BeMyGuest integrates with Google
BeMyGuest specialists in technology and distribution for attraction, tour and activity operators, today announced the launch of a new integration with Google, allowing attractions and tour operators to show free ticket booking links directly on Google Search.
This new
functionality will help dr [...]
Huawei to invest $100m in startups in APAC, makes first travel move in Middle East
Spark programme in second year, Wego first partner in MENA region
AS part of its move away from hardware, Huawei is scaling up its cloud services and startup support in Asia Pacific and while travel and hospitality is still not top of mind, its move into this vertical seems inevitable with the e [...]
At last, first two-way quarantine-free travel from Singapore to Germany, Brunei
IATA says hooray and urges other
APAC states to follow suit
AS Singapore reaches almost 80% vaccination rate, the doors are creaking open and IATA (International Air Transport Association) was the first to applaud the opening of quarantine-free travel lanes from Germany and Brunei and urged oth [...]
New virtual travel exchange platform to boost business opportunities for ASEAN tourism players
THE Asia Pacific region was the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with international visitor spending falling by 74.4% as many countries across the region closed their borders to inbound tourists, while domestic spending witnessed a sharp decline of 48.1%, according to the WTTC 2021 Economic Tre [...]
ixigo’s road to profitability and IPO – how it did it and the future of bus and rail
FROM the start when Covid first struck, it was inevitable the road ixigo would take to raise future funds – via an IPO. CEO and Co-founder Aloke Bajpai hinted at this during a wide-ranging interview with WiT around this time last year.
When asked what was one of the positives that had emerged [...]
And you thought Covid-19 was bad? What’s coming could be worse – life on Mars
What if Apple built a hotel, streamed it like Netflix,
designed it like Airbnb?
By Philip Schaetz and Martin Reiher
FORGET Covid-19. What if you woke up in Elon Musk’s dream? We have conquered the Red Planet. Through terraforming, we built an atmosphere and a liveable ecosystem. Shuttling [...]
Practising for my first flight – my four-step plan to travel
THIS week, I took out my suitcase, dusted it off and started wheeling it around. Got my dogs excited with this unfamiliar activity – maybe they will be pleased to see the back of me after all this time.
I rummaged around for my passport. Since I've had at least two house clean-ups in the last [...]
Detours and pit-stops but Dream Drive stays the course
EVEN
when travel returns, the pandemic will still be part of our reality, could
Dream Drive provide the flexibility and self-sufficiency that will get
travellers on the road again? Jared Campion, the founder of the start-up that
won WiT Singapore’s Start-up Pitch 2020, believes it can.
But he� [...]
Travel can heal – how suppliers are addressing wellbeing and wellness needs of consumers
AS the pandemic wears on and takes alarming twists and turns around the world, it is clearly taking its toll on mental wellbeing and wellness and there is no denying that when travellers get back on the road, travel is in a unique position to address this need – from wellness retreats to immersio [...]
Travel searches grow, behaviour and attitudes shift
BUILDING on the momentum seen in the first quarter, monthly global search volumes continued to grow in Q2, increasing more than 70% quarter-over-quarter, according to the Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report released by Expedia Group Media Solutions.
“The ongoing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines� [...]
