WiT Singapore 2018: Messaging is evolving beyond communication to embrace business and lifestyle
Messaging is massive in Asia. There are 10 billion messages each month on Facebook Messenger between people and businesses. In Asia Pacific alone 87% of people with smartphones use a messaging app at least once a month.
On WhatsApp there are 1.5 billion people active each month, on Messenger 1.3 [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: It’s just a matter of time before drones take over commercial aircraft, says Bobby Healy
Tech futurist and CTO of CarTrawler Bobby Healy gave the WiT Singapore 2018 audience a glimpse into where travel tech is headed and what the future of travel might look like in the next 10 to 20 years.
The first thing Healy noted was that the biggest thing beyond mobile is still chatbots, but not [...]
WiT Bootcamp 2018: Three investors share ideas on how to seek funding in travel
The WiT Bootcamp has always been a day focused on the rising stars in travel – innovative startups share their quirky ideas, and the day acts as an open platform for discussing where potential avenues for growth lie in the industry, and who is best equipped to embrace it.
On the other side of t [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: WiT Hall of Fame honours Next Gen leaders alongside veterans
Next
Gen leaders were inducted alongside veterans in the industry in WiT’s Hall of
Fame that was introduced last year to recognise and honour individuals and
companies who have had the greatest influence on the progress and
professionalism of the digital travel industry in Asia Pacific.
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WiT Singapore 2018: Agoda’s Robert Rosenstein says travel is still a market of monsters, copycats and startups
As WiT Singapore 2018 took its first steps Through the Looking Glass at Marina Bay Sands this morning, Robert Rosenstein (co-founder & chairman, Agoda) sat in the hot seat to reflect upon how the travel industry has evolved in his years running Agoda.
In a past interview, Rosenstein described [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: How AccorHotels made the leap from marketing hotels to destinations too
Instead of using the same old methods of selling hotel rooms, AccorHotels is getting innovative. During the WiT Singapore 2018 Main Stage, Emilie Couton (Vice President, Digital Marketing Asia Pacific, AccorHotels) took the stage to present how the hospitality-tech company was actively pursuing mark [...]
WiT Bootcamp 2018: Of funding and pivot – rocky road to success for startups
They came, they pitched and they won. They are the startups at the WiT Bootcamp, held in conjunction with the annual WiT conference, who returned to share their journey at this year’s event.
Troovo, a virtual payment processing system for the corporate travel industry, was the winner last year [...]
Top 3 WiT Startup Pitch finalists picked; all 12 semifinalists receive Amazon Web Services credits
The WiT Startup Pitch 2018, in a first collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has narrowed its search for the Startup of the Year to the last three.
After the first round of virtual judging, top 12 semifinalists were invited to make a live pitch at the WiT 2018 Bootcamp held at the Grand C [...]
This is Your No-Nonsense Guide to Discover Travel Startups, according to videc’s Chetan Kapoor
By Chetan Kapoor, Co-founder & COO, videc
The travel industry is a maze with thousands of suppliers and distributors. Within this narrative, startups are sprouting across all segments and technologies to disrupt the status-quo. Some of them are even aiming to be the next unicorn.
In my dec [...]
WiT Bootcamp 2018: APAC travel predicted to grow twice as fast as North America and Europe
The WiT Singapore 2018 Bootcamp kicked off today at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel. As usual, a veritable mix of fresh-faced and ambitious startups, as well as stringent and open-minded investors filled the ballroom, ears pricked to find out how the travel industry is evolving, what fresh oppo [...]
