Eric Gnock Fah, COO & co-founder, Klook
31/03/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Simon Wong, co-founder, Singapore Sidecars
31/03/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are each [...]
WiT Community Blog: Min Yoon, CEO, Tidesquare, South Korea
30/03/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Ben Liao, chairman, Forte Hotel Group, Taiwan
30/03/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 5: William Bao Bean, Partner, SOSV Capital and Managing Director, Chinaccelerator
30/03/2020 by WiT
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With most of the world on lockdown and as China and Singapore enter another round of their fight to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic by [...]
Boost domestic travel confidence to spark recovery before international demand returns, says Sojern
30/03/2020 by WiT
Some early but clear signs of recovery in Asia in domestic travel have begun to emerge, at least in North Asia markets like China, Hong Kong and South Korea. International travel has yet to rebound, but general appetite hasn’t faded, according to Sojern. In a webinar hosted by Sojern, its dire [...]