WiT Community Blog: Brett Dyason, co-founder & CEO, Hepstar
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: Rajeev Kumar, founder, managing director & CEO, Mystifly
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 [...]
AirAsia bosses cleared from allegations of Airbus bribery, reinstated
AirAsia Group Bhd (AirAsia) chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and executive chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun have been cleared by the BDO Governance Advisory Sdn Bhd (BDO) from corruption allegations related to the Airbus scandal.
In February, both Fernandes and Kamruddin relinquish [...]
Solo travelling: The social distancing we craved even before Covid-19 made us do it
It did not seem so long ago that all talk was about connectedness, globalisation, borderless travel, the seamless journey. But how quickly life can go on reverse. These days, we speak of quarantines, closing borders, and social distancing.
But even
before Covid-19 forced us to, in a sense, disco [...]
WiT Community Blog: Blanca Menchaca, CEO & founder, BeMyGuest
With Planet
Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in
self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, we thought we needed to find
a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a
sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are each doing [...]
WiT Community Blog: Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, principal, 777 Partners
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 [...]
The longtail of travel may get cut off – automation is one way to get it back up
It’s hard not to paint a bleak picture of the in-destination experiences sector. Tom Jenkins, CEO of the European Tour Operators Association, called the tour operator business “a bloodbath in the jungle.”
Rezgo CEO, Stephen Joyce, who spoke at WiT Indie 2020 earlier this month, predicted [...]
China showing green shoots of recovery
Buried in a daily digest of bad news, China has emerged with a positive outlook with signs of recovery definitely on the horizon.
Similar reports are coming through from several corners. The number of unique travellers for both domestic and inbound international searching for flights to China h [...]
Sabre makes over US$200 million in cuts in response to COVID-19
Sabre Corporation will remove over $200 million in cash costs from its business this year, a move deemed necessary to get through the negative impact the outbreak of Covid-19 has inflicted on the travel industry.
“This is an unprecedented time. The global travel industry is facing challenges [...]
Help the crisis-hit Asia Pacific air transport industry, AAPA urges governments
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is calling governments to take immediate action to help the Asia Pacific (APAC) air transport industry reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic and the draconian travel measures put in place over the past two months.
The association has been vocal since [...]
