Book Your 300 Seconds of Glory in WIT Bootcamp’s Start-Up Gallery
The WIT Bootcamp taking place on Oct 17 in Singapore, is looking for start-ups (from zero to two years old) who would like to present their business to our panel of investors and mentors in the Start-Up Gallery.We are looking for breakthrough ideas and smart, savvy entrepreneurs in the digital tra [...]
Book your seat for WIT Ideas Lab & WIT Clinics
The WIT Ideas Lab at ITB Asia will once again serve up a world of opportunities from 9-11am on October 21 and 22, 2010.Travel leaders will share insights on the latest trends in corporate travel, cruising and hotel sales and marketing. Experts in the digital space will summarise what’s new in sear [...]
Travellers will pay higher rates for hotels with better reviews, study shows
TrustYou, the inventor of the Meta-ReviewTM, working in conjunction with Donna Quadri-Felitti, Academic Chair and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU, Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, has developed a study to understand the link between reviews and hotel conversion rates and [...]
WIT Day Two – How to make money with mobile
Session Overview:Mobile's hot, that's a fact. In this session, get insights into who's doing what in this space from a leading mobile travel specialist and an alternative view from an Asian low cost carrier on how it views mobile and the role it will play in that competitive segment. Gerry Samuels, [...]
WIT Day Two – Monetizing social media. A dream or reality?
What is the strategy on monetizing social media. Anyone out there got a clear answer? We had to ask our panel of experts to see what their thoughts were on this. The panel comprised Nathan Clapton, Vice President-Partnerships for TripAdvisor, David Doucette, Executive Director, Internet Marketi [...]
WIT Day Two – TripAdvisor: We help people choose the right hotel
Marc Charron, Managing Director of TripAdvisor Asia Pacific has recently moved to Singapore to set up the regional office for TripAdvisor, to complement the already existing teams in China, Japan and India. He will now be responsible for the world's largest travel website in the world's fastest gr [...]
WIT Ideas Lab – The art of taming the Dragon
Taming the fiery dragon is not easy – it takes bravery, creativity and stealth. However great rewards await those who achieve this feat. The session on “How to tame your Dragon” at WIT ideas Lab at ITB Asia shows you the ways to do it.Pictured left: Taming the DragonAlmost every other compan [...]
WIT Speakers Corner: William Bao Bean on the difference between a whale and a VC
If I had only realized earlier that William Bao Bean was based in Shanghai. I had called him while I was in Europe, having just arrived from Shanghai a few days earlier, where I had visited the World Expo.Given the circumstances, the discussion had to start with me asking him about the World Expo. H [...]
WIT’s Bootcamp gets the week off to a great start!
It’s been an excellent day at #wit2011 with Bootcamp kicking off the week’s proceedings. We heard in the morning from a number of key players in the region, each giving the attendees valuable insights into their areas of expertise. What’s clear is that, although we are one region (in so [...]
WITNext: How sticking to one groove and building up networks paid off for me
Vera Lye started her career as a travel journalist in TTG Asia and has worked for publications like Travel Asia and TravelWeekly. She now runs RAVE, which handles media relations and communications projects for travel companies. January 1994Just returned from a four-year-university sojourn to the U [...]
