Covid-19 Wrap: AirAsia helps local businesses with S.O.S campaign, Expedia and Hotels.com provide discounted room rates to medical professionals, and more …
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Covid-19 Wrap is part of WiT’s “Unity In Crisis” series, a round-up of news on the coronavirus and its
impact on travel.
AirAsia launches S.O.S campaign to save local businesses
AirAsia lends a helping hand to local businesses affected by the partial lockdown in Malaysia thr [...]
Covid-19 hits Singapore hotel sector hard, but impact is buffered by government’s quick response
Phocuswright’s
special series “Covid-19 Hotel Forecast: Singapore” has cited Singapore as “an
excellent example of how the hotel industry is impacted by the interplay of
viral spread, government policy and social behavior – both at home and outside
its borders.”
Yet, the unpredictabl [...]
Assets lying idle during travel shutdown? Not so for some
Empty planes, empty hotels, empty streets, empty tourist attractions, convention and exhibition halls. These are indeed unprecedented times with travel assets emptied out the world over. For some, however, having unused travel assets represents an opportunity to alleviate stress points in the fight [...]
Letter from the Kingdom of Covid-19: A time of ugly truths and bare essentials
I think
it’s finally sunk in. The reality. I probably had the longest denial period of
anyone I know. From Wednesday, Singapore went into “circuit breaker” mode in
the ongoing fight against Covid-19 which seems to have more twists and turns
than “Kingdom”, the K-drama hit which, to me, co [...]
Airlines have melted like “snow in the Sahara”; why flying will not be the same again
Aviation veteran Christoph Mueller last
night paid tribute to airline executives for the amazing job they have done,
building up networks that allowed people to fly everywhere, earning dividends
for investors and shareholders and paying bonuses to staff for the past 25
years.
“To see it [...]
Keeping the fantasy of travel alive: WiT Watch on destination marketing – Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Portugal, Australia
Just because we can’t travel now doesn’t
mean we can’t keep the fantasy of travel alive in our customers’ minds. Here’s
a round-up of destinations doing their bit to keep dreaming alive.
Dubai: Till We Meet Again
In this time when we all need to pause – take a moment to reflect, [...]
WiT Community Blog: Luke Hurford, senior vice president, strategy, YTL Hotels, Malaysia
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of
us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for
you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and
foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Seng Mah, owner and instructor, Venture Photography Workshops
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Mieke De Schepper, EVP Online Travel and MD Asia Pacific, Amadeus
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of
us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for
you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and
foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Aaron Sarma, general partner, ScaleUp Malaysia/head of digital development, MDEC
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
