Don’t fear, K-travel is alive and well – industry’s bursting with creativity and feistiness
WiT Seoul 2020 captured how online travel players are executing by millimetres to last the long game
If there’s one overwhelming feeling I got out of hosting WiT Seoul Virtual yesterday, it is that South Koreans are overwhelming in their creativity and fighting spirit. Yes, we see it in their [...]
Buying flights on AirAsia.com? Don’t forget to pick up zucchinis and potatoes too
While you are buying an air ticket on AirAsia.com for your next holiday, hop one tab over for some groceries, and then to the next one to pick out a gift for your partner.
When COVID 19 closed all borders, it was an obvious move for AirAsia.com to pivot away from just selling flights and hotels [...]
How Almosafer’s omni-channel strategy helped it ride out Covid-19
Ronnie Varghese, head of digital for Almosafer, the flagship consumer travel brand of Saudi Arabia’s Seera Group, is the first to admit his initial scepticism when the company announced it wanted to actively pursue an omni-channel strategy in 2019.
Almosafer had started as a social media [...]
WiT Seoul 2020 goes hybrid – physical Innovation Stage twinned with virtual event
WiT Seoul 2020, to be held October 29, will combine a physical WiT Innovation Stage in Seoul starting at 2pm local time, with a virtual Main Stage which will kick off at 5pm.
The WiT innovation Stage, aimed at connecting local startups with investors in mentoring sessions, will be held from 2pm [...]
Globalisation and OTA power, two sacred cows killed by Covid
Scoot’s Wilson on distribution: “Use the opportunity to recalibrate and build back better” while Pan Pacific's Choe says, “The Netflix culture is coming”
Globalisation and OTA power are the two sacred cows that have been killed by Covid, as far as Campbell Wilson, CEO of Scoot, and Cho [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 24: Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda
Even for introverts this year has been particularly hard in terms of being cut off from people, but for extroverts like Agoda’s Timothy Hughes it’s been especially challenging. But he’s been taking it in stride like everyone else, saying he’s been the best informed he’s ever been through [...]
Keep it flexible, transparent and diversify offers, Booking.com advises partners as it unveils “The Future of Travel”
Booking.com advises its partners to keep flexibility and transparency as top of mind when creating deals. Additionally, they should diversify the type of offers they put out in order to manage their cash flow.
Nuno Guerreiro, Booking.com’s regional director, South Asia, Oceania & Chains (p [...]
Psst, fancy spending Christmas in Hong Kong?
Industry welcomes opening of no-restriction travel corridor between Singapore and Hong Kong
I am already imagining spending Christmas in Hong Kong, feeling the crisp cold of a winter season, taking in the lights of one of Asia’s most vibrant, dynamic cities and catching up with friends in som [...]
Climbing Hybrid Mountain: Lessons learnt from staging WiT Experience Week
Just before Year 2000 kicked in I had the crazy idea that I wanted to mark the decade’s end on top of South-east Asia’s highest mountain, Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, East Malaysia. I called my best friend, living in Hong Kong at the time, and proposed the idea. Even crazier than I am, she said yes [...]
Smart city projects like OceanMedallion not for faint of heart, human transformation is harder: Padgett
Implementing “smart city” projects such as its guest experience platform and OceanMedallion wearable onboard Princess Cruises ships is not for the faint of heart, said John Padgett, chief experience and innovation officer for Carnival Corporation, during WiT Experience Week Hybrid Day 4.
Dur [...]
