Klook withdraws US IPO due to market volatility
Travel experiences platform Klook Technology has decided this is not the right time to proceed with its planned US initial public offering, saying current market conditions make this the wrong time to list.
The company said its strategy and priorities are unchanged. It added that its business conti [...]
Meet the indie obsessives helping teach us who we are
It’s fair to say that when it comes to human qualities, obsession too often gets a bad rap. Some automatically link obsession to struggles with mental health. As Virginia Woolf ominously noted in Orlando: “All extremes of feeling are allied to madness.”
Sadly this likely says more about how [...]
The agents are swarming: Lessons from the bees
Well, well, well, the great Agentic race is officially on. I’ve lost track of the agents coming our way.
At WiT Singapore, there was of course a lot of talk about what all this means for travel. I played with three possible scenarios in my head and tested it, in various conversations.
One is a [...]
An apology from Mews’ Richard Valtr: “We should be 20 times bigger than we are”
Most founders, asked how they feel about what they’ve built, say proud. Or exhausted. Richard Valtr says disappointed.
Not because Mews hasn’t grown. It has, from a Prague start-up in 2012 into one of hospitality’s most talked-about operating systems. But because, in his view, it should be fa [...]
Predatory OTA ads. Singapore booking ahead. SITA acquires Collins. General-purpose AI.
Singaporeans booking regional trips further ahead
Supplementary data from Traveloka’s SEA Index Q3 2026 shows Singapore travelers increasingly planning nearby Southeast Asian getaways at least 30 days in advance. In Q3 2026, the combined share of flight and accommodation bookings made through Tra [...]
GetYourGuide and STB in pact to develop and promote Singapore tours and experiences globally
GetYourGuide, the global marketplace for travel experiences, and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the development, distribution and promotion of Singapore’s diverse tourism tours and experiences to travelers around the world. [...]
Same same, but different: Rod Cuthbert finds his Zen on AI
Viator founder Rod Cuthbert thought he’d confuse the WiT Singapore audience about AI and discovery. Instead, he talked himself and the room into calm.
Rod Cuthbert does not want to be the godfather of tours and activities. “Just for the record, I really hate that Godfather thing,” he told the [...]
Saudi Arabia travel market projected to stay resilient amid GCC disruption
VIDEC Consultants, a boutique travel research and M&A consultancy firm, shared insights from its latest study on the GCC and Egypt markets. Titled ‘VIDEC’s GCC & Egypt Travel Market Sizing & OTA Benchmarking Study, 2019-2030’, it provides in-depth insights into the fastest-growing [...]
WiT heads to Latin America: WiT LATAM debuts in Buenos Aires in November 2027
Joint venture with travel tech veteran Guido Becher, in partnership with Phocuswright, builds a bridge between Asia and Latin America
WiT (Web in Travel), the leading travel tech media and events platform in Asia Pacific, will make its Latin America debut with WiT LATAM on Thursday, November 11, 20 [...]
The return of the king – on a day for heroes
Tony Fernandes headlined WiT Singapore for the first time in 21 years, with the price of oil on his phone and a trail of headlines at his back. Do we still need heroes? He bought the answers along with him.
There is something about true disruptors. They mess with the molecules in the air. Sure, the [...]
