Asia Partners’ Rippel on trends accelerated by Covid and the building of unicorns in the region IN March this year, Singapore-based growth equity investment firm Asia Partners closed its inaugural fund at US$384 million in commitments. During the WiT Travel Roadshow, Episode 2, we sat down wi [...]

IN December 2020, international arrivals were down 74% from a year prior. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) predicted the pandemic would set international travel back to the levels of 30 years ago. On the day of WiT’s second travel roadshow Singapore experienced 16 locally transmitted Covid- [...]

“Not just another OTA” as local experiences platform rolls out to help hotels sell ancillaries IF  you haven’t heard of DayAway, you may soon. Within five minutes of meeting Martha Waslen, founder of the Singapore-based local experiences startup, two things are clear. One, that she do [...]