WiT Studio: Laura Houldsworth (Booking.com) discusses the endemic traveller and how to understand this new market
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry to discuss the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here.
On this episode, Laura Houldsworth, Managing Director (APAC), Booking.com gives her insight on the [...]
A Gen Z perspective on dreaming and planning travel – “flawsome videos” are the new black
Cole Lim, a hospitality graduate from Singapore Institute of Technology, attended WiT Singapore 2022 and this is his key takeaway from the event.
Imagine that you are planning a picnic with your friends this weekend. Where would you go to search for the perfect picnic spot with luxurious green gr [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 08: Returning to Seoul, robots in public, and travel trendsetters
On “Top Of The WiT”, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter.
This week, we talk about returning to South Korea for WiT Seoul, our first live event there s [...]
Tech in Travel: An app for Australia, a new Vibe in Asia Pacific, Malaysia renews vows with Travelport, Hong Kong hotel for digital natives
The lowdown, Down Under
Planning a trip Down Under? The Australian Visitor Centres App is available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The app provides the sort of information only the locals know, starting with the location of more than 400 accredited Visitor Information Centres [...]
Want to be a K-artist? South Korea ramps up for recovery with fresh ideas, new products and eye on tech
K-wave, longtail experiences, NDC, Urban Air Mobility – Seoul all out to bring back travel
FROM Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) considering visas for fans wanting to enrol in K-pop training classes to global attraction pass company, Go City launching its first city pass in Seoul since the pandem [...]
Airbnb reports most profitable quarter ever in Q3 2022
The third quarter was Airbnb’s most profitable quarter ever, the company reports.
Revenue for the period ending Sept. 30, 2022, was $2.9 billion, up 29% year-on-year, while adjusted EBITDA was $1.5 billion – a 32% climb from Q3 2021.
Net income for the third quarter of 2022 reached $1.2 b [...]
WiT Studio: Johnny Thorsen (Spotnana) gets honest about the industry’s ability to cope with future crises
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry to discuss the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more.
On this episode, Johnny Thorsen, Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, Spotnana gets hones [...]
Rebranding Cambodia: Focusing on sustainability to boost tourism in the kingdom
IF you were to come up with a two-week stay in Cambodia, what would your itinerary look like? Would you be able to name five places to visit off the top of your head? Unless you’ve spent a considerable amount of time there, Cambodia is probably defined by its most touristy destinations. According [...]
Atlas launches ATRIP to bring data-led decision-making to travel
SINGAPORE-based low cost flight platform, Atlas, has released its next-generation Air Travel Retailing and Information Platform (ATRIP), which it says bypasses legacy systems to bring on a new age of data-led decision-making to travel.
Founder Mary Li's vision is to enable more people to travel [...]
Sponsored: 2023, the year of technological adoption for travel agents
2020 was the year the world shut down. 2021 was the year of patchy recovery, and 2022 is the year that travel industry recovery continues apace. Both Corporate and leisure travel are returning, and even countries that have been closed to tourists for the best part of two years are now re-opening. So [...]
