Business travel must go on: How a Singapore-based entrepreneur did it amid Covid restrictions
IF there is one thing entrepreneurs have to be, it’s to be resourceful and nimble and Blanca Menchaca, CEO & co-founder of tours and activities platform BeMyGuest, had to find a way not only to save her business but also to grow and diversify, and that meant cementing old partnerships and wel [...]
How Mary Li wants to build The Atlas to change the way people buy flights
Her third startup focused on domestic and low cost airline content
SOMETIME in 2019, Mary Li was at an exhibition of South-east Asian art at the National Gallery Singapore when she realised that maps depicting the region in the 18th and 19th centuries varied according to the interpretations of [...]
Startups solving safety, sustainability and industry pain points emerge in WiT Startup Pitch 2021
Twelve semi-finalists picked to pitch at WiT Experience Singapore
TRAVEL startups solving a variety of problems from addressing consumer anxiety about safety and sustainability to fixing new and pressing pain points faced by the industry will compete for the title of WiT Startup Pitch of the Yea [...]
Travel experiences marketplace Headout lands US$12m in funding for expansion
HEADOUT has raised US$12 million in Series B financing round to expand its geographical reach and reach EBITDA profitability.
The Series B round was led by Glade Brook Capital, with participation from existing investors Version One Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, FJ Labs, 500 Startups, Haystac [...]
Explorer Richard Bangs embarks on new storytelling adventure with Steller
“I fold
this into the spirit of exploration”, says Mungo Park founder
REMEMBER Mungo Park, the online adventure site set up by Microsoft circa 1996 in the early days of Expedia, and which was meant to stir up the spirit of exploration in travellers? Well, the man who created it is back with [...]
A saxophonist and a songbird walk into a bar…
NOW that might sound like the setup for a punchline, but if you were referring to musician-composer Daniel Chia, and Singapore’s own Glamour Vintage Songbird, Miss Lou, it could also be the start of their set.
The musical duo who are the co-founders of Loudandclear – a Creative Collective t [...]
Vietnam’s fintech unicorn to use new funds to beef up online travel business
VNTRAVEL launching three new solutions targeting corporate, premium and events
VNLIFE, which recently raised US$250 million in Series B, will allocate “a significant chunk” of the new funds to build up its online travel division, VNTRAVEL, managing director Niraan De Silva said in an intervi [...]
BeMyGuest integrates with Google
BeMyGuest specialists in technology and distribution for attraction, tour and activity operators, today announced the launch of a new integration with Google, allowing attractions and tour operators to show free ticket booking links directly on Google Search.
This new
functionality will help dr [...]
Huawei to invest $100m in startups in APAC, makes first travel move in Middle East
Spark programme in second year, Wego first partner in MENA region
AS part of its move away from hardware, Huawei is scaling up its cloud services and startup support in Asia Pacific and while travel and hospitality is still not top of mind, its move into this vertical seems inevitable with the e [...]
ixigo’s road to profitability and IPO – how it did it and the future of bus and rail
FROM the start when Covid first struck, it was inevitable the road ixigo would take to raise future funds – via an IPO. CEO and Co-founder Aloke Bajpai hinted at this during a wide-ranging interview with WiT around this time last year.
When asked what was one of the positives that had emerged [...]
