Posts by WiT
Words To Live By: The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2023, Part 4
16/12/2022 by WiT
Continuing our annual round-up where we ask our industry friends about the lessons and words from 2022 and what they are looking forward to in the new year, as well as the words they will embrace in the new year. Omri Morgenshtern, CEO, Agoda Looking back – one word to describe 2022 Pivot [...]
Words To Live By: The Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2023, Part 3
13/12/2022 by WiT
Continuing our annual round-up where we ask our industry friends about the lessons and words from 2022 and what they are looking forward to in the new year, as well as the words they will embrace in the new year. Kerry Healy, Chief Commercial Officer, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea at Accor [...]
How to future-proof travel: Global Travel Tech Thinktank Report
12/12/2022 by WiT
On October 3, about 40 industry leaders gathered for the first Global Travel Tech Thinktank, held by WiT, Phocuswright and Phocuswire, and hosted by Accor Asia. The event’s purpose was to brainstorm the way forward for travel under the umbrella theme of “How To Future Proof Travel By Creating [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 13: ChatGPT on ways to reduce anger, Teacher-To-Mountain programme, and words to describe 2023
09/12/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, social media was stormed by talk of Artificial Intelligence. ChatGPT, a bot by OpenAI [...]
Words To Live By: The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2023, Part 2
07/12/2022 by WiT
Continuing our annual round-up where we ask our industry friends about the lessons and words from 2022 and what they are looking forward to in the new year, as well as the words they will embrace in the new year.   Eric Gnock Fah, COO & Co-founder, Klook Looking back – one word to [...]
Words To Live By: The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2023, Part 1
06/12/2022 by WiT
The 2022 Oxford word of the year is “goblin mode”. The term, which refers to “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations”, was the first word of the year to have been decided by public [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 12: Looking back at 2022 predictions, return of China, words to describe 2023
02/12/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, we look back at a few articles that were published at the end of 2021, with answers by [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 11: New industry leaders, empowering indie warriors, and Star Wars socks
26/11/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, we talk about the convergence of the "old world" and this new, endemic one. Siew Hoon, [...]
WiT Studio: Danielle D’Silva (Booking.com) explains the meaning of sustainability in hospitality
22/11/2022 by WiT
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry to discuss the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. On this episode, Danielle D'Silva (Head of Sustainability, Booking.com), opens up about creating a [...]
WiT Studio: Wsinee Sukjaroenkraisri (RAKxa Wellness & Medical Retreat) talks about finding and hiring the right talent
21/11/2022 by WiT
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry to discuss the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. On this episode, Wsinee Sukjaroenkraisri (Vice President, Business Strategy & Programmes, RAKxa [...]