What happens when a scientist meets a Hollywood junkie?
For content to be interesting and engaging, you need to mix it up and shake it about - which is what we are doing with the “Future of Content” session at the WIT Conference. We are mixing a mad scientist and a brilliant mind who's pioneered mixed reality technology in labs in Singapore and Jap [...]
Global line-up of start-ups make pitches to investors at WIT
A global line-up of travel start-ups, from Asia, the US and the UK, will be making their pitches to a panel of investors and mentors at the WIT Bootcamp, taking place on October 15 in Singapore. Held at ArtSpace@Helutrans, the Bootcamp, now in its third year, is aimed at [...]
WITovation Awards presents finalists
Finalists of the WITovation Awards 2012 have been identified, three weeks before the winners will be eventually crowned at the Web in Travel Conference in October.In its second presentation, the WITovation Awards recognise companies or individuals that have made a difference in a chosen field, [...]
The Wrap: ITB Asia, Eva Air, Wego, KLIA, HICAP
Conferences galore at ITB AsiaParticipants at the forthcoming ITB Asia 2012, which will be held at The Sands Expo and Convention Centre from 17 to 19 October, are in for a conference treat.Messe Berlin (Singapore), in partnership with travel organisations such as UNWTO, Web in Travel, MCI, Nationa [...]
Airlines adopting, allocating more resources to social media
Social media is playing an increasing important role in airlines’ daily operations with many planning to invest more to this medium, reveals the “Airline Social Media Outlook 2012” report by SimpliFlying.
The survey, conducted among 29 social-savvy airlines including KLM and America [...]
Travelmob raises US$1m seed funding, introduces search personalisation feature
Travelmob, the Asia Pacific -focused social stay marketplace which launched in July, has raised US$1 million in seed funding.Leading the funding round for the Singapore-based company is Jungle Ventures with participation from other prominent, private investors in the region.Turochas Fuad, CEO and [...]
Unplugged 480 Experiment: First survivor Clare shares her experience
The first survivor of our Unplugged 480 experiment – to see how 10 tech addicts can survive for 48 hours without Internet and devices – has lived to tell the tale. Here's her story.Name: Clare Annabelle ChiuWhat I do: Group Director of Business Development, Warwick Hotels & Resorts Why I am [...]
How big can a hedgehog grow?
Two years ago, in an interview with WIT, Glenn Fogel, the man responsible for driving international growth at Priceline, attributed the group’s success to it being more like a hedgehog than a fox.He said, “People talk about the fox and the hedgehog – the fox knows many things, the hedgehog kn [...]
Speakers’ corner: Priceline powers on, Fogel ever mindful of disruption
It was interesting to hear Fan Min, CEO of Ctrip share his vision of the future at the Travel Distribution Summit in China - how China’s largest OTA should evolve into an OTP (Online Travel Platform), and he used the analogy of a gas station where you could buy everything.In contrast, you had [...]
Scoot, Malaysia Airlines team up with new online partners
Singapore’s Scoot formed a partnership with Wego, and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) got into bed with Expedia to expand their reach to their customers, both sealing their deals on September 20.The commercial agreement between Scoot and Wego sees the integration of the airline’s fares into over 5 [...]
