To Infinity and Beyond: Travel’s New Frontiers are beyond sky-high
Editor's note: From extending your longevity potential through health tourism, to exploring the outer limits of existence with a journey to space, the travel industry is back in the business of pushing its new frontiers out ever further, as Luke Clark explores.
Higher, faster, further and deeper [...]
Dreamers, Gamblers, Promoters and Makers: Imagining the Future of Travel Tech
In Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams, Stevie Nicks sings, “Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions, I keep my visions to myself, It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams, And have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness …”
You get the drift.
Well, in travel, it’s [...]
From Gamblers to Makers: How entrepreneurship in travel has evolved over two decades
"Someone's always playing corporation games… we just want to dance here, someone stole the stage." Starship's iconic line from We Built This City could be an anthem for the travel industry, which has faced its own corporate games, disruptions, and rebirths over the last two decades.
The industr [...]
Letters from the WiT Tribe: What I Learnt at “Next Generation”
Thank you, all those who shared their experience and key takeaways from WiT Singapore 2024. Here are a few more we’ve collected from our tribe.
Stephen Joyce, Global Travel Lead, Protect Group
“After 30 years of online travel and the fundamental shifts in technology that has resulted i [...]
Seek Sophie’s Jacinta Lim on the dichotomy between generations in travel
As a first-time speaker and attendee at WiT Singapore, Jacinta Lim, CEO & co-founder of Seek Sophie, found the experience very enlightening.
“I actually went to a lot of conferences (tech though, not travel) when we first started because the conversations were quite shallow. But I found the [...]
Heart and Soul: Talking About Next Generation at WiT Singapore
Editor's note: This year’s WiT Singapore had as its theme, the “Next Generation”. So what it is that travel’s next generation leadership thinks most about – and what big problems will it solve next? In the first of his series of stories from the show, we sent CP5 co-founder Luke Clark alon [...]
Ice baths on a tropical island: This is how weird and wonderful travel’s going to get in the Next Generation
Key takeaways from WiT Singapore 2024
As I was lying by the pool at Cempedak Private Island, watching the sun set over a calm South China Sea and being grateful for the wonders of travel, a strange ritual was taking place nearby.
A group of wellness devotees from Singapore were taking part in a [...]
What does the future think? SIT students reflect on WiT Singapore 2024: Next Generation
Collectively, it was an “eye-opening” event on the future of Generative AI, hospitality trends and travel tech leadership
You can’t truly talk about the Next Generation without including the people who will help shape the future of travel and hospitality. Just like years prior, we invited sev [...]
We are the Next Generation: An out-the-door review of WiT Singapore 2024
“New steps for an old dance” – these are lyrics from ‘Let The Show Begin’, our official theme song for WiT Singapore 2024, which will echo through all our events in the coming year. And what perfect lyrics they were to not only describe the state of travel tech today, but also kickstart th [...]
How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market
Panel at Cruise World Asia tackles “how to bulletproof your travel agency business with technology”
Cognizant of the trend of consumers going online to book their flights and hotels, second generation travel agency owner, Dr Frederick Yip, of Goldjoy Travel, Hong Kong, decided to do a little [...]
