GEVME’s Virtual Experience Makers Series to inspire creativity in the virtual world
EVENT organisers are being urged to look beyond traditional industry colleagues to find inspiration for creative ideas of how to make a virtual experience engaging.
To help, virtual event platform GEVME has
come up with a new series called Virtual Experience Makers featuring creative
personalit [...]
From RMB5b refund a day to full domestic recovery: How Trip.com rode out Covid
Now the big question is, when will Chinese outbound restart?
THIS time last year, in the darkest days of travel, Jane Sun, CEO of Trip.com Group, recalled that it was having to process up to RMB5 billion of refunds a day, with no sight of whether it would be repaid or when the pandemic would end [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 34: Tracy Lui, Senior Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications, Mount Faber Leisure Group, Singapore
Sentosa
United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation
THE cable car is one of Singapore’s oldest attractions,
built in 1974. Guess how many people have ridden in it since?
Well, clearly Covid had an impact on the number of riders in
2020 and the group, which markets the cable [...]
Remembering Philip Wolf
A collection of tributes from some of our friends at the intersection of Phocuswright and WiT
Deep Kalra, co-founder, MakeMyTrip“Philip was a perfectionist in all aspects of his life and had an everlasting impact on everyone he interacted with. It was my privilege to be closely associated with [...]
The Wrap: Scoot pilots digital solutions for Covid tests, Etihad Airways extends global Covid-19 insurance, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of coronavirus.
Scoot carries out trials of Covid pre-departure testing at check-in
Scoot is piloting trials [...]
Sumba Hospitality School reopens, 10 students supported by WiT begin their term
IT’S been a challenging year for Inge De Lathauwer and her team at Sumba Hospitality Foundation, which runs the hotel school on the Indonesian island. The resort, which provided some income for the school, stalled. Any funds raised went towards Covid-related health issues. Tourism to Sumba has st [...]
Philip Wolf, pioneer, legend, mentor, traveller
EVER since I could remember, from the day I started WiT in 2005, everyone would ask me, “Have you been to Phocuswright?” That was the gold standard, they told me, in travel tech conferences. “And Philip Wolf, have you met him? You must.”
For years, those two phrases rang in my mind as I [...]
Talent drain from travel will hurt recovery – the time to upskill and reskill is now
FOR those in hospitality and whose employment has been impacted by the pandemic, the time is now to upskill and give yourself the best chance to re-enter the industry which has been transformed likely for good, says hospitality veteran and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)’s associate profe [...]
The Habitat out to create pandemic-proof businesses while waiting for travel to resume
FOLLOWING a year of dismal revenues, The Habitat Penang Hill has had to think hard about creating alternative revenue streams and pandemic-proof businesses while waiting for travel to return.
With Covid having shown the park how reliant its business was on physical visitors, Allen Tan, managing [...]
Travellers gaining confidence to fly again, but frustrated with travel restrictions
CONFIDENCE is growing among travellers to take to the sky again, but they are frustrated with the loss of freedom to travel due to current restrictions.
These are some of the results of a poll from 4,700 online interviews in 11 markets conducted by the International Air Transport Association (I [...]
