Spotnana x Cleartrip take flight. PKFARE unlocks 38k hotels. Southeast Asia social media trends.
Spotnana and Cleartrip partnership takes off in India
Spotnana has partnered with Cleartrip to expand its travel content offerings in India, giving customers direct access to low-cost carriers such as IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air. Through an API integration, Spotnana now enabl [...]
Travel tech lacks diversity. Cathay Pacific gets speedy. Bed bug business. AI aids Trivago.
SITA and Cathay Pacific boost network speeds across 51 airports
Cathay Pacific has signed an agreement with SITA to enhance network connectivity across 51 global airports, increasing bandwidth by up to five times while maintaining cost efficiency. The airline, an early adopter of SITA’s network s [...]
Snakes, DeepSeek and the speed of AI: How travel tech will be transformed
Bobby Healy: “You can’t afford to just dabble in AI, it’s a complete re-architecture of how your company operates”
It’s Chinese New Year, and I’m in Penang celebrating the Year of the Snake. Traditionally, that might signify a slow, slithery year but what’s happening in AI and travel [...]
OpenAI’s “Operator” and DeepSeek: Marking two auspicious moments in AI
Year of Snake heralds “the biggest travel shift” and “the biggest shift in AI”
Forget about sliding into the Lunar New Year tomorrow – the snake is leaping into the next era in Artificial Intelligence that signals the beginning of a shift in consumer behaviour as to how they book travel, [...]
Sustainability, Gen AI, and the forces moving ASEAN tourism in 2025
Malaysia is setting ambitious tourism goals with Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM 2026), aiming to attract 35.6 million visitors and generate RM147.1 billion in tourism revenue. The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2025, held in Johor Bahru, spotlighted key strategies to achieve these targets, including sustainabil [...]
Podcast: Lunar New Year trends. OTAs vs Hotels. MG Group’s comeback kid.
We're trying something new with our weekly-ish podcast this year - we're outsourcing it to Artificial Intelligence. This is both an experiment and, if we're being honest, a convenient way to digest the top articles of the week from the WiT website into a nugget-of-a-podcast.
First, Trip.com data [...]
Real-time tourism insights. Instantly change BA flights. Agoda expands EcoDeals. Copa Airlines tracks travel requirements
Spotnana’s new British Airways integration lets you instantly change flights
Spotnana has announced a direct integration with British Airways, enabling customers and partners to access the airline’s full New Distribution Capability (NDC) content along with enhanced servicing features. A key hig [...]
ASEAN Tourism Forum 2025 spotlights sustainability and AI as Malaysia prepares for Visit Malaysia 2026
35.6 million and 147.1 billion. Keep these figures in mind as they are pivotal to Malaysia’s tourism industry as it gears up for Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM 2026). Simultaneously, the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2025, held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, from January 15 to 20, brought together over 1,000 dele [...]
10 travel insights that should be on your radar in 2025
Phocuswright just published Travel Forward: Data, Insights and Trends for 2025, a resource (available to everyone) which provides broadscale insights into the $1.61 trillion global travel market, offering essential data for understanding industry trends and growth.
Featuring highlights by segmen [...]
Scale smart, build trust, and disrupt travel tech, says Meili CEO, Mike McGearty
Mike McGearty, CEO and co-founder of Meili, stopped by the WiT Studio to talk about tech disruption in the travel and mobility landscape, tackling competition, and new approaches to leadership in the business.
“At Meili, loyalty means creating reciprocal benefits across the entire value chain,� [...]
