The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 14: DJ One With Aldrin
We met over Hainanese curry rice in a local food court in Singapore. I asked him about his love for music and how he got started as a DJ, and how he came upon the name of “One With Aldrin”.
His story
captivated me. Local boy, loves music, loves mixing, driven by his passion,
pretty enterpris [...]
New metrics needed to measure “touchy-feely” aspects, hybrid means longer product cycles – major rethink needed in business events sector
Covid-19 and its forcing us enmasse into the world of virtual and hybrid events is throwing up some very tough challenges for an industry, used to running physical events, to confront.
They range from finding new metrics to prove its value to changing its mindset to thinking longer product cycl [...]
Tripadvisor outlines the five key stages of recovery and industry-wide plan of action
Tripadvisor’s “Covid-19: The Road to Recovery for the Travel Industry” report outlines five key stages of recovery, and offered guidance to hospitality businesses, destinations, brands and advertisers on what actions should be taken at each stage to make sure they emerge as strong as possible [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 13: Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings
At WiT 2009, themed “Tough Love” because the world was coming out of the global financial crisis, Ho Kwon Ping, known for not pulling his punches, called out of the rise of China and the clash of civilisations.
A decade later, we revisit him in his home in Singapore to catch up with him on [...]
WiT Startup Pitch 2020 goes virtual, open call for entries
Covid or no Covid, the startup world must go on. In fact, one could argue that startups and entrepreneurship have become even more important at a time when travel has been decimated by the pandemic and needs every resource available to help in its rebuilding.
With hundreds of thousands of jobs [...]
Rappi Travel sees slight uptick in bookings, ready to ride on superapp’s growing reach across Latin America
Latin America’s superapp, Rappi, launched its travel vertical in February, which is either bad timing or good, depending how you look at it.
For Guido Becher, head of Rappi Travel, it was good because it meant the company didn’t have to deal with the chaos that ensued with the breakout of t [...]
Some corporate travel may not return, buyers and TMCs invest in tech for a new future
The reality is sobering. It’s going to take a while for corporate travel to get back up, especially that of the major multinationals. SMEs, well, that’s a different story for another day.
Novartis, for example, is not permitting international travel for internal meetings for the rest of th [...]
How The Island Foundation is educating small island communities during this pandemic
WiT is helping raise funds for The Island Foundation this year. Attendance for its WiT Virtual Summit on June 24 is free and it is asking for contributions to be made towards The Island Foundation through this link.
The Island Foundation (TIF)
– a charitable organisation focused on developing [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 12: Cameron Holland, Chief Executive Officer, Luxury Escapes
As Australia slowly awakens, so is Luxury Escapes, the company that grew out of packaging luxury hotel experiences for Australian customers and, in the last seven years, has cast its net wider to Asia.
Like other travel companies, it too had to deal with a crisis of cancellations and change req [...]
As travel awakens from its coma across Asia, is it time to save ourselves?
Four-day work week, travel deals for travel employees, targeting the young, new and exciting road trip itineraries – what other ideas do you have for nourishing those fragile green shoots we are seeing, from Japan to China, Australia and Vietnam?
This morning, on my regular walk, I saw a rainb [...]
