Sabre awards US$10,000 to Singaporean team at first Asia Pacific Hackathon to “Reinvent Travel”
Developers, start-ups and technology and travel industry innovators from around Asia Pacific gathered in Singapore to code through the night during Sabre Corporation’s (NASDAQ: SABR) first Asia Pacific hackathon, ‘Destination Hack: Singapore’. The challenge? In 24-hours, conceptualise and prog [...]
Tony Fernandes on retirement, egos and one AirAsia
Last week, Tan Sri Dr Tony Fernandes was awarded Airline Executive of the Year by CAPA (Centre for Aviation) in Amsterdam. In giving this award, CAPA said, “AirAsia is back at the front of the pack and Tony has once again shown why he is one of the industry’s leading executives. The original sho [...]
Letter from Nikoi: Nine lessons from 12 years of WIT
I am lying on the beach in Nikoi Island, a private island retreat, off Bintan, Indonesia. This island in the Riau Archipelago was developed by former Australian banker Andrew Dixon and his partners into a back-to-nature resort for stressed out urbanites looking to reconnect with nature.
Yesterday [...]
WIT CONFERENCE 2016: Cape cheered as WIT Startup of the Year 2016
Soaring to the top of this year’s startup leader board, Cape – a social travel app to reserve standby air tickets – was marked as the victors of this year’s WIT Startup Pitch Grand Final 2016.
The mobile app facilitates flight bookings, exclusively dealing in standby tickets for price-se [...]
The best in digital travel honoured at the WITovation Awards 2016
Backstreet Academy, Rome2Rio, CarTrawler, Cleartrip, Chope and Air Black Box are category winners at this year’s WITovation Awards, while Special Mentions went to PEACH Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
The WITovation Awards, which honours visionaries for their excellence in digital marketing an [...]
WIT BOOTCAMP 2016: Top 3 Startup Pitch Finalists Named
The top three finalists of this year’s WIT Start Up Pitch have been named, following the first round of competition earlier today at the WIT Bootcamp 2016 at One Farrer Hotel and Spa.
Competition was steep, with seven semi-finalists eager to catch the eyes and minds of an esteemed panel of 10 j [...]
WIT BOOTCAMP 2016: In Pictures
Pictorial roundup of WIT Bootcamp 2016 held at One Farrer Hotel & Spa on October 17.
Getting ready to welcome the delegates
This year we ask the delegates to 'Reimage' [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The tricky world of startup investment
Money is always a tricky subject in the start-up world. A whole day could be devoted to hashing out the pros and cons of bootstrapping versus raising investments through a seed round.
Is it right to sacrifice the family meal for your budding business or to sell your soul for a little extra cash t [...]
Sabre Destination Hack: Overwhelming response, opens to virtual entries from overseas developers
The response to Sabre’s first ever Asia Pacific inaugural hackathon has been so overwhelming that the company has added a virtual component to enable overseas developers to take part remotely.
To date, over 200 participants have registered from Singapore and the Asia Pacific region for Destinat [...]
Is the tail wagging the dog? Time to flip the world around
I remember the first day I started wearing spectacles. I was 10 and kept failing my Math and the teacher thought there could be something wrong with my eyesight. I was so relieved, I thought I was just bad at numbers and was getting a serious complex.
Anyway, the first day I wore it, not only did [...]
