WiT Community Blog: Lisa Katsouraki, head of corporate development, Etraveli Group
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 [...]
The making of SG Virtual Choir: An unorthodox collaboration in time of coronavirus
How the Singapore Tourism Board came together with Voices of Singapore to make beautiful music together
When Voices of Singapore (VOS), a not-for-profit choral organisation, found their festival cancelled and realised that they would not be able to hold physical events for the forseeable future, [...]
How ScaleUp Malaysia went virtual to pick its 10 startups – RM2 million funded at time of Covid-19
Not only startups have to pivot at this time to find a product-market-fit but investors also have to improvise to seek out the businesses they want to back.
ScaleUp Malaysia, an accelerator which focuses exclusively on growth stage companies in Malaysia, had set a timeline of April 15 to pick t [...]
Covid-19 Wrap: AirAsia helps local businesses with S.O.S campaign, Expedia and Hotels.com provide discounted room rates to medical professionals, and more …
The
Covid-19 Wrap is part of WiT’s “Unity In Crisis” series, a round-up of news on the coronavirus and its
impact on travel.
AirAsia launches S.O.S campaign to save local businesses
AirAsia lends a helping hand to local businesses affected by the partial lockdown in Malaysia thr [...]
Covid-19 hits Singapore hotel sector hard, but impact is buffered by government’s quick response
Phocuswright’s
special series “Covid-19 Hotel Forecast: Singapore” has cited Singapore as “an
excellent example of how the hotel industry is impacted by the interplay of
viral spread, government policy and social behavior – both at home and outside
its borders.”
Yet, the unpredictabl [...]
ADARA launches Tourism Dashboard offering for destination marketers
As part of its Covid-19 response, ADARA has launch the ADARA Tourism Dashboard as part of its new COVID-19 Resource Center. The dashboard is designed to provide up-to-date destination trends and projections based on each country and by state.
The new product helps destinations and tourism marke [...]
Your plane is clean but is it safe? A plan for “safe flight protocol”
Answer no. And it’s not the airline’s fault. World flying has dwindled to a trickle. On any given day it's a fraction of normal. Traffic through the airports in USA have fallen to less than 5% of normal for the past week in the USA. China had only 15% of airline passengers in February 2020 [...]
Covid-19 exposed weaknesses in value chain, collaboration needed to improve product and back-end automation
During its darkest days in the eye of the storm, Trip.com found itself handling “tens of thousands” of domestic flights and hotels cancellations a day. Thankfully, Yudong Tan, CTO and vice president, flight business, who described that time as “really bad”, said the group had invested heavi [...]
Letter from the Kingdom of Covid-19: A time of ugly truths and bare essentials
I think
it’s finally sunk in. The reality. I probably had the longest denial period of
anyone I know. From Wednesday, Singapore went into “circuit breaker” mode in
the ongoing fight against Covid-19 which seems to have more twists and turns
than “Kingdom”, the K-drama hit which, to me, co [...]
Airlines have melted like “snow in the Sahara”; why flying will not be the same again
Aviation veteran Christoph Mueller last
night paid tribute to airline executives for the amazing job they have done,
building up networks that allowed people to fly everywhere, earning dividends
for investors and shareholders and paying bonuses to staff for the past 25
years.
“To see it [...]
