The Great Debate: Who will win in the Age of AI?
At WiT Singapore 2025, seven voices sparred over travel’s next frontier and the answer might just be the traveller.
When WiT turns 20, it doesn’t start with a party – it starts with a fight.
Under the blazing lights of the Main Stage at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, seven industry minds fro [...]
Australia’s $4 billion incentive engine is fuelled by recovering markets, soft ROI and the $53-for-$1 return
“Our business events visitors to Australia spend 38% a night more than a leisure visitor.”
Global competition for high-value corporate travel is fierce, and Australia's commitment to securing elite business events was on full display at Australia Next 2025, returning to Melbourne for the first [...]
Letter from Seoul: High anxiety, hard questions and high stakes
“Don’t worry about the next 20, worry about the next six months”
Back in Singapore, after landing at 1am and walking my dog through tropical humidity six hours later, I found myself reflecting on the strange magic of travel.
Just 24 hours earlier, I had been in Seoul, pacing along the Han [...]
Out of TOURISE: Visa by profile, traveller safety among key initiatives
Saudi's bid to unite consumption economy and to elevate tourism to its fair play
It was the final day of TOURISE 2025. The three-day inaugural global travel event organised by the Saudi Ministry of Tourism was winding to a close but even then, the corridors were still full of people, the energy [...]
The Next 20: What will shape travel’s new era?
Global Travel Tech Thinktank identifies trust among 3 key battlegrounds - here's a summary
If the past 20 years were about putting travel online, the next 20 will be about rebuilding travel entirely — powered by AI, reshaped by demographics, and tested by global risks we can no longer ignore.
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Letter from Riyadh: Key takeaways from TOURISE 2025
You name it, it had it – the opening of TOURISE 2025, the new global travel platform powered by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia which kicked off in Riyadh this week.
Poetry, dancers, a rock band, a singer mimicking animal sounds – all against a backdrop of stunning visuals on the most g [...]
Main character energy: The qualities tomorrow’s travel leaders need to succeed
As we learned in the recent WiT documentary ‘Online Travel in Asia: The Untold Story’, the travel leaders who made it to 2025 did so by navigating some game-changing hurdles – and in the case of the COVID pandemic, laboured through challenges that nothing could have prepared them for.
Admit [...]
PassiveBolt and Replyr.ai win Global Startup Pitch People’s Choice Awards at WiT Singapore 2025
The Global Startup Pitch People’s Choice Awards were announced today at WiT Singapore: The Next 20, celebrating the most innovative Seedup and Scaleup startups from around the world, as voted by the audience.
The awards spotlighted two rising stars of travel and technology – Replyr.ai in the [...]
WiT celebrates the Next 12 Warriors at WiT Singapore: The Next 20
WiT (Web in Travel) has named the latest recipients of the WiT Warriors Awards, honouring 12 individuals who have shaped online travel in Asia-Pacific and beyond. The awards were presented during a private dinner held in conjunction with WiT Singapore: The Next 20 on October 7, 2025.
First launch [...]
WiT Queenstown announces first speaker line-up of global travel tech leaders
When WiT (Web in Travel), Asia Pacific’s leading travel tech media and events platform, lands in Queenstown on July 21, 2026, it will bring with it an A-list of travel tech leaders from Asia, Australasia and beyond.
With more than eight months to go, the debut event already boasts an impressive [...]
