WiT Startup Pitch 2020 goes virtual, open call for entries
Covid or no Covid, the startup world must go on. In fact, one could argue that startups and entrepreneurship have become even more important at a time when travel has been decimated by the pandemic and needs every resource available to help in its rebuilding.
With hundreds of thousands of jobs [...]
Rappi Travel sees slight uptick in bookings, ready to ride on superapp’s growing reach across Latin America
Latin America’s superapp, Rappi, launched its travel vertical in February, which is either bad timing or good, depending how you look at it.
For Guido Becher, head of Rappi Travel, it was good because it meant the company didn’t have to deal with the chaos that ensued with the breakout of t [...]
Some corporate travel may not return, buyers and TMCs invest in tech for a new future
The reality is sobering. It’s going to take a while for corporate travel to get back up, especially that of the major multinationals. SMEs, well, that’s a different story for another day.
Novartis, for example, is not permitting international travel for internal meetings for the rest of th [...]
The Wrap: Domestic tourism takes off in Malaysia, SIA rolls out new project to thank Covid-19 frontliners, and more …
The Wrap is a weekly 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.
Domestic tourism in Malaysia resumes as country enters recovery phase
Many Malaysians are keen to reconnect with [...]
How The Island Foundation is educating small island communities during this pandemic
WiT is helping raise funds for The Island Foundation this year. Attendance for its WiT Virtual Summit on June 24 is free and it is asking for contributions to be made towards The Island Foundation through this link.
The Island Foundation (TIF)
– a charitable organisation focused on developing [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 12: Cameron Holland, Chief Executive Officer, Luxury Escapes
As Australia slowly awakens, so is Luxury Escapes, the company that grew out of packaging luxury hotel experiences for Australian customers and, in the last seven years, has cast its net wider to Asia.
Like other travel companies, it too had to deal with a crisis of cancellations and change req [...]
As travel awakens from its coma across Asia, is it time to save ourselves?
Four-day work week, travel deals for travel employees, targeting the young, new and exciting road trip itineraries – what other ideas do you have for nourishing those fragile green shoots we are seeing, from Japan to China, Australia and Vietnam?
This morning, on my regular walk, I saw a rainb [...]
Covid-19 Wrap: Accor launches ‘Reignite the Love of Travel’ campaign, New Zealand reconnects with the world as country recovers, 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.
Accor aims to reignite the love of travel with global campaign
Travellers can share their travel dreams and inspiration that will be combined into an ALL montage [...]
WiT Japan & North Asia 2020 returns to Tokyo on November 5
Forged in 2012 after the tsunami, event returns to rally industry
WiT Japan & North Asia, which was founded in 2012 to rally the industry after the Tohuku earthquake and tsunami in March the previous year, will return to Tokyo on November 5.
“We were forged out of a crisis, and we re [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 11: Emmanuel and Edina Stroobant, Saint Pierre
#SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
Covid-19 has been brutal to restaurants but many are not taking it lying down. In this episode,This is the story of how two-Michelin-starred Saint Pierre got creative to survive, held on to its staff and in the process, developed new thinkin [...]
