Trip.com Group ready to hit the accelerate button on growth and investments
“Covid slowed us down but we will continue growth trajectory in Asia,” says James Liang
THE pandemic has not derailed Trip.com Group’s mission to be the leading international travel brand in Asia by 2022 and the leading international travel brand in the world by 2025 – a goal it shared [...]
From fighting to reopen to leading the way in tech innovation, Asia travel puts its best foot forward
Key takeaways from WiT Experience Singapore 2021
IT’S been a tradition of past WiTs that a group of us would escape to a remote location or island somewhere to mark the end of yet another event. Over the years, we’ve been to Siem Reap, Bali, Phuket, Samui, Penang, Kuching with Nikoi and Cemp [...]
Cheers to beers and Sentosa’s common goal
Strength in numbers guides Sentosa down the path to sustainability
ITS resorts are world class. Its
attractions are hard to beat. Its overall appeal is undiminished.
But when Covid hit, Sentosa’s international
arrivals, which had previously accounted for 80% of all arrivals – slumped. It [...]
WiT is first industry event to use Marina Bay Sands’ Virtual Meeting Place
WiT Experience Singapore 2021 will be the first industry event to use Marina Bay Sands’ newly-launched Virtual Meeting Place for the virtual component of its two-day conference next week on October 19-20.
In the works: WiT's new virtual home, built on the Virtual Meeting Place, will be reveale [...]
Allseated EXVO 3D platform makes Asian debut at WiT’s “Homecoming”
Skypark by AJ Hackett will offer a first of its kind hybrid experience
ON October 20, during the “Homecoming” reception of WiT Experience Singapore 2021, a new virtual home of Skypark by AJ Hackett, Sentosa, will be unveiled. Built by Allseated EXVO, it marks the American 3D virtual event pl [...]
Travel sector hopeful, Malaysians euphoric, as country resumes interstate and international travel
The move is to revive Malaysia’s ailing domestic tourism sector and prepare the nation to live in an endemic phase.
“Hopeful” and “euphoric” best describe the feelings of the players in Malaysia’s travel sector and Malaysians on the lifting of domestic travel restriction starting Oct [...]
New VTLs welcomed, but hopes are for “achingly slow” reopening to be speeded up and simplified
Time for Singapore to scrap quarantine for all vaccinated travellers, says Wego's Veitch
FOR travel executives based in Singapore, the first significant reopening of its borders announced over the weekend couldn’t have come sooner and while they welcomed it, the general sentiment is it needs t [...]
Covid has enabled more interesting conversations with hotel owners, says IHG’s Serena Lim
FOR Serena Lim, who’s been involved in hotel development work for the past two decades – indeed it was her first job in hospitality – one of the biggest pleasures of her work is going into uncharted territory and scoping out feasibility and development opportunities for new builds in remote d [...]
“A roller coaster ride in which we puked couple of times”
Otherwise, Tribe’s Jason Loe on silver linings to pandemic
SINGAPORE experience curator, Tribe, has stood out amid the pandemic as being creative and resourceful. Its Chinatown Murders tour won it Outstanding Tour Experience 2021. At times though, we are sure the pandemic must have brought its [...]
It is time to reopen business travel and marketplaces in Asia
APAC needs to get back into the global game, says united gathering of MICE chiefs
CALLS on governments in Asia Pacific to reopen borders are getting louder and this week, a united group of exhibition and conference organisers, gathering at a physical event in Singapore, “implored” for the r [...]
