Predatory OTA ads. Singapore booking ahead. SITA acquires Collins. General-purpose AI.
Singaporeans booking regional trips further ahead
Supplementary data from Traveloka’s SEA Index Q3 2026 shows Singapore travelers increasingly planning nearby Southeast Asian getaways at least 30 days in advance. In Q3 2026, the combined share of flight and accommodation bookings made through Tra [...]
GetYourGuide and STB in pact to develop and promote Singapore tours and experiences globally
GetYourGuide, the global marketplace for travel experiences, and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the development, distribution and promotion of Singapore’s diverse tourism tours and experiences to travelers around the world. [...]
Same same, but different: Rod Cuthbert finds his Zen on AI
Viator founder Rod Cuthbert thought he’d confuse the WiT Singapore audience about AI and discovery. Instead, he talked himself and the room into calm.
Rod Cuthbert does not want to be the godfather of tours and activities. “Just for the record, I really hate that Godfather thing,” he told the [...]
Saudi Arabia travel market projected to stay resilient amid GCC disruption
VIDEC Consultants, a boutique travel research and M&A consultancy firm, shared insights from its latest study on the GCC and Egypt markets. Titled ‘VIDEC’s GCC & Egypt Travel Market Sizing & OTA Benchmarking Study, 2019-2030’, it provides in-depth insights into the fastest-growing [...]
WiT heads to Latin America: WiT LATAM debuts in Buenos Aires in November 2027
Joint venture with travel tech veteran Guido Becher, in partnership with Phocuswright, builds a bridge between Asia and Latin America
WiT (Web in Travel), the leading travel tech media and events platform in Asia Pacific, will make its Latin America debut with WiT LATAM on Thursday, November 11, 20 [...]
Fighters-TripToJapan alliance. ‘Tigerhop’ launch. Bangkok Eurovision surge. Volaris disruption assistance. Biometrics coalition.
Fighters Sports & Entertainment partners with Iceland-based TripToJapan.com to boost inbound tourism
Fighters Sports & Entertainment (FSE), operator of Hokkaido Ballpark F Village and ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO, entered a capital and business alliance with Takanawa Travel, the Iceland-based oper [...]
Why bungy when you can sauna? A twist in the Kiwi experience story
Dominic Bowden – a familiar face to New Zealand audiences from a previous career hosting television – is doing the complete opposite of what Queenstown is known for – adrenalin-laced adventures.
He’s built Watershed Saunas, floating saunas paired with cold-water immersion, and six mon [...]
APAC travel agents embrace AI while demanding rate parity and richer content
Research among more than 750 travel sellers reveals growing engagement with distribution platforms, and evolving priorities, sustainability and pricing
The latest biennial study of travel sellers around the world reveals a significant increase in the use of the major global distribution systems, [...]
Lobby and Crewfare win Global Startup Pitch People’s Choice Awards at WiT Singapore 2026
The Global Startup Pitch People’s Choice Awards were announced today at WiT Singapore: 21, A New Beginning, celebrating the most innovative Seedup and Scaleup startups from around the world, as voted by the audience. The awards spotlighted two rising stars of travel and technology – Lobby in the [...]
Globe Planner wins the Alibaba Cloud x Atlas Agentic AI Hackathon at WiT Singapore
Globe Planner has been named winner of the Alibaba Cloud x Atlas Agentic AI Hackathon. The finals were held at the WiT Bootcamp, part of WiT Singapore.
The hackathon challenged developers, startups and travel-tech innovators to build AI agents that change how travel is searched, sold and serviced [...]
