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Keeping the fantasy of travel alive: WiT Watch on destination marketing – Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Portugal, Australia
09/04/2020 by WiT
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. Dubai: Till We Meet Again In this time when we all need to pause – take a moment to reflect, [...]
WiT Community Blog: Luke Hurford, senior vice president, strategy, YTL Hotels, Malaysia
08/04/2020 by WiT
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 [...]
WiT Community Blog: Seng Mah, owner and instructor, Venture Photography Workshops
08/04/2020 by WiT
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 [...]
How to manage fear and anxiety in time of coronavirus
08/04/2020 by Yeoh Siew Hoon
From how to manage your own fear to how to manage bored kids at home, psychiatrist and counsellor Dr Adrian Wang had a long list of advice for our listeners who tuned into our WiT Virtual last Friday. Here are our key takeaways. 1. Manage social media anxiety “You have to [...]
WiT Community Blog: Mieke De Schepper, EVP Online Travel and MD Asia Pacific, Amadeus
07/04/2020 by WiT
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 [...]
WiT Community Blog: Aaron Sarma, general partner, ScaleUp Malaysia/head of digital development, MDEC
07/04/2020 by WiT
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 WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 6: Dr Adrian Wang, Psychiatrist and Counsellor
06/04/2020 by WiT
Fear is all around us today, and while some of us have been living with it since the start of the year, some are just getting into it – it’s almost like this ripple of fear that has spread across the world. There’s fear of the virus, fear for our family and friends, fear of losing our jobs, w [...]
The 7 Stages to the New Normal
05/04/2020 by Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
Changing the way we travel would have been unthinkable at the end of 2019. But now we must accept it. The travel world has been turned upside down. How can we get back to a normal steady state and how does that happen? Welcome to the seven stages of the new normal, writes Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, pr [...]
Letter from Tuscany (State of Mind): Of hermits and princess warriors – what are you?
03/04/2020 by Yeoh Siew Hoon
Once upon a time, back when humans were allowed to travel, I went on a road trip from Munich to Florence and found myself spending the night at a friend’s place in a little town in Tuscany. After a lovely dinner of pasta cooked with the freshest, most succulent tomatoes imaginable, and severa [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lockdown on a private island
02/04/2020 by WiT
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 [...]