Strength to strength – WiT Startup Pitch alum Split goes 0 to 700 amid pandemic
"The headwinds of Covid became tailwinds for our pivot", says Dylan Tan
WHEN Dylan Tan and co-founder Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan made the decision to pivot their start-up Split in March 2020, it was a move borne of desperation. Sixteen months on, instead of desperation, it looks like inspiration t [...]
Phuket Sandbox’s encouraging response paves way for Thailand’s reopening to international tourists
TWO weeks on since the July 1 launch of the Phuket Sandbox – a cocoon of vaccinated foreign tourists – despite a surge of Covid infections on the mainland, the scheme has seen some measure of success, receiving 5,473 arrivals and almost 200,000 room nights booked up until the end of August.
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Curiouser and curiouser; The Curious Case of the Missing Peranakan Treasure returns for its second run proving that digital productions really do have legs
NOT new tech but new thinking. In the fourth episode of our Virtual Experience Makers series with GEVME, we speak to actor Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew, executive producer at Sight Lines Entertainment, and go behind the scenes of the making of The Curious Case of the Missing Peranakan Treasure, a [...]
Open road ahead as each OTA takes different bet on the future
“Nothing guaranteed, everything possible” is sentiment of the day
WHEN things have gone full circle, it can look like they’ve stayed still, but at the WiT Travel Roadshow Episode 4, four travel players tell us they’ve been very busy indeed, making bold bets for the future while honourin [...]
Breaking barriers and breaking records; the pivot to virtual of Phare, The Cambodian Circus
24 hours; 31 shows; 160 staff and volunteers. That’s just some of what went into the attempt to set a Guinness Record for the longest circus performance that Phare, The Cambodian Circus staged in March this year.
While Phare is waiting to have the record validated, WiT caught up with Osman Kh [...]
