The Wrap: “Little Big 10” takeaways from WIT
In this special edition of The Wrap, I share 10 takeaways I took away from the WIT Conference, which celebrated the “Little Big 10” theme in line with its 10th edition.Infusion of new ideasTalented young people are invading the online travel space, judging from the array of start-ups which prese [...]
Meet the WIT Warriors as “Little Big 10” closes on a high
The WIT Conference ended yesterday with the who’s who of online travel in APAC gathered on stage as WIT, for its 10th edition, created the WIT Warriors circle to recognise the top influencers in online travel in APAC in the past decade.
The 10 Warriors are:
Rob Rosenstein, CEO & C [...]
Tennis stars can cook too – the heady mix of sports and tourism
What do you get when you mix a cocktail of the best ingredients in tourism and sports?This week, Singapore is seeing the results of this heady concoction first hand as it plays host to the largest tennis event in the women’s professional tour after the four grand slams.Eight players are in town to [...]
Balestier Heritage Race raises S$12,688 for Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home
The inaugural Balestier Heritage Race, held on 12 June and co-organised by the Ramada and Days Hotels Singapore At Zhongshan Park and WIT, has successfully raised S$12,688 for Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home.A cheque was presented by Tony Cousens, General Manager of the Ramada and Days Hotels Singapore to [...]
Abacus conference highlights changing corporate travel landscape in Central Asia
Business leaders from around Central Asia met to exchange notes on travel industry developments, and to explore new business opportunities at the 1st Abacus Corporate Conference held on September 22 in Almaty.The 200-plus participants were updated on latest hot topics such as the evolution and predi [...]
Abacus holds Hack Day with WIT Conference
Abacus International, in partnership with Web In Travel, Tnooz and e27, is holding its Abacus Hack Day in conjunction with the WITConference from Oct 19-22 in Singapore.Abacus Hack Day, which will see participants from all over Asia gather to take part in a 24-hour coding marathon, will be held f [...]
SilverRail is top innovator at PhoCusWright summit
Travel research industry authority, PhoCusWright Inc., has named SilverRail Technologies the "PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Winner" at the close of The PhoCusWright Conference held November 16-18, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ USA.SilverRail took top honours among 33 innovative companies that demon [...]
Northstar Travel Media promotes Sullivan
New York-based Northstar Travel Media, parent of Travel Weekly, has promoted Bob Sullivan to president of the company’s Travel Group. He was most recenly executive vice president of the group.Sullivan is responsible for Northstar's Retail Group (Travel Weekly and TravelAge West), PhoCusWright, the [...]
ITB Asia to host session at Berlin Convention
It’s all set for the ITB Berlin Convention which will be held from March 9-11, so mark your dates.The conference, returning for the eighth year, will address key topics such as hospitality, destination marketing, CSR and futurology. On Friday, March 11, it will focus on the topical issue of eco-mo [...]
Corporate travel feeling the pinch of new technology and smarter consumers
With a quarter of all corporate travel transactions to be on mobile by 2017, it is clear that this travel segment is being influenced profoundly by new technologies and changing customer behaviour.At the Travelport APAC Customer & Partner Conference in Bali, a key topic of discussion was the cha [...]
