The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 10: Tao Tao, Co-founder and COO, GetYourGuide
“Make learning your superpower and Google must do the right and smart thing”
Making learning his superpower, lobbying Google for relief and thinking about the accelerated decoupling of the world – those are the things that have been keeping Tao Tao, co-founder and COO of GetYourGuide, bus [...]
The state of travel in APAC: Identifying trends to prepare for the road ahead
By Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, Travel & Vertical Search APAC, Google (original post here)
Before unforeseen circumstances altered life as we knew it, travel in APAC was booming. Valued at $446 billion in 2019, APAC’s travel market led North America and Europe and was projected to grow f [...]
A love story about Otter, Zoom and Cuckoo’s Nest
I’ve never slept as well as I have the past two months. In fact, I’ve never slept in the same bed as long as I have. I’ve traded in my travel apps for productivity and health apps. Goodbye, Tripit. Hello, Notability. Goodbye, Timeshifter. Hello Otter.
Otter has
improved my life considerab [...]
Vomiting kids, testing kits, tech investments – Openspace’s Hian Goh on how Covid-19 challenges all assumptions
As he ran around the kitchen preparing yet another meal – it is clear that Covid-19 is liberating men like Hian Goh to find their inner celebrity chef, posting live videos of his cooking on social media – the co-founder of Openspace Ventures was also speaking about how this all-in-one crisis wo [...]
As markets in North Asia pick up, Klook launches Klook Home and local experiences to address multi-stage recovery
With markets in North Asia bottoming out and starting to recover, while markets in South-east Asia remain muted, Klook has launched a multi-stage recovery programme to address customer needs in both phases.
In fact, Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, is optimistic that in markets wher [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 9: Louise Daley, Deputy CEO, Asia Pacific, Accor
In this podcast Louise Daley, the deputy CEO of one of the biggest and fastest growing hospitality companies in Asia Pacific, speaks about the impact in Asia on Accor, the lessons to be taken as markets in the region take first tentative steps to restarting and, would you believe it, the ongoing op [...]
Keeping the fantasy of travel alive: WiT Watch on destination marketing: Greece, Singapore, Germany
Just
because we can’t travel now doesn’t mean we can’t keep the fantasy of travel
alive in our customers’ minds. Here’s a round-up of destinations doing their
bit to keep dreaming alive.
Visit Greece: #greecefromhome
https://youtu.be/7t5OP8zlAS8
With the current coronavirus pa [...]
As domestic tourism engines restart, be mindful of consistent protocols and delivery of brand promise
Consumer confidence needs to be boosted, not broken, during fragile, early stage of recovery
As destinations restart their domestic tourism engines, it is critical that governments agree on health and safety protocols, and that travel brands deliver on their promise around the new procedure [...]
Q&A: Thayer Ventures’ Chris Hemmeter on its new $80M fund, opportunities for travel startups
Travel- and transportation-focused
venture capital firm Thayer Ventures has raised $80 million to invest in new
early stage startups.
The new Thayer Ventures Fund III has already invested in communications platform Beekeeper (September 2019), technology-focused hotel management brand Life House [...]
Domestic travel in Australia to take off July while air capacity will see slow, phased recovery
Australians may soon be
able to go on road trips again as Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes domestic
travel within Australia will be allowed by the July school holidays.
Morrison has foreshadowed a
return to intra-state travel under the Federal Government’s three phase plan to
ease coronavir [...]
