WIT BOOTCAMP 2016: Top 3 Startup Pitch Finalists Named
The top three finalists of this year’s WIT Start Up Pitch have been named, following the first round of competition earlier today at the WIT Bootcamp 2016 at One Farrer Hotel and Spa.
Competition was steep, with seven semi-finalists eager to catch the eyes and minds of an esteemed panel of 10 j [...]
WIT BOOTCAMP 2016: In Pictures
Pictorial roundup of WIT Bootcamp 2016 held at One Farrer Hotel & Spa on October 17.
Getting ready to welcome the delegates
This year we ask the delegates to 'Reimage' [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The tricky world of startup investment
Money is always a tricky subject in the start-up world. A whole day could be devoted to hashing out the pros and cons of bootstrapping versus raising investments through a seed round.
Is it right to sacrifice the family meal for your budding business or to sell your soul for a little extra cash t [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Reimagining travel from high tech, super speed to low tech, walking pace
In the midst of all the build-up for WIT Singapore next week, I jetted off on an annual sojourn to the UK with my family. We made our routine stops in London and Edinburgh, before setting off for the rural landscapes of Scotland’s northern highlands.
Travelling to the Isle of Skye in the far no [...]
The Wrap: Bridge Rentals, Ctrip join forces to offer vacation rentals to Chinese travellers
The weekly news roundup: Bridge Rentals and Ctrip new partnership, Allianz Global Assistance’s revamped mobile app, Travelport Business Insights launched
HOSTPITALITY: Bridge Rentals, Ctrip join forces to offer vacation rentals to Chinese travellers
Bridge Rentals, a non-hotel inventory [...]
Sabre Destination Hack: Overwhelming response, opens to virtual entries from overseas developers
The response to Sabre’s first ever Asia Pacific inaugural hackathon has been so overwhelming that the company has added a virtual component to enable overseas developers to take part remotely.
To date, over 200 participants have registered from Singapore and the Asia Pacific region for Destinat [...]
How travel distribution will change, driven by consumer revolution: LSE study
Gatekeepers, mega meta online travel agencies, artificial intelligence, and the use of portable technology may fundamentally disrupt travel distribution in the next decade, according to a new study by the London School of Economics (LSE).
The report, “Travel distribution: The end of the world a [...]
TripAdvisor changes booking policies on animals attractions, launches education portal
TripAdvisor today announced its commitment to launch a set of industry-leading actions, including changes to its policy on selling tickets to animal attractions, and the launch of a new education portal to help inform travellers about the standards of care for wild, captive, and endangered species i [...]
Leveraging hotels’ true unconstrained demand with better data sources
This is a guest post by Patrick Bosworth, CEO of Duetto, a San Francisco-based revenue strategy technology company.
The hospitality industry has long used typical information sources to create as accurate a demand forecast as possible. However, with more sophisticated technology and software [...]
Simon Lehmann to lead Phocuswright as President
Travel industry research authority Phocuswright, a division of Northstar Travel Group, today announced the appointment of Simon Lehmann as the brand’s president, effective November 1, 2016.
Lehmann brings to Phocuswright 25 years of strategic and operating experience, expertise in travel and te [...]
