How to manage fear and anxiety in time of coronavirus
From how to manage your own fear to how to manage bored kids at home, psychiatrist and counsellor Dr Adrian Wang had a long list of advice for our listeners who tuned into our WiT Virtual last Friday.
Here are our key takeaways.
1. Manage social media anxiety
“You have to [...]
WiT Community Blog: Mieke De Schepper, EVP Online Travel and MD Asia Pacific, Amadeus
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of
us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for
you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and
foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Aaron Sarma, general partner, ScaleUp Malaysia/head of digital development, MDEC
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
Hotelmize raises round B investment, expands in APAC with Hong Kong headquarters
Israeli travel technology startup Hotelmize has raised Series B investment to expand operations in Asia Pacific (APAC) and “capture the longterm promise of the region’s tourism industry”.
The round was led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Israeli-based Brilliance Ventures, which [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 6: Dr Adrian Wang, Psychiatrist and Counsellor
Fear is all around us today, and while some of us have been living with it since the start of the year, some are just getting into it – it’s almost like this ripple of fear that has spread across the world. There’s fear of the virus, fear for our family and friends, fear of losing our jobs, w [...]
The 7 Stages to the New Normal
Changing the way we travel would have been unthinkable at the end of 2019. But now we must accept it. The travel world has been turned upside down. How can we get back to a normal steady state and how does that happen? Welcome to the seven stages of the new normal, writes Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, pr [...]
Letter from Tuscany (State of Mind): Of hermits and princess warriors – what are you?
Once upon a
time, back when humans were allowed to travel, I went on a road trip from
Munich to Florence and found myself spending the night at a friend’s place in a
little town in Tuscany.
After a lovely dinner of pasta cooked with the freshest, most succulent tomatoes imaginable, and severa [...]
Three South-east Asia VC firms form #SupportStartups movement in South-east Asia
Three venture capital firms – Openspace Ventures, 500 Startups and Cocoon Capital – have launched a regional initiative that aims to uplift the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem by helping them boost their revenues. It does this by collating all promotional activities offered by startups acros [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lockdown on a private island
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
There are no winners in all this, only survivors, say investors
BEACH
(Booking, Entertainment & Live Events, Airlines, Cruise Lines & Hotels
& Resorts) stocks have taken a hammering with the Covid-19 crisis. More
than $332 billion in value have evaporated over the past month, according to this analysis. Booking Holdings has seen a 37% drop,
Expedia [...]
