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Covid-19 Wrap: Malaysia Airlines launches ‘Fly Them Home’ campaign, Langham Group sees signs of recovery, RedDoorz provides free rooms to medical workers, and more …
01/04/2020 by WiT
The Covid-19 Wrap is part of WiT’s “Unity In Crisis” series, a weekly round-up of news on the coronavirus and its impact on travel. Malaysia Airlines to fly home travellers stranded overseas Stranded Malaysians abroad can now come home with Malaysia Airlines' special flights. (Image [...]
WiT Community Blog: Eric Gnock Fah, COO & co-founder, Klook
31/03/2020 by WiT
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: Min Yoon, CEO, Tidesquare, South Korea
30/03/2020 by WiT
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: Ben Liao, chairman, Forte Hotel Group, Taiwan
30/03/2020 by WiT
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 Africa rescheduled, “we will return when the world will look very different”
25/03/2020 by WiT
Following consultation with key stakeholders in its inaugural WiT Africa, scheduled for May 28, WiT has decided to reschedule its Cape Town event. The deteriorating situation over Covid-19, which has seen it gone global in its outbreak in recent weeks and travel restrictions implemented worldwi [...]
WiT Community Blog: Brett Dyason, co-founder & CEO, Hepstar
25/03/2020 by WiT
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: Rajeev Kumar, founder, managing director & CEO, Mystifly
25/03/2020 by WiT
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: Blanca Menchaca, CEO & founder, BeMyGuest
24/03/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, we thought we needed to find a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are each doing [...]
WiT Community Blog: Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, principal, 777 Partners
24/03/2020 by WiT
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 [...]
Sabre makes over US$200 million in cuts in response to COVID-19
24/03/2020 by WiT
Sabre Corporation will remove over $200 million in cash costs from its business this year, a move deemed necessary to get through the negative impact the outbreak of Covid-19 has inflicted on the travel industry. “This is an unprecedented time. The global travel industry is facing challenges [...]