WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp – Lessons beyond Travel
Wong Joon Ian kicked off this session by introducing us to e27 and Echelon (previously Unconference) a community and conference supporting startups in Singapore and the region.He introduced us to what e27 does and the potential that exists here for startups and: ‘5 things you should know ab [...]
Want to start up something? Be prepared to fail
Something entrepreneur extraordinaire Morten Lund said the other day made me think – he said that by promoting entrepreneurship, you are promoting failure.Stopped me in my tracks a bit because one of WIT’s mission is to promote entrepreneurship and innovation and I guess I didn’t see it from [...]
Looking to start up in travel? Here are the 6 hot categories
Imagine there’s the WIT Venture Fund and you were one of the investors? Here are the categories you should be investing in.At the WIT*e event last Thursday, Brett Henry, Vice President Marketing and Vice President India of Abacus International singled out six categories for travel start-ups – ga [...]
New social travel site, Spottly, goes for picture-based reviews
A social travel site in Asia has lofty aims of being the largest user generated travel platform in Asia. With competitors like TripAdvisor, GoGoBot, Trippy and WAYN, of which at least TripAdvisor is very active in this part of the world, that seems like a very bold statement to make.Meet Spottly, a [...]
WIT Start-Up: Packnada next time you travel to Singapore
Ever travelled to a place so frequently that you wish you had a set of clothes and stuff there and you didn’t have to lug along wherever you go? Well, if you are one of those frequent travellers, a new start-up in Singapore aims to ease your woes by providing a storage service for you for your tri [...]
BeMyGuest wins Start-UP Asia, raises S$1m funding
BeMyGuest, providing tours and activities, has won the Start-UP Asia competition ahead of more than 150 companies, a win the company says positioned it for its latest round of funding amounting to $S1 million.
The inaugural edition of Start-UP, hosted by Channel NewsAsia, aims to nurture and [...]
How Tripping tripped upon the idea of metasearch for vacation homes
It’s being called the “Kayak of vacation rentals” and it got even more attention recently when it secured Series A financing led by Recruit Holdings’ RGIP Fund and Quest Venture Partners.
But San Francisco-based Tripping.com wasn’t always about meta-search for vacation homes. It starte [...]
How changing its sales pitch helped iFLYflat take off
Working for Macquarie Bank, Hong Kong-born Steven Hui used to fly a lot. And he appreciated especially being able to fly flat, ie, in business class.
And being a financial planner, he started to think about all those lost frequent flyer points as assets that could be managed in particular f [...]
Fresh funding for CatchThatBus, plans to expand footprint in South-east Asia
Malaysian start-up CatchThatBus, a mobile and web based bus ticketing platform, will see its vision of being the "Expedia" of bus travel in the region becoming a reality soon with new funding from Singapore VC, Jungle Ventures, National Research Foundation Holdings (Singapore), and angel inves [...]
WIT Start-Up: SavvyMob – mobile hotel booking app for the Indian Millennial travellers
Bangalore-based start-up Cooolio, a digital portfolio company, recently launched SavvyMob described as a mobile only distribution product developed for the Indian Millennial travellers, both business and leisure, who are looking for the best deals specially at the last minute
As to why [...]
