Top of the WiT 17: Unpacking Asia’s travel recovery reports, Global Startup Pitch 2023, saying goodbye to Boeing 747
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
We're joined by Pete Comeau (Managing Director, PhocusWright) to unpack two reports - one about travel recovery and digital transformation in [...]
Bard slips up, Trivago gets direct, Qatar Airways bags a winner, Sjiji Group helps hoteliers
Bard is going back to bootcamp
It’s back to boot camp for Bard, Google’s experimental chatbot that is set to challenge Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.
The search engine has artificial intelligence features that offer summaries of complex information but prior to the start of private testing with [...]
What’s Next for Travel in Asia?
Northstar Travel Group thought leaders discuss the reopening of China, travel tech developments and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23bQZWGfMT8
From China’s full reopening to growing interest in long-distance destinations by U.S. travelers, Asia is at the center of som [...]
At 363.3%, Asia boasts strongest year-over-year passenger demand among all regions, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that over the past year, re-openings in many economies of the Asia Pacific region allowed for passengers and airlines to return to the skies, greatly accelerating traffic growth in both domestic and international markets. While RPKs in 2022 [...]
From Jumbo crabs to jumbo jet: The aircraft that changed travel and shrank the world
Last night, I headed to Jumbo at the East Coast Seafood Centre to have chilli crabs. It’s not a place I frequent often because well, as locals, we usually avoid places that are popular with tourists and having not had many visitors the last couple of years, I had almost forgotten it was there.
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As Vietnamese tourism shows growth, Klook strikes partnerships with key domestic attractions players
IN the new age of travel, the need for a collaborative tourism scene has been called a prerequisite to support robust growth and recovery. In that sense, Klook, a major travel and experiences platform, has been on quite the roll recently.
Klook has just announced partnerships with two key players [...]
Expedia’s accelerator bet on inclusion and diversity pays off
Final pitch day for 12 finalists set for May
Expedia Group’s bet on launching an accelerator focused on inclusion and diversity last September appears to have paid off, with 12 startups joining its first cohort.
In an interview with WiT, Aditi Mohapatra, vice president, Global Social Impact an [...]
Top of the WiT 16: Dance of the Golden Lion, believing in sustainability, and million-dollar data hubs
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we talk about a recent interview with Greenview's Eric Ricaurte and how holding on to a belief in the future of susta [...]
Travel-tech should follow the money, aviation recovery, and travellers making up for lost time
Is travel tech the next stop for out-of-work bankers?
Some of the best-educated, hardest working, multi-skilled talent is being shifted out of the under-pressure global banking sector. But where to next for these workers from Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley whose transferable skills range from fin [...]
The dance of the golden lion: We’re all experts by now
As I watched the golden lion perform its dance last night at the Lunar New Year celebration hosted by Sentosa Development Corporation last night, I couldn’t help but relate it to the very similar stunts and manoeuvres we in travel have had to make to survive the pandemic and come out the other sid [...]
