WIT Day One – C of Change or Confusion. Which is it?
Using copious amounts of data, Joe Nguyen, VP South-East Asia for ComScore convinced us all that change is happening rapidly in Asia Pacific. Did you know that travel information rules online? 130 million unique visitors were visiting travel websites in Asia Pacific in August 2010! It was inter [...]
WIT Day One – Independents vs Brands. Who do you think wins?
There's nothing better than seeing two teams duke it out, trying to win the argument. This time the debate was between the power of brands, or is it better to go small and independent? In the INDEPENDENT corner we had Robert Hornman, Managing Director of WORLDHOTELS, Nick Downing, Director of Ope [...]
WIT Day One – Rebel with a focus
He’s irreverent, brash and peppers his language with the “F” word, but today at WIT Morten Lund (pictured right) played it cool. He is the guy who said no to Twitter, who made and lost over US$200 million in his twenties, who says his weakness is a love of life that has led him into some weird [...]
WIT Day Two – Igniting the Romance of Travel on a Wednesday morning
We're opening day 2 on a wonderfully romantic note. No technology, no gadgets, no stats … just love … a story that exudes the love of travel. Goh Mia Chun and his wife Sam went on a inspirational 2.5 year journey through 40 countries that became their very own Motorcycle Diaries. As Mia Chu [...]
WIT Ideas Lab: Social Media, Search, Mobile & Stuff – a Summary
After a day of WITovation at the start of the week, two days of Web in Travel and the first day of WIT ideas Lab, it’s time to catch up again with three of the most active panelists of the week. They are:Timothy Hughes, Vice President Commercial, Orbitz Worldwide and HotelClubMorris Sim, CEO &am [...]
WIT promotes new customer engagement technologies
Web in Travel, the region’s leading travel distribution, marketing and technology conference, is using several new customer engagement tools with its delegates.“Since we are a conference that’s a lot about discussing ‘the next big thing’ and encouraging innovation, it is important that as [...]
WIT Speakers Corner: Travel specialist investor out to find ‘next big thing’ at WIT
Specialist travel fund, Travel Capitalist Ventures, is setting its sights on “the next big thing” in Asia. Abrar Ahmad tells Yeoh Siew Hoon what he's on the lookout for.1. Let's talk about travel investments in general – has the market come back after last year? What's the current mood?On the [...]
WIT, Trust team up for ‘awesome’ Japan drive
Web In Travel (WIT) and Trust International are spearheading a “Sugoi Japan” (Awesome Japan) campaign aimed at restoring confidence in travel to Japan during the coming months.The campaign also aims to raise funds for Living Dreams, a program created under parent non-profit organization I [...]
WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp – Lessons beyond Travel
Wong Joon Ian kicked off this session by introducing us to e27 and Echelon (previously Unconference) a community and conference supporting startups in Singapore and the region.He introduced us to what e27 does and the potential that exists here for startups and: ‘5 things you should know ab [...]
Tencent buys into eLong, Expedia increases stake
Tencent, one of the largest providers of Internet, mobile and telecommunication value-added services in China, has made its first investment into the travel market.Together with Expedia, eLong’s controlling shareholder, it has bought into the Chinese Online Travel Agency and now becomes its second [...]
