Content, commerce, and community are pillars of Jiha Jung’s Tripbtoz | WiT Studio
Dropping by the WiT Studio recently, Tripbtoz founder Jiha Jung shared the unique philosophy behind his travel platform, which is successfully challenging industry giants by blending content, commerce, and community. Jung emphasizes that these are not separate pillars but an interconnected ecosystem [...]
Sonu Shivdasani: A renewal and new beginning with Sosei
From barefoot luxury to mindful rebirth, the founder of Six Senses and Soneva reflects on his mother’s lack of love, letting go, healing, and creating again, in an interview with Yeoh Siew Hoon (Founder, WiT) on the HICAP stage in Singapore.
When I first met Sonu Shivdasani in the early 1990s to [...]
Agoda on Samsung Wallet. Protect Group’s offline refunds. SmartRyde x Amadeus. Sabre’s GenAI concierge. More.
Agoda and Samsung partner to bring travel booking to Samsung Wallet users
Agoda has partnered with Samsung to integrate hotel and travel deals directly into Samsung Wallet, offering users in South Korea and the U.S. a simpler and more connected booking experience. From October 18, Samsung Wallet us [...]
Hotel CEOs on AI, distribution, and the next battle for direct
For years, hotel CEOs have talked about the power struggle between brands and online travel agencies (OTAs). But now, a new force is reshaping that battleground – Artificial Intelligence.
During the “Views from the Boardroom” panel at the HICAP conference held in Singapore in October, leader [...]
The Next 20: What will shape travel’s new era?
Global Travel Tech Thinktank identifies trust among 3 key battlegrounds - here's a summary
If the past 20 years were about putting travel online, the next 20 will be about rebuilding travel entirely — powered by AI, reshaped by demographics, and tested by global risks we can no longer ignore.
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Agoda’s Omri Morgenshtern on staying relentless and building velocity
When Johannes Reck, CEO of GetYourGuide, sat down with Omri Morgenshtern, CEO of Agoda at the former’s Unlocked Asia Summit in Bangkok in late October, it wasn’t just a chat between two travel-tech leaders. It was a deep dive into what it takes to stay relevant – and relentless – in one [...]
How experiences are reshaping the next gen of travel commerce
At the GetYourGuide Unlocked Summit in Bangkok last week, a panel gathered to unpack one of the travel industry’s most promising yet complex frontiers – the “Things To Do” sector, the vast constellation of activities, tours, and experiences valued at a $400B+ market.
The conversation brou [...]
Fliggy’s omni-intelligent agents. Grab eyes remote mobility. VistaJet’s sleep science. Klook x Queensland. More.
Grab invests $60 million in remote driving company Vay
Grab is deepening its involvement in autonomous and remote mobility with a planned investment of up to $410 million in Berlin-based remote driving technology provider Vay. The Singapore-based superapp will initially invest $60 million in cash f [...]
Founders betting on a moonshot moment: The age of tech you don’t see, but feel
Half the room attending WiT Singapore raised their hands when moderator Pete Comeau of Phocuswright posed the opening challenge: Will the next 20 years give us tech we don’t see but feel? during the panel on “Founders & Futures: Milestone To Moonshot”.
It was a fitting provocation fo [...]
Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio
What happens when you move from building Booking.com’s rides product to leading its core accommodations business? For David Adamczyk, Vice President of Product at Booking.com, it’s about bringing a “trip-first mindset” - starting with the traveller’s entire journey rather than one booking [...]
