How to stitch an events quilt for the hybrid world
I don’t know much about quilting but at times, I have felt like we are stitching together a new kind of events quilt for the coronavirus age.
I know,
everybody says this is the new thing, that virtual’s the state to be in for now
because we have no choice and hybrid’s the way forward even [...]
Building up or breaking up – which is harder? Michael Issenberg on growing Accor APAC from “practically nothing”
You could say the Covid-19 lifestyle of no-travel-stay-home has been kind to Michael Issenberg personally. Without setting out to do so, he has shed at least eight kilos and feels fit and great. “I woke up one day and realised my pants were loose,” he laughed. “It must be the eating at home, [...]
From analogue to virtual to hybrid: Evolution of events picks up speed
Events might have been due for a makeover, but the onslaught of the pandemic and its repercussions on travel and events have undoubtedly quickened the evolutionary cycle.
When the pandemic hit the industry early this year, GlobalSign.in, the team behind GEVME, an event management software, had [...]
Balancing the bad and good news and thinking about survival of the friendliest
How travel needs to form “cross-group friendships” to find our own vaccine
On one of my first assignments as a cub reporter in Penang, I was sent to cover a fire in a village. With my editor’s words ringing in my ears – “be objective, don’t get emotional, just get the facts” – I [...]
Covid-19 accelerating consumer behaviour changes around the world – here’s why it matters to travel
During WiT Europe, a panel on “Consumers, They Are A-Changing” gathered three different businesses from three different regions, South-east Asia, North Asia and Latin America – but they have one thing in common – they are all linked to the superapp ecosystem.
LINE Travel.jp is linked to [...]
Efficiency will triumph, tours and activities will be healthier after Covid: Baidi Li wants to bring the luck of Magpie to APAC
This week, Magpie Travel, the San Francisco-based company offering content management solutions for the tours & activities sector, announced the appointment of Baidi Li as head of growth initiatives. Until recently, Li had been a regional director at Viator, a leading company in the sector.
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Don’t hold your breath for “travel corridors” or “green lanes”, work your domestic strategy for now
“True international travel in South-east Asia needs a vaccine”, says Agoda’s Hughes
Travel businesses in Asia should not pin their hopes on “travel corridors” and “green lanes” generating any substantial volume this year, with Agoda’s Timothy Hughes calling it a “dangerous” [...]
The breakup of Accor Asia Pacific: The end of an era
Region breaks up into three hubs, reports back to Paris
The restructuring of Accor in what is being hailed as a new chapter in its strategic roadmap marks the end of an era for the French hotel group in Asia Pacific.
The plan to form eight geographical hubs basically dismantles the tight-knit [...]
WiT to be first travel hybrid event on Oct 1, streaming live from Marina Bay Sands
WiT Experience Week 2020 will not only be Singapore’s first travel pilot hybrid event but possibly also the first global travel conference to have a physical footprint when it streams live from Marina Bay Sands’ new Hybrid Broadcast Studio on Oct 1.
WiT Singapore, which has been held in the [...]
This is why the world needs business travel and peddlers in paradise
It really doesn’t matter how good the technology is and how much better we are at navigating Zoom, Swapcard, Brella or the myriad of event platforms that have mushroomed during this time in history but let’s face it, it will never be as good as being there.
Such was the feeling when I moder [...]
