The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 23: All About Food And Tech
In Asia we love
to eat. We also love to talk about it, almost as much as we eat. In this
episode, we get stuck into the marriage between food and tech.
Because if there’s
one breakout star of Covid 19 and the great human experience of staying home
for prolonged periods, it is food.
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How Pitman is keeping Bali Wake Park afloat: “It’s about passion and reputation”
When you have lived to the age of 70, worked in gold mines, ran your
first business at the age of 21, operated the first cable ski park in Perth in
1986 and ran Air Bali for 15 years, there’s very little that can faze you.
Which is why Greg Pitman, who’s been running the Bali Wake Park for t [...]
The Wrap: HalalBooking on recovery track with plans for expansion, WTTC launches safety protocols for adventure travel, and more …
The
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly
take root.
HalalBooking bounces back, plans expansion beyond Europe and a Series B round
HalalBooking adds new hotels and villas to [...]
Mastercard report: Italy, Russia, France lead travel and entertainment spending recovery in G20 countries
Despite
the challenges posed by Covid-19 there are promising signs in consumer spending,
including hard-hit sectors like travel, with Italy, Russia and France leading the
way.
This is one of the findings in the Mastercard report, Recovery Insights: Travel Check-In, which focused on the impact of [...]
Here are the winners of Phocuswright Innovation Summit and Launch EMEA
Phocuswright has announced the award winners of the latest Phocuswright Innovation Platform programmes, Summit: EMEA and Launch: EMEA.
The winners are:
Summit: EMEA Most Innovative Startup Award - Winner: IoMobSummit: EMEA People’s Choice Award - Winner: Hotelmize Launch: EMEA Pe [...]
Turner urges, fix the present; Harbison says, fix the future; Joyce raises funds to invest in restructuring to ensure Qantas lasts 100 years
“We need to bring as many people as we can through this”, says Flight Centre Travel Group CEO
Airlines don’t make money at the best of times and these are the worst of times. Watching the opening couple of hours of Wednesday’s CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit on the screen was a bi [...]
The Wrap: Grab and Klook partner to promote regional tourism, AirAsia launches e-tail platform to bolster revenue, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
Grab adds tour and activity bookings to app through integration with Klook
A new partnership to promote tourism in South [...]
Planeterra launches virtual trek challenge to help rebuild community tourism devastated by Covid-19
Planeterra Foundation, the non-profit partner of small-group adventure tour operator G Adventures and G Touring, launched its first annual Planeterra Trek Challenge today (September 2).
Bruce Poon Tip, Planeterra's founder (also G Adventures' founder and G Touring's owner), invites the travel i [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 22: Tom Peacock-Nazil, Founder, Seven Clean Seas
This is a
story that begins on Koh Lipe, an island in the Andaman Sea near the border of
Malaysia, a popular spot for travellers. It is known for lots of small islands,
sandy beaches and coral-rich waters.
Tom Peacock-Nazil and wife Pamela needed a break from their hectic urban life in Singapor [...]
Guest Blog: Airlines, Brand Trust & Covid-19
Over the past
month, I've been evaluating the Covid-19 policies and corporate communications
of 66 airlines.
As someone with a geeky love of both air travel and digital branding, I've been curious about how the airlines are responding to the ongoing pandemic.
The airline industry's revenue [...]
