WiT Middle East Watch: ME’s next big things, Almosafer launches WhatsApp support, Regus ups the flexible workspaces ante in Egypt
Middle East’s next big things
Car-sharing service Ekar is eyed as next big thing
MENA
(Middle East and North Africa) startups had a robust funding year in 2019 and
several startups have in particular caught the eye of investors as having the
potential to be the region’s next big thing. H [...]
Howie Chang thinks and moves Forward with new school concept in Penang
The notion that schools today are not keeping pace with changes outside, regardless of the industry but in particular the tech industry, is neither ground-breaking nor novel. What is innovative, however, is a school that purports to churn out not just students with a degree or diploma in hand, but [...]
The Long Run’s time has come as sustainability awareness peaks, new report shows consumers more willing to pay
The turn of the decade has certainly been pivotal for The Long Run. Founded in 2009 as an initiative of Zeitz Foundation’s international programme, it had been plugging away quietly at the very important business of sustainability and now, well, you could say, its time in the sun has come.
Fo [...]
Mark the new date for a stronger WiT Seoul 2020: October 29
WiT and local partner, Tidesquare, have made the decision to reschedule its Seoul event from April to October 29.
The
uncertainty over the developing Covid-19 situation in South Korea in which the
government has put the country on its
highest alert and the Singapore government has issued travel [...]
Covid-19: OYO sets up fund to assist South-east Asian partners
OYO Hotels and Homes has committed US$200,000 to support its partners and their families in South-east Asia affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Its chief executive officer for South-east Asia, Japan and the Middle East Dr Mandar Vaidya said this followed a similar move in China wher [...]
Dream Cruises suspends Genting Dream’s Singapore operations
Dream Cruises is "voluntarily" suspending the operations of Genting Dream from Singapore from 23 February until 27 March, citing ongoing concern surrounding the current Covid-19 outbreak ,
“Dream Cruises has made the difficult decision to suspend its operations from Singapore as a measure to [...]
Life in Orange: Making sense of advisories and having blonde moments
When all
this is over, we will all look back and wonder how the whole world got unravelled
by a virus but in the meantime, we have to deal with it and live through it.
And write
about it.
Because at
times like these, you have to keep reminding yourself and others that life goes
on, and we a [...]
European airlines top earners of ‘a la carte revenue’, Asian carriers second
European airlines led in the sale of ancillary adds-on for 2019 with US$31.5 billion in revenue while their Asian counterparts are second with US$$21.1 billion, according to a report by CarTrawler and IdeaWorksCompany.
The study reveals the total la carte revenue collected by airlines worldwide [...]
Don’t build more, fix problems first, Penang tourism master planners told
Less than a month to go before WiT Indie kicks off in Penang on March 13, and fireworks have exploded over the new Penang Tourism Master Plan that was presented a week ago, with criticisms ranging from it not meeting the needs of industry and travellers to “building more when we should be solving [...]
WiT Seoul 2020: “Parasite” win puts spotlight on South Korea’s rising power in art, tech and travel
“The dynamism of Korea is now in travel”
When Bong Joon-Ho walked up the dais to pick up the Oscar for Best Film at the Oscars, you could almost hear the whole of South Korea cheering. The director of “Parasite” made history as the first Foreig [...]
