Traveloka launches first APAC-wide EPIC Sale
As the mid-year travel season draws near, Traveloka, a key travel platform in Southeast Asia announced the return of its Traveloka EPIC Sale, taking place from April 22 to May 5, 2025. For the first time ever, the campaign is being launched simultaneously across seven key Asia-Pacific markets: Indo [...]
Jacinta Lim on AI, niche communities and the quandary of travel | Conversations On Turning 20
When you get to the ripe young age of 20, you’re bound to collect lots of stories – not only about the past but lessons for the future.
As WiT marks its 20th year in 2025, we turn the spotlight on our community, our tribe pioneers and leaders, to tell their stories and share their views on th [...]
Lyft accelerates in Europe. Lighthouse enhances hospitality tech. Zenmer’s AI agent. More.
Lyft acquires FreeNow for €175M, doubling its market reach
Lyft is expanding beyond North America for the first time with the acquisition of German mobility platform FreeNow for €175 million. The deal, expected to close in the second half of the year, will extend Lyft’s ride-hailing services [...]
Legends: From Global Startup Pitch winner to industry trailblazer
Legends, a pioneering travel technology company, has emerged as a significant success story since winning the Web in Travel (WiT) and Phocuswright Global Startup Pitch award. Legends is helping to transform the travel industry by leveraging AI and data to turn consented consumer data into real-tim [...]
From Labubu to Lady Gaga: Singapore’s tourism bets big amid global gloom
In a world clouded by tariffs, tensions and teetering economies, Singapore is doubling down on a singular message – tourism is not just nice to have, it’s critical to its future. And from Pop Mart’s shaggy star Labubu to pop icon Lady Gaga, dinosaurs to robots, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB [...]
AI at hyperspeed: TripGenie goes multi-modal, launches live translation
How Amy Wei is building a contextual companion, whether at home or abroad
In a recent podcast, the former editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly said that his biggest concern about AI was the speed of change and how we humans would be able to keep up with these machine learning models or “geniuses” as he [...]
Catch-up podcast: Winning big with sports tourism | Unpacking Expedia’s latest data
On this week's episode, sports tourism's economic potential is explored via Expedia Group's latest study, highlighting strategies for businesses to capitalise on this market by understanding traveller behavior and preferences, such as offering appealing packages and experiences.
Data-driven insig [...]
Rob Rosenstein on the crazy early days, cowboy stories and capital flow | Conversations On Turning 20
When you get to the ripe young age of 20, you’re bound to collect lots of stories – not only about the past but lessons for the future.
As WiT marks its 20th year in 2025, we turn the spotlight on our community, our tribe pioneers and leaders, to tell their stories and share their views on th [...]
From Startup winner to global success: Wheel the World’s accessible travel revolution continues
Revenue has tripled since winning Global Startup Pitch two years ago – improving access to travel for more than 20,000 people
Wheel the World, the award-winning online travel marketplace making the world accessible to people with disabilities, is empowering tourism offices, destination marketing [...]
Italy fines tour operators. Sabre and CellPoint target airline payments. Klook and STB renew MoU. More.
Klook inks multi-year partnership with Singapore Tourism Board to drive growth
Klook and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have signed a new three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), set to begin in April 2025, building on their 2023 partnership. This collaboration aims to support STB’s Touri [...]
