Events
The heart work of socialising travel’s green revolution
06/11/2023 by Luke Clark
“Incentivising the traveller is one thing, and then there’s really immersing the traveller in sustainability – without making them feel like it's homework. Because no one wants to do homework on holidays.” The push for more sustainable travel has become an accepted option-of-choice for disc [...]
The Human Revolution goes to Africa – world’s biggest population by 2030
06/11/2023 by WiT
WiT, Innovation City and Travelstart team up to hold travel tech event in Cape Town March 14-15 WiT (Web in Travel), the leading travel tech conference and media in Asia Pacific, will launch its African edition in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 14-15, 2024. To be held in partnership with Inn [...]
The audience decides at this year’s Great WiT Debate – “AI will make us less human”
01/11/2023 by WiT
Leaders from some of the world’s biggest travel and tech companies debate for and against… but audience sides with the FOR team! Leaders from Agoda, Global Tix, Airbnb, Expedia and Klook took to the stage for Web in Travel’s infamous Great Debate this year at the WiT Singapore conference Oct [...]
Meet the newbies scaling their startups with tech tools
30/10/2023 by Luke Clark
From brainstorming buddy to content scaling and revenue management”, how AI is aiding each of these four startups They have come out of the pandemic, each stronger in their own ways. And now thanks to new tools driven by AI and other disruptive technologies, we heard from four regional startups a [...]
Riding on robust recovery, Trip.com in quest to drive inbound to China
24/10/2023 by Yeoh Siew Hoon
“Real universe must defeat the metaverse,” says James Liang The first impression I had when I walked into the Resorts World Convention Centre on Sentosa to attend the Trip.com Global Partner Summit was that I had travelled through a time tunnel back to October 2019 in Shanghai. That was the [...]
Tribal power: The new model warriors driving OTAs forward
23/10/2023 by Luke Clark
“The revolution of travel itself lies in how we connect people” Anyone who thinks that the great days of innovation for Online Travel Agents (OTAs) are behind us, clearly has not been to a Web In Travel event recently. At WiT Singapore 2023, we met three perfect examples of how in the right han [...]
APAC leads in travel resurgence; consumers see trips as a necessity, not luxury
12/10/2023 by Arvindh Yuvaraj
“Stability has returned and seasonality is back,” says Google's Hermione Joye While the travel industry flourished in 2019, it came to an abrupt halt in 2020 for obvious reasons. Over the past two years, the sector witnessed a series of closures, reopenings, the emergence of vaccinated travel l [...]
Fun factor 10: How tech is making human experiences even better
11/10/2023 by Luke Clark
In a year in which Disney, the world’s most iconic theme park brand, celebrated its 100th birthday, and Taylor Swift, its most iconic pop star broke records galore with her colossal world tour, it would seem like a stretch for those in the travel and experiences business to feel anything but optim [...]
What makes a good investment in today’s Al-centric world?
06/10/2023 by WiT
“Some of the most incredible stuff that's going to happen in the next 10 years is happening as we speak”, say travel industry investors A panel of leading investors agrees that it is one of the most exciting times in history for travel industry investors - and they say that AI is responsible fo [...]
Legends wins WiT/Phocuswright Global Startup Pitch
04/10/2023 by Mitra Sorrells
Legends has won the 2023 Phocuswright/WebinTravel Global Startup Pitch event while SquadTrip received the People’s Choice Award. The competition began in May with more than 120 startups, categorized by region - Asia Pacific, Europe, Americas, Middle East/Africa – and a Wild Card division. [...]