A good time for Japan to rethink domestic tourism strategy, “we must get youths travelling”, says Hoshino
“If we can recover 70-80% of the domestic market, we can survive for the next 18 months”, says the fourth generation hotelier as he reports green shoots in domestic bookings
Covid-19 presents an opportunity for Japan to rethink its domestic tourism strategy, said Yoshiharu Hoshino, the fourt [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 11: Emmanuel and Edina Stroobant, Saint Pierre
#SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
Covid-19 has been brutal to restaurants but many are not taking it lying down. In this episode,This is the story of how two-Michelin-starred Saint Pierre got creative to survive, held on to its staff and in the process, developed new thinkin [...]
Unsung heroes who fight to save their people, business and community
Emma Bowyer, Laurent Kuenzle, Andrew
Dixon and Thushan Shanmugarajah have one thing in common – they are doing all
they can to get through the Covid-19 crisis with their people intact, and each
is doing it differently.
In fact, Bowyer, managing director of ICMS Australasia, even hired a new s [...]
GlobalTix goes back to SaaS roots as it finds ways to survive Covid-19
“Time for companies to build up tech stack, capacity management solutions in demand”
If there’s one positive outcome of the coronavirus crisis for Singapore startup GlobalTix, it’s that it has forced the company back to its roots – that of being a SaaS (Software as a Service) model to [...]
After saving itself, Expedia’s ready to rebuild travel: Ranque on what’s needed to restart and how Covid-19 forced a big clean-up
As a boy, Cyril Ranque flew a lot. His mother was a flight attendant on Air France. One day, on a flight from Mauritius to Paris, he was sitting next to the window and saw one of the aircraft engines on fire.
“At that time, I didn’t know the fuel was in the wings,” recalled the president [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 10: Tao Tao, Co-founder and COO, GetYourGuide
“Make learning your superpower and Google must do the right and smart thing”
Making learning his superpower, lobbying Google for relief and thinking about the accelerated decoupling of the world – those are the things that have been keeping Tao Tao, co-founder and COO of GetYourGuide, bus [...]
A love story about Otter, Zoom and Cuckoo’s Nest
I’ve never slept as well as I have the past two months. In fact, I’ve never slept in the same bed as long as I have. I’ve traded in my travel apps for productivity and health apps. Goodbye, Tripit. Hello, Notability. Goodbye, Timeshifter. Hello Otter.
Otter has
improved my life considerab [...]
Vomiting kids, testing kits, tech investments – Openspace’s Hian Goh on how Covid-19 challenges all assumptions
As he ran around the kitchen preparing yet another meal – it is clear that Covid-19 is liberating men like Hian Goh to find their inner celebrity chef, posting live videos of his cooking on social media – the co-founder of Openspace Ventures was also speaking about how this all-in-one crisis wo [...]
As markets in North Asia pick up, Klook launches Klook Home and local experiences to address multi-stage recovery
With markets in North Asia bottoming out and starting to recover, while markets in South-east Asia remain muted, Klook has launched a multi-stage recovery programme to address customer needs in both phases.
In fact, Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, is optimistic that in markets wher [...]
WiT Virtual goes around the world in 6 hours on June 24
In collaboration with Phocuswright and PhocusWire, event will unite travel
As part of its “Unity in
Crisis” series, WiT Virtual will stage a “Around The World in 6 Hours” Summit
on June 24, which will start at 5pm SG time and follow the sun as it rises in
the U.S..
The event, run joi [...]
