Practising for my first flight – my four-step plan to travel
THIS week, I took out my suitcase, dusted it off and started wheeling it around. Got my dogs excited with this unfamiliar activity – maybe they will be pleased to see the back of me after all this time.
I rummaged around for my passport. Since I've had at least two house clean-ups in the last [...]
Detours and pit-stops but Dream Drive stays the course
EVEN
when travel returns, the pandemic will still be part of our reality, could
Dream Drive provide the flexibility and self-sufficiency that will get
travellers on the road again? Jared Campion, the founder of the start-up that
won WiT Singapore’s Start-up Pitch 2020, believes it can.
But he� [...]
Dream Cruises’ Michael Goh talks cruising trends, new gen cruisers and sustainability
“Rethink, rebuild, reconstruct” was how Michael Goh, president of Dream Cruises, one of the three brands under Genting Cruise Lines, summed up the company’s strategy in sailing through the Covid storm.
Genting Cruise Lines’ World Dream was the first ship in the world to resume cruises du [...]
Travel can heal – how suppliers are addressing wellbeing and wellness needs of consumers
AS the pandemic wears on and takes alarming twists and turns around the world, it is clearly taking its toll on mental wellbeing and wellness and there is no denying that when travellers get back on the road, travel is in a unique position to address this need – from wellness retreats to immersio [...]
Travel searches grow, behaviour and attitudes shift
BUILDING on the momentum seen in the first quarter, monthly global search volumes continued to grow in Q2, increasing more than 70% quarter-over-quarter, according to the Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report released by Expedia Group Media Solutions.
“The ongoing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines� [...]
Mystifly extends flights platform to non-travel brands, creates new call centre business
“We survived, now ready to thrive,” says Rajeev Kumar on 12th (no, second) anniversary
IT may be Mystifly’s 12th anniversary but to founder Rajeev Kumar and co-founder Bharat Goyal, it feels more like its second year “because we went back to zero” when the pandemic devastated its B2B f [...]
Strength to strength – WiT Startup Pitch alum Split goes 0 to 700 amid pandemic
"The headwinds of Covid became tailwinds for our pivot", says Dylan Tan
WHEN Dylan Tan and co-founder Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan made the decision to pivot their start-up Split in March 2020, it was a move borne of desperation. Sixteen months on, instead of desperation, it looks like inspiration t [...]
Perseverance pulled airlines through worst year on record
“2020 was a year that we’d all like to forget. But analysing the performance statistics for the year reveals an amazing story of perseverance,” said Willie Walsh director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
He was commenting on the resilience of the industry in na [...]
AirAsia’s BigPay secures US$100m from South Korea’s SK Group to grow its financial businesses
BigPay, the fintech unit of airasia Digital, has raised up to US$100 million in financing from SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea by asset size.
This is the first time any
portfolio company within airasia Digital has secured financing of this size.
BigPay said the funding [...]
Sustainability: Don’t sell or tell, show it
“It should be a jailable offence to greenwash”, says Bouteco’s Kinsman
IF there was one key message from Episode 5 of the WiT Travel Roadshow last Thursday, it is that it is the industry’s opportunity to turn “revenge travel” into “beautiful travel” by putting sustainability prin [...]
