Want to be a K-artist? South Korea ramps up for recovery with fresh ideas, new products and eye on tech
K-wave, longtail experiences, NDC, Urban Air Mobility – Seoul all out to bring back travel
FROM Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) considering visas for fans wanting to enrol in K-pop training classes to global attraction pass company, Go City launching its first city pass in Seoul since the pandem [...]
WiT Studio: Johnny Thorsen (Spotnana) gets honest about the industry’s ability to cope with future crises
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 for more.
On this episode, Johnny Thorsen, Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, Spotnana gets hones [...]
Atlas launches ATRIP to bring data-led decision-making to travel
SINGAPORE-based low cost flight platform, Atlas, has released its next-generation Air Travel Retailing and Information Platform (ATRIP), which it says bypasses legacy systems to bring on a new age of data-led decision-making to travel.
Founder Mary Li's vision is to enable more people to travel [...]
How WiT shifted my perspective on a career in hospitality and travel
Leon Oh Swee Keong, a Singapore Institute of Technology hospitality student, had doubts about working in the hospitality industry. The image of it being “menial labour” plus the allure of better salaries from other sectors were factors holding him back. After attending WiT Singapore and listenin [...]
WiT Studio: Ariane Gorin (President, Expedia for Business) talks travel recovery in APAC and living in consequential times
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry on the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more.
On this episode, Ariane Gorin, President, Expedia for Business, Expedia Group, talks about the new age [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 07: Transforming mobility, cruise comeback, dreamers that do
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 a company that wants to transform mobility, through data and analyti [...]
SEA’s digital economy to hit $200b GMV this year, travel “will take years to reach 2019 levels”
ESG factors “key to unlock the full potential of region's $1 trillion digital economy by 2030”
SOUTH-east Asia’s digital economy is on track to hit $200B GMV in 2022, and is expected to grow twice as fast as GDP in most South-east Asian countries and could reach up to $1T by 2030 if the full [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 06: Metaverse of Madness, Lessons from HICAP, Travelling and Mental Wellbeing
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 make like Doctor Strange but instead of travelling the multiverse, we try to co [...]
As Japan reopens fully, Trip.com reports surges in bookings
THE big news of the week is the full reopening of Japan effective October 11, after two-and-a-half years of restrictions. The pent-up demand for both inbound and outbound is being experienced by travel brands across the world.
Trip.com, which started looking at booking data for trips to Japan fro [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 05: Airbnb and digital nomads, travellers love videos, elevating conscious tourism
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.
It has been a busy week for the WiT crew as the dust settles from WiT Singapore 2022 that took [...]
