O’ restless warriors, find your solace at home
One of the earliest literary pieces I read and that left a big impression on me was “Lady Precious Stream”, written by S.I. Hsing.
To cut a long play short – it was a Chinese play written in
English circa 1933 – it’s about the adventures of a restless warrior who, in
the end, after all [...]
Trust the new currency for loyalty, says Sabre
When travel resumes, the new currency for loyalty will be trust, says Frank Trampert, managing director & chief commercial officer, EMEA & APAC for Sabre Hospitality Solutions.
“The new currency for loyalty is more around trust. In the past, people would collect points. Now, people wan [...]
The Wrap: NEC and SITA ink aviation agreement, CWT launches solutions to help revive corporate travel, and more
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
NEC, SITA form global partnership to provide a “secure walk-through” airport journey
A secure and automated airport [...]
Lessons from French philosophers applied
Tasked with finding applications for the WiT community from French philosophy, D’EDGE’s CEO Pierre Charles Grob brought up the importance of education, team work and collaboration at WiT’s Virtual Around the World Summit.
You can or create experience. You must undergo it. – Albert Camus [...]
It’s all about home as $45m SingapoRediscovers domestic campaign launches
Singapore Tourism Board (STB), alongside Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC), is pumping in $45m into a campaign to get locals to travel at home to try and “capture a sliver” of the $34b that Singaporeans spent on overseas trips in 2018.
The S$45m budget, wh [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 17: Karni Tomer, Founder, Wok ‘n’ Stroll
SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
She describes herself as a “life-long food explorer, driven by a passion for food”. But Karni Tomer, founder and CEO of Wok ‘n’ Stroll in Singapore, is more than that. She is an entrepreneur through and through, driven by creativity, [...]
Excuse me, did I see you on Zoom or was it for real? Re-learning the rituals of socialising again
Many, many years ago, I tore my calf muscle, had to have surgery, my right leg wrapped in a cast for almost six to eight weeks and after it was removed, I had to learn to walk all over again. Something I had taken for granted my entire life, the ability to put one foot after the other, I had to re [...]
Delivering Group sets up recovery platform for APAC travel organisations
Hospitality sales and marketing company Delivering Group has introduced the Good to Go platform to help hospitality and tourism businesses in Asia Pacific (APAC) plan and manage their recovery from the impacts of coronavirus.
Announcing the launch in a statement, the company states the platform [...]
Online champion, ATTIA, emerges to revive travel and spur recovery
Formed in 2019 to address regulations around short-term rentals and digital marketing, the body has found new purpose with Covid-19 as it seeks to lobby governments in APAC to establish common protocol for safe travel such as a two-swap process for opening of travel corridors and safety and hygiene [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines and Japan Airlines start their joint business, JNTO’s new website keeps travellers inspired, and more …
The Wrap
is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly
take root.
Malaysia Airlines-Japan Airlines joint business finally takes off
Japan Airlines-Malaysia Airlines joint business takes [...]
