WiT Experience Week, Reboot: Build something for the future, investors hungry for products that will last the test of time
While most investors are staying away from travel due to the uncertainty of recovery, Amit Anand, founding partner of Jungle Ventures, remains excited about the space which he said has been kind to him.
He’s made two exits – Voyagin to Rakuten and Travelmob to HomeAway – and
while he said [...]
SIA to expand KrisConnect Programme to the US market
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will expand the KrisConnect Programme to its travel trade partners in the United States, providing them with a wider range of fares and personalised content from March 2021..
This is made possible through KrisConnect’s leverage of Application Programme Interface (API) [...]
Taiwan-based travel startup KKday raises $75m in series C round to expand in Asia
Travel experiences platform KKday announced it has raised US$$75 million in a series C funding round led by Cool Japan Fund and Taiwan’s National Development Fund.
Existing investors Monk’s Hill Ventures and MindWorks Capital also participated in the round.
The company plans to use the fr [...]
Slow, rolling recovery but Travelport “cautiously optimistic”
WiT speaks to Mark Meehan, Group Vice President and Managing Director, APAC, on how he sees the recovery for the region amid a new study that Travelport has just released.
Q: As we enter the third quarter of 2020, are you more optimistic or pessimistic about travel recovery than say 3 months ag [...]
WiT Experience Week, Rewind: We’re doing everything we can but it’s messy, “governments must act”
If there is one clear message I took away from hosting Day 1 of WiT Experience Week today, September 28, it is that every one of us is doing all we can to survive this Covid-19 storm but our fortunes (or misfortunes) lie in the hands of governments.
When asked the question in our audience pollin [...]
Key takeaways from Google Think Travel APAC to be shared at WiT this week
Last week saw
the launch of Think Travel APAC 2020, Google’s flagship innovation and
marketing event for the travel industry. Over two days 250 travel executives
from over 20 countries tuned in to hear from CEOs, Google product teams and top
industry players on what they are doing to pivot and su [...]
Klook goes Live! in latest sales and marketing salvo
Travel and leisure booking platform Klook has not wasted a lot of time since the pandemic hit sitting in board rooms deciding how to get through this crisis. Back in May, its COO and co-founder told WiT that it was developing product lines to address “a multi-stage recovery of travel” and it ha [...]
How to stitch an events quilt for the hybrid world
I don’t know much about quilting but at times, I have felt like we are stitching together a new kind of events quilt for the coronavirus age.
I know,
everybody says this is the new thing, that virtual’s the state to be in for now
because we have no choice and hybrid’s the way forward even [...]
One-way trips, shorter booking windows – trends impacting travel: Skyscanner report
The New World of Travel Report released this week by Skyscanner looks at what the future of travel should look like, as well as explore the economics of travel and the changing psychology of travellers.
Among the sectors covered are domestic travel,
pattern of booking lead times, lo [...]
Getting insurance right will be key to rebuilding traveller confidence – Hepstar’s Dyason sees shift in consumer behaviour
In the face of intense volatility during the pandemic, travellers are more than ever needing assurances and safety nets before they will resume travel. Besides potential medical expenses, there are refunds for cancellations, additional costs for quarantine and/or repatriation if border regulations [...]
