WiT Community Blog: Andrea Traversone, Amadeus Capital Partners
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 ea [...]
WiT Community Blog: Josh Porter, guest relations manager, Cempedak Private Island
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: Chananya Phataraprasit, executive director, Asian Oasis, Araksa
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, we thought we needed to find a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are each doing, [...]
WiT Community Blog: Morris Sim, entrepreneur, traveller
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, we thought we needed to find a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are each doi [...]
Jane Sun on how Trip.com weathered the mother of all disruptions and her plans to lead recovery
With cities across China trying to get back to normal, some tourist attractions reopening and some travel restrictions being loosened, there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, as far as China's domestic travel market is concerned. Companies are also getting back to work, and if there i [...]
As Planet Earth goes into lockdown and our right to travel removed, here are some ideas to survive
“We’re
on the brink of a new world as the old world comes to a hard stop. Fortify and
brace yourself”
I got back 11.30pm, March 15 from Penang, Malaysia, 24 hours, before the deadline when the Singapore government issues 14-day stay-home notices to “people who enter Singapore with r [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode Two
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
WiT Indie 2020: Come celebrate the spirit of courage and adventure, and learn how to recover and fly high
“Race captures spirit of adventure and courage that’s needed at this time”
Singapore Sidecars by Sideways.sg, in conjunction with WiT, is organising a fund-raising land race in its famous sidecars to arrive in Penang on March 12, the day before WiT Indie.
Their goal is to cover 800km in [...]
Introducing The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
Amid cancellations and chaos, be brave, adjust to the new normal and take lessons from free diving
Other than
makers of face masks, hand sanitisers, toilet paper and instant noodles, it is
hard to think of anyone who’s not been affected adversely by this global virus
scare.
Every day,
my inbox is filled with news of events being cancelled or postponed – the
biggest one of which was the M [...]
