WiT Africa rescheduled, “we will return when the world will look very different”
Following consultation with key stakeholders in its inaugural WiT Africa, scheduled for May 28, WiT has decided to reschedule its Cape Town event.
The deteriorating situation over Covid-19, which has seen it gone global in its outbreak in recent weeks and travel restrictions implemented worldwi [...]
The longtail of travel may get cut off – automation is one way to get it back up
It’s hard not to paint a bleak picture of the in-destination experiences sector. Tom Jenkins, CEO of the European Tour Operators Association, called the tour operator business “a bloodbath in the jungle.”
Rezgo CEO, Stephen Joyce, who spoke at WiT Indie 2020 earlier this month, predicted [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lorraine Sileo, online travel analyst and co-founder of Phocuswright Research
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Isolation Station – 14 days to prune the roses
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
Running an event in a pandemic – worse than bungy jumping but it gets you thinking about the future of meetings
I’ve done many things in my life – bungy jumped, tandem skydived, climbed Mount Kinabalu, trekked many trails, ran into armed gunmen in Thailand, rolled down a jeep in Namibia, contended with a scorpion sting in the middle of the night in Bostwana – but I’ve never ever run an event in the m [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 4: Fritz Demopoulos, CEO, Queen’s Road Capital/Co-founder, Qunar
Each week, the crisis
broadens and deepens, with entire countries now on lockdown, from South-east
Asia to Europe, US, Africa and Australia. Travel is indeed facing its biggest
test with Covid-19, as it grounds to a virtual halt around the world.
But China is slowly emerging from lockdown as peo [...]
WiT Community Blog: Josh Porter, guest relations manager, Cempedak Private Island
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
Jane Sun on how Trip.com weathered the mother of all disruptions and her plans to lead recovery
With cities across China trying to get back to normal, some tourist attractions reopening and some travel restrictions being loosened, there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, as far as China's domestic travel market is concerned. Companies are also getting back to work, and if there i [...]
It’s the courage to continue that counts
What a difference a week makes. Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo, who visited Kuching, Sarawak, before turning up at WiT Indie, Penang, talks about how life changed in seven days, and what businesses like his will have to do to survive the storm. “We have been thrown on to a raft, adrift in an unforgi [...]
As Planet Earth goes into lockdown and our right to travel removed, here are some ideas to survive
“We’re
on the brink of a new world as the old world comes to a hard stop. Fortify and
brace yourself”
I got back 11.30pm, March 15 from Penang, Malaysia, 24 hours, before the deadline when the Singapore government issues 14-day stay-home notices to “people who enter Singapore with r [...]
