The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 4: Fritz Demopoulos, CEO, Queen’s Road Capital/Co-founder, Qunar
Each week, the crisis
broadens and deepens, with entire countries now on lockdown, from South-east
Asia to Europe, US, Africa and Australia. Travel is indeed facing its biggest
test with Covid-19, as it grounds to a virtual halt around the world.
But China is slowly emerging from lockdown as peo [...]
It’s the courage to continue that counts
What a difference a week makes. Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo, who visited Kuching, Sarawak, before turning up at WiT Indie, Penang, talks about how life changed in seven days, and what businesses like his will have to do to survive the storm. “We have been thrown on to a raft, adrift in an unforgi [...]
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 3: Eric Gnock Fah, COO & Co-founder, Klook
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 most of the world on lockdown and as China and Singapore enter another round of their fight to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic by [...]
Resilience and sustainability to frame conversations at WiT Indie
Independents in travel will gather in Penang this week to focus on recovery and sustaining strategies as the industry copes with the global travel and tourism fall-out.
“Whether we
are in the midst of a crisis or not, creating and running sustainable
businesses should always be our agenda. As [...]
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 [...]
The Wrap: ZUZU Hospitality expands to Vietnam, boosts team with new hires
News Roundup: ZUZU Hospitality spreading operations to Vietnam with new sales offices, Malaysia Airlines and Travelport broaden ties, Vistara’s leveraging Sabre technology for growth
ZUZU Hospitality expands to Vietnam, boosts team with new hires
ZUZU Hospitality expanding operations undet [...]
Still far from attaining the holy grail of frictionless travel, but Amadeus definitely a candidate to get industry there: Ropers
Asked to put the travel industry on a scale, 10 being the attainment of the holy grail of friction-free travel, Amadeus’ new president of strategic growth businesses Stefan Ropers put it at two or three.
“We haven’t gotten very far. The future is here, but it is not equally distributed. I [...]
Events platform Bizly wins top innovator award at The Business Travel Show
Bizly, the “all-in-one platform for building events” topped eight final entries that pitched at the Business Travel Innovation Faceoff during the recent Business Travel Show at the Olympia London.
The judges cross-examined, evaluated and critiqued all
eight supplier presentations to determi [...]
Expedia job cuts, Booking braces for “significant impact”, “winter is best time” – learn from cockroaches
I’ve been mulling over what I heard William Bao Bean of SOSV Capital say in a Techsauce Global podcast, “It is the cockroaches, the survivors, who can really take advantage of this tough environment that will build the next generation of leaders.”
Curious about cockroaches and inspire [...]
