From idea to pilot in 7 weeks. Why ZUZU Hospitality picked Queenstown for its new hotel tech platform
ZUZU Hospitality's new "Kea" platform wants to fix the data mess independent hoteliers deal with daily, and Queenstown is the testing ground before it goes global
Singapore-based ZUZU Hospitality is piloting a new AI platform for independent hotels in Queenstown, just seven weeks after founder and [...]
Online travel: Today, tomorrow and what’s the day after
As VIDEC wraps its 2026 OTA benchmarking across India, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, CEO Virendra Jain sizes up how Trip.com, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Wego, Skyscanner, Airbnb and Google are jockeying for position in travel's most volatile growth markets and what could upend the pecking order next.
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Online Travel in Asia: The Unwritten Story (Documentary premiere)
WiT's follow-up documentary sits down with travel tech founders, leaders and rising innovators to ask what's about to change, what never will, and what they'd tell their younger selves.
Every industry has a moment it can't quite explain until it's living through one. For online travel in Asia, that [...]
Resilient travel demand for GCC destinations signals recovery potential through the end of 2026
Travel intelligence analysis by The Data Appeal Company finds that, while the February escalation triggered an immediate shock to travel sentiment and hotel demand across the GCC, travellers have progressively become less reactive to renewed tensions—pointing to strong recovery potential if disrup [...]
Klook expands Kreator Shops feature to all creators on its platform
Klook has rolled out an upgraded version of its Kreator Shops feature to all 30,000-plus creators on its platform across 88 markets. The announcement was made at KREATORVERSE 2026, the company's annual creator summit, held this year in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
Kreator Shops allows content creators who pa [...]
APAC air passenger demand drops slightly, global demand grows
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for July 2026 global passenger demand:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 0.2% compared to July 2025. Excluding the Middle East, demand grew by 1.2%. Total capacity, measured in available seat [...]
72% of APAC rail bookings now happen online | Report
Car rental lags behind at 47%, but OTAs and AI are closing the gap fast across Asia's ground transport market
Rail is crushing it online in APAC with 72% of gross bookings going digital in 2025, and state-owned operators are keeping most of that traffic in-house through their own apps rather than h [...]
Why empathy, not argument, is Airbnb’s approach to short-term rental regulation
Mich Goh on listening her way through hostile hearings, and what governments across APAC actually want when they talk about short-term rentals
Every APAC market wants something different from tourism, and that's the challenge Mich Goh (Director of Public Policy, APAC, Airbnb) has built her career a [...]
Would you relocate for a job if your pet couldn’t come with you?
The $2.4 billion reason companies are rethinking mobility, employee care and relocation packages in a holistic way.
For a growing number of employees, the answer to the question above is ‘no’. As companies compete for specialist talent across Asia-Pacific and beyond, one of the biggest sticking [...]
Kiwi legends: What fear, wonder and connection have in common
Five leaders of some of New Zealand’s most recognisable tourism brands – ski fields, jet boats, bungy jumping, conservation cruises and Māori-owned experiences – sat down with WiT founder Yeoh Siew Hoon to unpack what actually makes an experience iconic. The consensus, delivered from five ver [...]
