For sale. Melatonin. Never Used.
BUT don’t despair. Connect@Changi launched to revive business travel, Budget to deepen position as global Asia node in startups and deep tech.
I know. It’s shameless, borrowing from the great Ernest Hemingway and his
“baby shoes, never used” quote, but I felt rather teary, looking at my [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett, Singapore
Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation
THE story of how AJ Hackett, which invented commercial bungy jumping 30 years ago and has added thrills to the lives of four million people across the globe, went from 5% domestic business to 100% is an adventure in itself.
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More than 70% of travel and tourism jobs impacted by pandemic; growing numbers of those considering a move out of travel
THE pandemic’s impact on the health of travel and tourism jobs is taking its toll. ACI HR Solutions’ latest Salary and Employment Trends report show that more than 70% indicated some level of disruption to salaries and employment, and yet an even more worrying sign – the number of people who [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 32: Hello 2021, here’s looking at the Year of the Ox
JANUARY has
come and gone and still the world doesn’t look that much different from when we
ended 2020. International borders are still closed, countries are still in
various forms of lockdowns and restrictions and airlines are set to face
another disastrous year.
In this sobering report, IAT [...]
How Delegate went from place to Play in the virtual space
WHAT happens when your business is blown up by Covid? Well, you pivot. Here’s the story of how Delegate (DEL) went from an events marketplace to an event tech platform.
For the last six years, co-founders Melissa Lou and Jacqueline Ye had been diligently building up their startup, Delegate, in [...]
Hopes of early recovery in air travel extinguished, AAPA puts weight behind digital travel passes
THE recent surge in Covid-19 infections plus the reality that the global rollout of vaccinations will take time has effectively extinguished hopes for an early recovery in air travel, said Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) at a media roundtable on Tuesday (February 9).
During the brief [...]
2020 a “catastrophe” for world’s airlines as traffic plummets 75%
LAST year International passenger demand fell by 75.6% compared to 2019 levels, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The global passenger traffic results for 2020 showed the sharpest decline in history for revenue passenger kilometres, which fell by 65.9% compared with the fu [...]
Singaporeans most vacation deprived, will travel with caution when possible
WHILE it is safe to say you’d find vacation deprived people the world over, the country that is suffering the worst case of vacation deprivation (word of the month, or gasp, year) is Singapore.
Perhaps not a surprising result, considering the limitations of space in this small city state.
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Winning this year not about highest revenue growth but investing in right pillar, says Klook’s Gnock Fah
FRESH from raising another $200 million, Klook’s COO and co-founder Eric Gnock Fah spoke to Yeoh Siew Hoon about how this new round was not about staying afloat but growing, its strategy to build an eco-system of services, backed by a merchant model, and how this year will not be about highe [...]
IATA Travel Pass, set for March launch, seeks to give governments confidence to re-open borders
With APAC air travel at 5% of 2019 levels, need for “globally accepted framework” is acute.
THE IATA Travel Pass, currently in pilot phase with Singapore Airlines, IAG Group, Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways, and targeted for launch by March, will hopefully give confidence to governments [...]
