WIT Startup Pitch 2018 announces shortlisted startups, and new collaboration with Amazon Web Services
Webintravel (WiT) is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the first time in its annual Startup Pitch event, offering AWS Cloud credits, training, and support to the 12 shortlisted startups selected to participate in the WiT Startup Pitch 2018.
The WiT Startup Pitch is an annual even [...]
TripAdvisor unveils the next big thing – the world’s most “personalised and connected” travel community
When Steve Kaufer was last in Singapore this time last year, he spoke to us about his vision for TripAdvisor to offer “the complete package to enable our 400 million users to experience much better vacations”.
“In five years’ time, with the TripAdvisor app, you will book and search in way [...]
Mystifly blends Indian, Japanese and Chinese leadership in new bid to scale and make air shopping better
The biggest promise that the Internet brought was access to content anywhere and anytime. “Why should airfare booking be any different?” This thought gave birth to Mystifly back in 2009. Ten years on, the business, which started as an India-based B2B airfare marketplace to provide a corporate tr [...]
Travel.jp and LINE Travel integrate to rebrand as LINE TRAVEL jp
Travel.jp, Japan’s leading travel metasearch operated by Venture Republic Inc., and LINE Travel, operated by LINE Corporation that runs Japan's dominant messaging app, have joined forces to combine their brands and services rebranding as LINE TRAVEL jp.
In a joint announcement of the strategic [...]
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Even DBS Bank had a “near death” experience.
It is said that misery loves company, so does change. Change loves, and needs, company because it is definitely less lonely when you see that everyone’s experiencing and muddling through the same set of challenges.
In the past few months, I’ve seen and spoken to an array of companies grapplin [...]
Five key lessons from Tern Travel Careers 2018: Building successful careers in travel
At the third annual Tern Travel Careers event, a veritable mix of industry experts, young talents and passionate graduates filled the Novotel Singapore on Stevens ballroom to glean nuggets of advice from those who have trodden the path before them.
With voices from leading travel companies like E [...]
Work on digital literacy to compete against aliens, magicians and barbarians, futurist Rohit Talwar urges
In a world where “aliens, magicians and barbarians” are shaking up the world at large with their tech and tech change is happening at an exponential rate, organisations have to ensure digital literacy at every level if they are to transform successfully.
Rohit Talwar, futurist and CEO of Fast [...]
How Anywhr grew out of a hate of travel and now she’s sending people to live her dream
It started out as a lark – a travel website that would surprise Singaporeans with destination choices based on their profile and preferences – but when they got their first booking, the two co-founders found themselves scrambling to put together what they had promised.
From that start a year [...]
Sean Menke pushing the limits with his own Sabre endurance race – 80 miles to go
The toughest endurance race Sean Menke, Sabre president & CEO, has ever run is the Leadville Trail 100, a 100-mile race in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, which you have to be complete in 30 hours. It has an elevation gain of 5,000 metres and you do it without oxygen and sleep.
He completed [...]
Stop thinking in verticals, says Menke as Sabre sets out to become platform at the centre of travel
To travellers, a trip is a connected journey – we grab a ride to the airport, fly, arrive, grab ride to hotel, hopefully have a lovely stay and if we have time, book a couple of activities (or should we say experiences these days), depart hotel for airport, and the loop continues.
The travel in [...]
