Meet the 18 finalists of the 2024 Global Startup Pitch
Finals to be held August 15 to pick winners from four regions
Eighteen travel tech startups have been selected for the finals of the 2024 Global Startup Pitch. The competition, in its third year, is jointly produced by WiT and Phocuswright. The virtual event will be held on August 15.
Judges s [...]
Blog | Note to self: Create uplifting conferences like WiT Indie
WiT Indie is the Web In Travel edition for independent travel champions, curators, movers and shakers. Strong conviction, clear vision, persistent (almost stubborn) action to make ideas happen. I left the event exhausted, but also awed, inspired, uplifted.
Notes I took down:
On tourism experie [...]
MDEC zeroes in on Malaysia tourism scene through the Digital Tourism Innovation Lab
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the nation’s leading digital economy agency, recently hosted the Digital Tourism Innovation Lab (DTIL) Demo Day Cohort 2, the second stage in a series of initiatives that serves as strategic, national platforms dedicated to fostering tourism tech in [...]
Asia dominates TechPat attraction, Singapore has most tech startups per capita
TechPats, defined as skilled technology workers who choose to work abroad, are in high demand globally due to shortages in tech skills within businesses. These individuals possess specialised skills in technology and opt to relocate internationally for better career prospects, higher salaries, and e [...]
Go, ixigo – a new chapter begins as two co-founders mark milestone and plans bright future
Customer obsession remains focus, AI will bring “unimaginable shifts”
After a three-year delay, ixigo’s parent company, Le Travenues Technology, is finally listed on the Indian stock exchanges and at its debut on June 18, listed at 78% premium over issue price, making it “one of tech’s mo [...]
Weeva, sustainability tool for hospitality, to close down
Decision taken by board after “exhaustive review”
The board of Weeva, the sustainability management tool for independent hotels and tourism businesses, has called for the closure of the business “based on a considered view of external market forces, associated risks and the path to commercial [...]
Travelex boosts your spending power. Travelport’s content search. Byway gets €5.9 million. More.
Travelex adds bahts and krones to its card
Good news for those travelling to popular destinations in Europe and Asia. Foreign exchange brand Travelex has added seven currencies to its pre-paid currency card, the Travelex Money Card (TMC).
Customers can now upload and spend Norwegian krone, Danis [...]
“Don’t build zombie companies,” Thayer’s Hemmeter advises startups
Specialist travel investor sees “bloody battle” ahead as AI plays out in the changing of search and engagement
AI or no AI, new tech or old tech, teams still make all the difference between success and failure in a startup, said Chris Hemmeter, c0-founder and managing director of Thayer Venture [...]
The quandaries humans in travel tech face in their journey towards AI La La Land
From getting away from “curse of the search box”, to reimagining user interfaces, and delivering on the “AI Agent Era”, human revolution needed to answer the hard questions AI is posing. And no, AI does not have the answer.
Both a human revolution is needed amid the technology revolut [...]
Starlink in Bali. Flying with Meta. Skyscanner gets Savvy. Virtual pink soup. More.
A star is born in Bali.
Starlink is coming to Bali – a move that will no doubt delight the island’s global nomads and tech entrepreneurs – although whether they will fork out the extra dollars for the Starlink service rather than stick with local Internet providers remains to be seen.
Elon [...]
