Round two of “Passion Made Possible” pushes envelope with tales of locals who defied the norm to do their thing
Meet Cai Yinzhou whose parents kept asking him to get a fulltime job but all he wanted to do was share his Geylang neighbourhood with travellers. He turned his passion into Geylang Adventures, which takes visitors through the back alleys of Singapore’s red light district. (Watch his video here)
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Jennie Chua to aspiring hoteliers: Don’t be seduced by the glamour, let integrity guide you
At the third Tern Travel Careers, veteran hotelier Jennie Chua shared nuggets of wisdom on what it takes to build a meaningful career in hospitality, including “it’s the hotel that makes you, not the other way round”.
In her early days starting out as a young hotelier, Jennie Chua, whose fa [...]
Hand lettering in the heartland, and why boredom can be a good thing
“I can’t remember the last time I concentrated so long at doing one thing,” said Parin Mehta, director, global experiences, operations, Airbnb, his head bent low as he painstakingly wrote on a piece of paper.
“Ya, me too,” I agreed, my head bent equally low over the task at hand.
Par [...]
Prashant Kirtane out to make Travelstop unstoppable as agent of change in unmanaged corporate travel in Asia
Three years after the sale of Travelmob to HomeAway, co-founder Prashant Kirtane has launched his new startup, Travelstop, to become the “Slack of unmanaged corporate travel” for SMEs in Asia.
The startup, aimed at solving pain points from booking to expense management to providing data insig [...]
The Millennial Traveller: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ may not solve ‘the diversity problem’ in film, but it sure makes for great destination marketing
Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer, Crazy Rich Asians has been a goldmine for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), which is continuing its efforts to modernise the city state’s image as a destination.
Lynette Pang (Assistant Chief Executive, Marketing Group, Singapore [...]
Everyone wants to be an Experience Maker – lessons from Coca-Cola and ONE Championship
It seems everyone wants to be in the experience business these days, whether you’re selling bottles of sugared water, body lotion, education or sports. At the Adobe Symposium, held in Singapore this week, they call themselves experience makers.
As I listened to speaker after speaker talk about [...]
Bringing GRRRL Power to Asia – how Olson built a women sportswear brand out of a social movement
In our continuing series of articles around our WIT Singapore Conference theme of “Through The Looking Glass”, where we look outside travel in search of different stories and lessons, we look at how Kortney Olson built a women sportswear brand out of a social movement around giving women self-co [...]
AirAsia sells remaining 25% stake In Expedia JV, its last non-core investment
Malaysia-based low cost airline, AirAsia, announced Tuesday (August 14) that it has divested its remaining 25% equity interest in joint venture unit, AAE Travel Pte. Ltd., to Expedia Group for US$60 million (RM240 million) cash.
“The cash consideration is US$60 million, net of AirAsia’s [...]
How an island boy and his team grew Klook into a ‘fast fish’ which now wants to swim in world’s ocean
Eric Gnock Fah still remembers the day he presented at the WiT Startup Pitch in Tokyo in June 2015. It was barely a year after he and co-founder Ethan Lin had started Klook, their “discover and book fun-things-to-do at exclusive prices” business, in Hong Kong.
“We were nervous but we though [...]
South Korea’s MyRealTrip joins hands with Naver to launch “Naver Tour”
South Korea’s leading travel platform, MyRealTrip, has launched a new service called “Naver Tour” in partnership with Naver, the country’s largest Internet company.
Naver Tour was co-designed and developed by the two companies, said MyRealTrip’s CEO Donggun Lee. Naver offered the platfo [...]
