A knotty challenge in Cempedak (and elsewhere): Massaging tech into touch
Key learnings from WiT Singapore 2022 and their impact on talent and local communities
EVEN the heavy downpour could not dampen my excitement at returning to the private island of Cempedak, three years since my last visit. I wondered what the all-bamboo, adults-only resort would look [...]
Cyberattacks surge, how to stay safe virtually when travelling in the real world
DATA breaches, cyberattacks, information theft - none of these are shocking headlines in 2022. Yet, while cybercrime has become a byproduct of our evolving online world, it doesn't make these acts any less dangerous. In fact, an upcoming report by Phocuswright titled “Cybersecurity in travel goes [...]
Sponsored: Wego looks at travel trends in the MENA region through pre and post-pandemic data
THE tourism sector has in recent years gone through difficult times. However, thanks to the combination of successful vaccination campaigns and the pent-up demand of frustrated travellers, the situation in the sector improved significantly during the summer of 2022.
But has the travel and tourism [...]
Travel is today’s ultimate luxury, Google identifies four new traveller archetypes
TRAVEL has become the ultimate luxury in today’s world, declared Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, Travel, APAC for Google, as she shared the latest findings from a Google and Kantar study at WiT Singapore 2022 last week.
One, “revenge travel” is here to stay in the APAC traveller mindset, with 7 [...]
Plug Me In: Why Airbnb is betting on Asia’s digital nomad market
As travel businesses struggle to find staff, one prominent company is bucking the trend by offering people the chance to work abroad for 90 days a year. As Luke Clark of CP5 writes, it’s one of many calculated bets that Airbnb has made in order to carve out a new niche for the long-stay worker-tra [...]
The young, the restless and the policy makers drive OTA opportunity in the Middle East
Government measures establish GCC countries as a ‘hot bed’ for travel and tourism
Online travel agents and the aviation sector will be the biggest beneficiaries of the surge in travel demand predicted for Middle East countries and their neighbours as Covid restrictions are wound back across the [...]
Tech in Travel: Cricket at 36,000-ft, a sustainability hub for Spain, Cathay gets chatty, Europe ends the cable wars and an app to help you choose between the train over the plane
Cricket in the air? Vistara won’t be caught behind
India’s Vistara is promising to turn its two of its aircraft into mini sporting stadiums with the introduction of onboard Live TV ahead of the cricket T20 World Cup in Australia.
The Live TV service has launched on Vistara's two Boeing [...]
WiT Singapore 2022: ‘Wheel The World’ wins Global Startup Pitch
SINGAPORE, October 6, 2022 - Wheel The World has emerged victorious in the first Global Startup Pitch, run by WiT and Phocuswright. The Grand Finals was held yesterday at WiT Singapore 2022. Wheel The World was also winner of the People’s Choice award.
The inaugural Global Startup Pitch kicked [...]
WiT Singapore 2022: Sustainable travel hits the spotlight
It was present in multiple discussions, and even atop a spot survey of participants at Web In Travel 2022. As Luke Clark of CP5 writes, sustainability may be set to gain teeth as a tangible and measurable mark of quality for the travel industry.
As the global pandemic is pleasingly placed just of [...]
Bridging experiences: What does the Booking.com x Klook partnership say about consumer behaviour?
As international travel makes a comeback, Klook experiences are now available on Booking.com
We often talk about the importance of collaboration in the travel space - especially now that most of Asia has opened up and travel platforms of all sizes are redefining their place in this new landscape. I [...]
