Singapore government, Google and partners combine forces to launch programme for local jobseekers
Google, Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) have launched a new jobs and skills training initiative for 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career jobseekers in Singapore. The Skills Ignition SG - A Grow With Google Program is a [...]
Pandemic forcing hoteliers to fast-track tech adoption and revisit distribution and marketing strategies
The travel standstill has afforded hotels and their partners a chance to revisit distribution and marketing strategies and processes which in better days have mostly operated on a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” maxim. But hotel conversations today have had to change and now largely revol [...]
The Millennial Traveller: A tribute to Karla and the beauty of slow travel
I imagine that travel for a dog is far less ambitious but far more fulfilling than for us humans. Dogs’ lives are far briefer than ours, more (technically) limited in what they can achieve, yet they are arguably superior in their ability to feel joy and contentment through the simplest of things. [...]
Agoda joins hands with governments in Asia to assist in growing travel demand
Agoda has been partnering with government efforts in Asia to boost travel recovery. Its latest initiative taps on the Japanese Tourism Agency’s (JTA) ‘Go To’ campaign, ensuring its travellers booking domestic travel on Agoda can benefit from the “Go To” travel subsidy and enjoy savings of [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode 19: Greg Schulze, Expedia Group – a farewell letter, as he returns to the US
On July 25, Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group, flew back to the US after completing his four-and-a-half year stint in Singapore as the first global head to be based in Asia Pacific.
He brings
home lots of happy memories of a place he and his family have thrived in, as he
says in [...]
Milken talks vaccine, Alibaba’s Tsai talks remote work and travel; “massive digitisation of everything”
With so much bad news in travel I thought I’d tune into the Singapore Fintech Festival Global Launch event this week for a different perspective, and the most promising news came at the end from Mike Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute.
Saying things look promising and he wouldn’t be su [...]
The Wrap: Headout launches ‘Safe Experiences’, Travelport’s new tracker checks airlines’ safety measures, 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 the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
Headout introduces ‘Safe Experiences’ to build trust and boost travel among consumers
Safe Experiences has verified [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode 18: The Year of Two Halves That Turned Into “Year Zero.O”
More than halfway into 2020, and still
there seems to be no easy or clear resolution to the Covid-19 crisis that has
grounded travel and pushed economies into free fall.
We had hoped it would be a year of two halves, but at this midway point
into the first year of the new decade, it feels like [...]
Headed for a stellar July and then, wham: TMG’s Kien on steering Ivuvu.com and group through the storm in Vietnam
Tran Trong Kien, who runs Vietnam's largest integrated travel group, covering hospitality, aviation, online and destination management, had been looking forward finally to a July that would show 90% of pre-Covid levels or even surpass 2019 bookings when lo and behold, Covid-19 reared its ugly head [...]
Beauty queens who can cook: How Ivuvu.com used influencers to win domestic hearts
Thien Minh Group found itself having to move really fast the last three months. The mainstay of its business, inbound visitors, had disappeared and it had to pivot to a domestic market. The positive was that Vietnamese consumers, like everywhere else in the world, had moved online and this was an e [...]
