The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 3: Eric Gnock Fah, COO & Co-founder, Klook
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19.
With most of the world on lockdown and as China and Singapore enter another round of their fight to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic by [...]
WiT Indie 2020: Instil confidence in travel with correct information at right time, says Trip.com’s Ooi Chee Teong
The
third edition of WiT Indie held in Penang
this Friday, gathered a passionate crowd of independent entrepreneurs,
hoteliers and experience providers, eager to learn, collaborate and share ideas
on how travel can recover quickly from Covid-19 and fly even higher.
Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder, WiT, [...]
The other vaccine we really need
Every morning, I check the webpage titled "Updated World Health Organization [WHO] recommendations for international traffic in relation to Covid-19 outbreak." It provides some specific recommendations and protocols for governments and individuals -- wash your hands! -- to contain the spread of the [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode Two
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
WiT Indie 2020: Come celebrate the spirit of courage and adventure, and learn how to recover and fly high
“Race captures spirit of adventure and courage that’s needed at this time”
Singapore Sidecars by Sideways.sg, in conjunction with WiT, is organising a fund-raising land race in its famous sidecars to arrive in Penang on March 12, the day before WiT Indie.
Their goal is to cover 800km in [...]
Introducing The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
AirAsia X offers a year’s unlimited flights for US$119 to restore confidence in travel
Airlines in the Asia Pacific region are expected to suffer US$27.8 billion revenue loss in 2020, the bulk of which would be borne by carriers registered in China with $12.8 billion lost due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
(Update: On 5 Mar [...]
MMT’s Kalra aims to keep busy with product, M&A and expansion: “I’m not going anywhere”
If you think that the move of Deep Kalra from group CEO to executive chairman of MakeMyTrip marks the end of an era, he’d be the first to pooh-pooh the notion. For him, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in which he can “spend more time doing the things I wanted to do”.
“It’s a f [...]
A US$4.8 billion economic stimulus package for Malaysia to mitigate Covid-19 impact (Updated)
Malaysia has unveiled the 2020 Economic Stimulus Package worth US$4.75 billion (RM20 billion) to combat the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak on the tourism industry and to ensure the country’s economy remains on strong foundation .
The stimulus
package has three strategies – to [...]
Expedia job cuts, Booking braces for “significant impact”, “winter is best time” – learn from cockroaches
I’ve been mulling over what I heard William Bao Bean of SOSV Capital say in a Techsauce Global podcast, “It is the cockroaches, the survivors, who can really take advantage of this tough environment that will build the next generation of leaders.”
Curious about cockroaches and inspire [...]
