From couches to flats, Hankins on quest to change the world
While other kids in his class were probably asking how can I pass my exam, Weston Hankins was asking, how can I change the world?It’s a question the 29-year-old Mexican is still asking. Currently the chief technical officer for 9flats.com, Hankins was the third employee for CouchSurfing.org an [...]
Internet savvy Arab travellers going online to shop
With growing confidence in ecommerce sites and the safety of web-based transactions, travellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are rapidly changing the way in which they purchase their flights and hotel nights.Wego is seeing UAE travellers taking control of their own itineraries as they realise [...]
Mining boom leads WA to focus on events and new developments to spread visitation
Western Australia is enjoying an unprecedented mining boom and it's hard to find an empty hotel room these days in Perth. The driver who picked me up at Perth International Airport was gushing at how the boom was benefitting most people in the state, most of all the hotels.Rooms are not only hard t [...]
Airlines in Malaysia step up mobile play and safer payments
The phenomenal growth of smartphones and mobile commerce have spurred Malaysia Airlines (MAS), AirAsia and Firefly to launch new apps and payment options.MAS teams with Paypal for faster. safer mobile paymentMalaysia Airlines has teamed up with PayPal to become the first airline in Southeast Asi [...]
What happens when a tech addict goes cold turkey
So I am currently undertaking it (WIT's experiment in survival). Using the same processes that existed 20 years ago – well sort of… and most of the same tools here is what I am experiencing in a location in Portugal. I have gone cold turkey from Sunday to Thursday morning.For 20 years ago when [...]
Unplugged 480: An experiment in survival. Are you game?
When my god-daughter was undertaking a 40-hour famine at her college in Adelaide to raise awareness of world hunger, she was asked to give up two out of three things – food, furniture and technology.She chose food and furniture. “I felt I couldn’t live without technology.”On the walk to th [...]
Silk Road adventure awaits winner of Tune Hotels Facebook contest
Tune Hotels is hosting the “Adventure on the Silk Road” contest on its Facebook page, and the winner will join 30 other explorers in the month-long four-wheel drive overland expedition spanning over 10,000 kilometres along China’s stretch of the Silk Road.The journey, slated to start on Au [...]
Dream on but remember it’s also about the stamina
Rita Goh, a regular WIT attendee, shares her impressions of the WITNext Summercamp and what she walked away with personally.It was a hot Thursday afternoon at the Singapore Management University Administration Building and within an hour’s registration before the start of WITnext Summercamp at th [...]
Newism – and why that spells heaven or hell from brands
Newism - and why that spells heaven or hell from brandsNewism … And why that spells heaven or hell from Brands.That’s how the people at Trend watching title their latest trend briefing. They define it as:The ‘new’ has never been hotter, as the entire world, from emerging to mature ec [...]
Wego picks Jakarta as its mobile & social centre of excellence
In the past six months Wego has doubled its investment in Indonesia. Its team, operating out of new offices in Kuningan, Jakarta is expected to grow to 50 by the end of the year, and they will spearhead the company's mobile product and social media development."Indonesia is a market of high strateg [...]
