Spotnana x Booking.com. Otto the Agent is born. GCash and Klook launch card. Azerbaijan Airlines adopts HTS. More.
Spotnana partners with Booking.com
Spotnana has announced a major partnership with Booking.com, integrating directly with the OTA’s latest API to give its customers and TMC partners full access to Booking.com’s global inventory, including rates that were previously only available on the website [...]
Unpacking the future of money in motion, B2B travel payments with Visa’s Jay Patel | WiT Studio
What does a frictionless travel experience look like, and how do we get there?
In an interview inside the WiT Studio with Jay Patel, Global Account Director - B2B Travel at Visa, we get into the pivotal technologies shaping the movement of money for businesses in the travel sector. Patel sheds lig [...]
Charlene Wee: Flying into the future of airline retail
When Charlene Wee took the stage at WiT Singapore, she had just transitioned from heading distribution at Singapore Airlines (SIA) to overseeing operations, a move that bridges two worlds often kept apart: how airlines sell, and how they serve.
After 15 years with SIA, Wee now manages 9,000 [...]
Secondary cities, smoother visas and digital adoption dominate 2026 travel outlook
Digital travel platform Agoda has released its 2026 Travel Outlook Report, offering a data-driven analysis of the evolving travel landscape across Asia. Drawing on an extensive survey of Agoda customers in key Asia-Pacific markets, the report highlights shifts such as the rising popularity of second [...]
Daryl Lee on B2B’s AI moment and impact on rate parity and value
When Daryl Lee walked on stage for his first public appearance as Group CEO of Dida, he was only three days into the job, yet already crystal clear about what he had signed up for.
After eight years leading global expansion at WebBeds, Lee had made headlines for joining what many considered a fast [...]
Airline distribution and the role of aggregators in a fragmented future, with AeroHub’s Kelvin Fu | WiT Studio
Airline distribution is at a crossroads. The centralized Global Distribution Systems (GDS) is more fragmented, driven by NDC (New Distribution Capability) and direct distribution. In the WiT Studio, Kelvin Fu (CEO and Founder of AeroHub) weighs in on the direction of the industry. He asserts that di [...]
Emirates x OpenAI. MOVE adds VietJet. Osaka’s travel hypermarket. Digital-first luxury. Hotels breaking data laws?
Emirates partners with OpenAI, accelerating airline-wide AI adoption
Emirates has entered a partnership with OpenAI to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise and expand artificial intelligence capabilities across the airline, aiming to strengthen operations, solve complex commercial challenges and elevate the c [...]
Parallel revolutions: A nation and a platform in sprint mode
Saudi Arabia and Expedia showcased as twin stories of transformation at TOURISE
It was interesting to hear CNN’s Becky Anderson introduce her session with Saudi’s Vice Minister of Tourism, Princess Haifa Al Saud and Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin, as “a parallel story in leapfrogging”.
S [...]
Veltra moves into wellness tourism via exclusive partnership with Trambellir
Veltra and Trambellir bet on the rise of "self-investment travel" and travellers upgrading themselves abroad.
Veltra has signed an exclusive agreement with medical and wellness booking platform Trambellir, marking a move into the expanding “wellness and beauty travel” segment. The partnership c [...]
Content, commerce, and community are pillars of Jiha Jung’s Tripbtoz | WiT Studio
Dropping by the WiT Studio recently, Tripbtoz founder Jiha Jung shared the unique philosophy behind his travel platform, which is successfully challenging industry giants by blending content, commerce, and community. Jung emphasizes that these are not separate pillars but an interconnected ecosystem [...]
