The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 7: Chloe Dalton, Olympian Gold athlete
In this episode, we speak to extraordinary athlete, Chloe Dalton, on building “Range and Resilience”, skills we all need to get us through these extraordinary times. Born in Singapore, the Australian star started out in basketball, crossed over to Rugby Sevens where her team won a Gold in the 2 [...]
WiT Community Blog: How kites started it all – airlines must use downtime to rethink tech and not “just put a wrapper around things” – Rajeev Kumar, Mystifly
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
7 Stages to the New Normal, revisited – “the lack of progress haunts my thinking”
When I wrote the first version of the story that was published in WiT three weeks ago, I used less data than is now available. Now I think we have a better view of the situation. Thus I am revising my timeline and it’s not pretty.
Timothy O’Neil-Dunne revises the timeline of 'The 7 Stages to [...]
Chatbots, contactless travel, blockchain & crypto: Korean companies dig deep into tech to ride out Covid-19
From automation of the back end to chatbots and tech solutions to facilitate contactless travel as well as the introduction of blockchain and cryptocurrency, online travel companies in South Korea are being spurred by the Covid-19 crisis to innovate.
Speaking during WiT Virtual: Spotlight on the [...]
Now everyone’s in the same boat as Expedia secures $3.2b financing and names a new captain
Even before Covid-19 struck, it had been rocky seas for Expedia Group. The 3,000 layoffs and cost cuts it did, which was played out in full glare on social media, pre-empted the pandemic to come. Little did we know at the time that the same fate was to befall thousands upon thousands of more people [...]
To everyone feeling “cosmically lonely”, here’s to what we miss and doing it again
There’s a point in the book “Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold” by Stephen Fry when he writes about Zeus complaining about being “cosmically lonely” – sitting on his throne like the God that he is and all he does is grant wishes to people and listen to their problems.
He then brainstor [...]
Survive, innovate, collaborate, then look to the future. What will travel look like in the new normal?
The first priority is survival. “This is the opportunity to fix the problems in our business,” said Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart, during WiT Virtual’s Middle East Forum held last week. “Then if you manage to survive, you have to innovate. We innovate best under pressure.”
Stephan [...]
Slow recovery for Asia’s aviation industry, needs confidence-boosting measures
A survey commissioned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) of recent travellers found that 60% anticipate a return to travel within one to two months of containment of the coronavirus pandemic, but 40% indicate that they could wait six months or more. However, 69% indicated that th [...]
Post-Covid-19 will see a war for talent, says PageGroup’s Anthony Thompson
With
Covid-19 continuing to disrupt all aspects of life – professionally and
personally, Anthony Thompson, Regional Managing Director, Asia; Executive Board
Director of recruitment firm, PageGroup described the crisis as “one big battle
being played out at different times and scale in different [...]
Keeping the fantasy of travel alive: WiT Watch on destination marketing – Ecuador, Auckland, Monaco
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.
Ecuador: Yesterday
Eucador, like most countries in the world, is in lockdown to fend off the co [...]
