WIT 2017 Conference: Over S$34,000 raised for the NVC Foundation, WIT’s Charity of Choice
As Day Two of WIT 2017 came to a close, the WIT Charity Auction successfully raised over S$34,000 for this year’s charity of choice, the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation in the Philippines.
The NVC Foundation is a charity organisation based on nutrition and education for the poor [...]
WIT 2017 Conference: Troovo lauded as WIT 2017 Startup Pitch Champion
Troovo is the champion of the WIT 2017 Start-up Pitch, powered by Travelport Accelerator Labs. Troovo, a virtual payment processing system for the corporate travel industry, beat out two other finalists at the Grand Finals hosted on the final day of the WIT 2017 Conference on October 25: Travelsif [...]
WIT 2017 Conference: Ctrip’s CEO Jane Jie Sun talks female empowerment and baby tigers
The first day of WIT 2017 ended on a high during an intimate chat with Jane Jie Sun – CEO of Ctrip; arguably one of the most intriguing businesses in the travel landscape.
Sun gave a very open and honest account of her poor family background and how an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study ab [...]
Biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel honoured in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame
The biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel industry were recognised in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony last night.
“As the APAC travel industry stands at the threshold of another inflexion point – one that will see the true blending of online and offline travel to become one [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: WIT Startup Pitch grand finalists announced
Three startups have qualified for the WIT 2017 Startup Pitch Grand Finals, happening on October 25 on Day Two of the WIT 2017 Conference:
Ooomra – a booking platform for Muslim-friendly and Islamic travel experiences
Travelsify – a ‘hotel DNA’ content platform to power personalisati [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: Vision, motive, resilience, right team: These make for a better startup
“The best founding teams are like cockroaches, they get stepped on and go crunch a little but then keep on running,” a quote by William Bao Bean, general partner of SOSV and managing director of Chinaaccelerator best sums up what make a better startup, and perhaps set it on the road to being a [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: Empowering communities through socially-conscious startups
While most startups are in the game for dollars and cents, some have set out with a strong social conscience, trying to build stronger communities, promote sustainability — even help younger people develop emotional intelligence.
LocalAlike, for example, helps villages in Thailand build up sust [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: Creativity and passion trump experience when working for startups
The ability to think out of the box, hard work and the willingness to learn. Those are the qualities startups look out for when hiring, panelists agreed at the "Startup Got Talent" session, moderated by Marissa Trew, Content & Marketing, WIT, at the WIT 2017 Bootcamp.
Dan Lynn, co-found [...]
Google’s Heckmann on how machine learning will Translate to better travel and how Asia is setting pace in mobile
Ahead of his speaking on the WIT Main Stage on Tuesday, October 24, Oliver Heckmann, Vice President, Engineering for Travel and Shopping, Google, shares what's top of his mind on how new technology such machine learning/AI and voice can make better travel.
Q: As you get set for to speak at WI [...]
Letter from Hong Kong: From real estate to community, from brick to clicks, can hospitality make the leap?
The sky is piercingly blue, as blue as it could only get after a huge storm has just whipped through. I am in Hong Kong two days after the last Typhoon 8 visited this city built on a rock.
At the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), I heard a panel of investors saying perhaps [...]
