WIT Japan’s first start-up champion says travel investment can be best in the worst of times
Takaya’s second coming pauses for take-off
LOOKING in the rear-view mirror can reveal much about the future. Scrutinise the past performance of Japan’s Takaya Shinozuka and you see a young tech entrepreneur who won WIT’s very first start up in Japan in 2013, earning him a place in WIT hist [...]
Lessons from WIT Africa: Collaboration can be a reason for celebration
No fear, young Africans are treading new paths to entrepreneurial success
ONE continent fascinated 19th century explorers more than any other: Africa.
Explorers like the Scot, David Livingstone; Henry Stanley, who recorded
his journeys for the New York Times, and British scholar Sir Richard B [...]
The Digital Decade has arrived in South-east Asia, and there’s no turning back
Get excited: ‘The Roaring 20s’ report predicts a $1 trillion digital economy in the region by 2030.
GUESS how many people began using the internet in South-east Asia this
year? 10 million? Way too low. Try again. 20 million? Double that figure and
you’ll be spot on.
Forty million new us [...]
Reading between the lines, Klook and Go City are going places
Attractions business looks even more attractive as Covid forces travellers to go local.
IF Covid has offered something positive to the travel trade, it is the
extra time given to people to reassess their businesses, to contemplate next
steps, to read books and draw inspiration from the words of [...]
How Certares is making capital out of Covid
‘The only shop in town’ has travel companies queuing at the door
IF you’re a travel company seeking pandemic survival funds, there’s probably only one person you are going to call: Greg O’Hara, founder and senior managing director of New York-based investor managers, Certares.
But d [...]
Royal Caribbean tells traditional travel agents: ‘Don’t be afraid of the digital space’
Travel partners who are digitally selling cruises have been able to recover business faster than those who have not yet entered the space successfully.
THERE are not many people selling travel who can claim that the Covid pandemic has been good for their business.
Angie Stephen, vice-presiden [...]
Match fit, Scoot is ready to swap scenario planning for the real thing
Robust and ready to go, Scoot has put pieces in place for a digital future
THREE days after rejoining Scoot in 2020, CEO Campbell Wilson was told to go home. Covid had struck.
But
being locked down at home during “a difficult time, both from a business and a
staff perspective” gave Wilso [...]
Cheers to beers and Sentosa’s common goal
Strength in numbers guides Sentosa down the path to sustainability
ITS resorts are world class. Its
attractions are hard to beat. Its overall appeal is undiminished.
But when Covid hit, Sentosa’s international
arrivals, which had previously accounted for 80% of all arrivals – slumped. It [...]
The billionaire Airbnb host who walks the talk
Community and connection are key as home sharing gains new advocates
NATE Blecharczyk is someone who believes in walking the
talk.
In
10 years, he has hosted more than 750 Airbnb guests in the San Francisco home
he shares with his wife, Elizabeth. He does it, he says, because he believes in
[...]
WiT Community Blog: Isolation Station – 14 days to prune the roses
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
