Expedia Group expands partnerships with several major airlines to support growth strategies
Expedia Group partners with major airlines, including Hawaiian Airlines, avianca and Turkish Airlines, to capture surging demand as air travel is expected to reach 5.2 billion passengers in 2025.
Expedia Group has expanded its partnerships with several major airlines to support their growth strat [...]
Rome2Rio expands advertising business, adds to executive team
New CEO sets goal to triple ad revenue by end of 2026
Rome2Rio, the trip and route planning platform owned by Omio Group, has announced the expansion of its advertising business to help travellers and destinations discover each other. With its tenured leadership team, and expertise within transpo [...]
iJapan. AI spending takes flight. Skyscanner DROPS savings. e-Arrival in South Korea.
Tokyo tops the list for biggest flight savings in Skyscanner’s new DROPS feature
Skyscanner has launched DROPS, a new app-exclusive feature that helps travellers find flights that have dropped in price by at least 20% compared to the past week. Scanning over 80 billion prices daily, the feature u [...]
Future Lanes Ep 4: Building Traveller-First Experiences | Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson on tech, direct distribution, and traveller experience
The travel industry is constantly evolving, and few airlines have been as relentless in shaping the low-cost carrier model as Ryanair. In a no-holds-barred conversation on the “Future Lanes” WiT Podcast, Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson shared his candid views on everything from direct distribution to l [...]
WiT & Phocuswright return to Middle East to unlock promise of a growth region
There is no doubt that the Middle East is a region on the rise, buoyed by the investments being made in Saudi Arabia as it strives to meet its target of 150 million tourists by 2030.
Phocuswright’s annual Middle East Travel Market Report, issued in 2024, forecasts a 40% growth in the region’s t [...]
9 in 10 young travellers fail to achieve ‘travel therapy’
Millennials and Gen Z crave travel as a vital form of self-care and rejuvenation, yet their wanderlust remains out of reach. In partnership with consumer insights platform GWI, Klook's latest Travel Pulse research across 14 markets reveals that nearly all young travellers see travel as a powerful st [...]
A year at the helm | Pan Pacific’s Melvin Lim on going beyond buzzwords in hospitality
Stepping into the role of General Manager at Pan Pacific Singapore a little over a year ago, Melvin Lim has learned a few key lessons - none more important than adaptability. “The hospitality industry is constantly evolving, influenced by shifting guest expectations and global events,” he says. [...]
Podcast: Singaporeans aren’t as influenced by TV. Biggest travel myths. Using AI to improve connected trips.
We're trying something new with our weekly-ish podcast - we're outsourcing it to Artificial Intelligence. This is both an experiment and, if we're being honest, a convenient way to digest the top articles of the week from the WiT website into a nugget-of-a-podcast. We'll release a new episode every [...]
Calling travel startups of the world: Global Startup Pitch returns in 2025
Grand Finals to be held at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona
Travel startups from across the world will have the opportunity to expose themselves to the global market once again when the Global Startup Pitch, by WiT and Phocuswright, returns for its 2025 edition.
Now in its fourth year, the globa [...]
Thailand gets White Lotus’d. OTAs big attraction leap. TripAdvisor’s new growth engine. More.
Big leap - OTAs now deliver nearly 1 in 5 bookings
New research from Arival reveals that online travel agencies (OTAs) now account for 18% of all attraction ticket bookings globally, more than doubling their pre-pandemic share of less than 10%. The report, The State of Visitor Attractions, highligh [...]
