WiT Community Blog: Josh Porter, guest relations manager, Cempedak Private Island
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: Chananya Phataraprasit, executive director, Asian Oasis, Araksa
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, [...]
Jane Sun on how Trip.com weathered the mother of all disruptions and her plans to lead recovery
With cities across China trying to get back to normal, some tourist attractions reopening and some travel restrictions being loosened, there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, as far as China's domestic travel market is concerned. Companies are also getting back to work, and if there i [...]
It’s the courage to continue that counts
What a difference a week makes. Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo, who visited Kuching, Sarawak, before turning up at WiT Indie, Penang, talks about how life changed in seven days, and what businesses like his will have to do to survive the storm. “We have been thrown on to a raft, adrift in an unforgi [...]
As Planet Earth goes into lockdown and our right to travel removed, here are some ideas to survive
“We’re
on the brink of a new world as the old world comes to a hard stop. Fortify and
brace yourself”
I got back 11.30pm, March 15 from Penang, Malaysia, 24 hours, before the deadline when the Singapore government issues 14-day stay-home notices to “people who enter Singapore with r [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 3: Eric Gnock Fah, COO & Co-founder, Klook
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19.
With most of the world on lockdown and as China and Singapore enter another round of their fight to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic by [...]
AAPA urges governments to review or roll back travel restrictions
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is calling governments to rethink or refrain from introducing travel restrictions as they are causing disruptions to the aviation and travel industry worldwide.
The aviaion group points out that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated tha [...]
Etihad shows support for China in collaboration with Tencent to stimulate travel
Companies forming partnership and working together to ride through the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is one of the key factors in helping revive the travel market, and to reassure people that travel is safe. Etihad Airways is one such company.
The national airline of the United Arab Em [...]
New management platform sets sight on boutique hotels in South-east Asia
A new cloud-based platform launched last week by HMP is targeting boutique hotels in South-east Asia with offer of a “360-degree solution".
The platform HMP Master claims it will help hoteliers "boost operational performance, enhance management efficiency, integrate reservations, sales and ma [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode Two
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
