Curiouser and curiouser; The Curious Case of the Missing Peranakan Treasure returns for its second run proving that digital productions really do have legs
NOT new tech but new thinking. In the fourth episode of our Virtual Experience Makers series with GEVME, we speak to actor Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew, executive producer at Sight Lines Entertainment, and go behind the scenes of the making of The Curious Case of the Missing Peranakan Treasure, a [...]
Open road ahead as each OTA takes different bet on the future
“Nothing guaranteed, everything possible” is sentiment of the day
WHEN things have gone full circle, it can look like they’ve stayed still, but at the WiT Travel Roadshow Episode 4, four travel players tell us they’ve been very busy indeed, making bold bets for the future while honourin [...]
Co-ownership of guests, laser focus on high value experiences: Martha Waslen on the DayAway difference
WHEN we spoke to DayAway founder Martha Waslen in April, the startup had just closed a successful seed funding round and brought onboard its only other employee. Since then, the team has grown to 25 members (a mix of employees and contractors) and expects to close a Series A capital raise by the en [...]
This plane is just right; Scoot looking for Goldilocks Zone on the flight path to recover
AS it waits in the wings to take off, in anticipation of borders reopening, Singapore low cost carrier Scoot is clearly convinced that its new aircraft, the A321neo, will hit the sweet spot in its flight path to recovery.
On Monday, CEO Campbell Wilson held a virtual media briefing to
announce [...]
Breaking barriers and breaking records; the pivot to virtual of Phare, The Cambodian Circus
24 hours; 31 shows; 160 staff and volunteers. That’s just some of what went into the attempt to set a Guinness Record for the longest circus performance that Phare, The Cambodian Circus staged in March this year.
While Phare is waiting to have the record validated, WiT caught up with Osman Kh [...]
Not quite the sensory internet but Wok ‘n’ Stroll’s Karni Tomer creates virtual experiences so real you can taste them
IN the last 18 months our minds have been forcibly opened to the concept of virtual experiences of all kinds. From virtual concerts to virtual weddings, we’ve all become used to feeling one degree removed from our events.
Even with our newfound facility online, going virtual with food tours mi [...]
A generation to watch; Gen-Z’s know what they want and aren’t afraid to ask for it
ONE of the thematic focuses of the WiT Travel roadshow episode 3, was talent. According to a UN policy brief, more than 100 million travel jobs were lost last year due to Covid-19, and 63 million of those job losses were in APAC.
As travel haemorrhaged jobs last year it is not inconceivable tha [...]
Travel product chiefs on tech that works, those that didn’t and those that should
IN the last year, tech teams have built platforms that went unused and scrapped projects only to repurpose them later in new incarnations; as Thomas Edison said once upon a time, “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”
Tech and product c [...]
Tightened Covid restrictions dampen use of SingapoRediscovers Vouchers
Remaining at home. Rescheduling tours. Regrouping to (hopefully) come back stronger. For now, Rediscovering Singapore is on hold.
SINGAPORE’S first confirmed Covid-19 case was on January 23, 2020, and it took 10 weeks from that day before the Circuit Breaker was announced. This year, by contr [...]
Sustainability starts from the get-go, it’s not a switch you turn on: Dixon
Lessons in balancing tech solutions with people approaches from Nikoi and Cempedak
“NET Zero” may be all the rage right now in discussions around sustainability but for Andrew Dixon, founder and director of Nikoi and Cempedak islands, its journey started in 2004 because, if you’re running [...]
