From rock dreams to travel reality: Traveloka’s Caesar Indra on serving the next generation
At WiT Japan & North Asia 2025, Caesar Indra, President of Traveloka, took to the stage with the calm confidence of a man who’s weathered many storms, seen the travel tech tides shift and lived to tell the tale. Thirteen years after joining Traveloka to build its flight product, Caesar is now [...]
WiT Podcast: From lucky beginnings to a mind-blowing future
Omri Morgenshtern reflects on 20 years of Agoda and 10 years of leadership
This WiT Podcast exclusive is part of our “Conversations on Turning 20” series.
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a tech-loving realist runs one of Asia’s biggest travel platfor [...]
Aviation’s dual reality: Dreaming of the future, grounded in the now
At WiT Phocuswright Middle East, aviation leaders debated the next 10 years of travel distribution, payments, and digital transformation, and the balance between ambition and realism.
At a time when every industry panel seems to default to AI, it was refreshing to hear leaders in aviation and tech [...]
AI, multimodality & the human heart: Amy Wei on designing for the Golden Age of Travel
At WiT Japan & North Asia 2025, Amy Wei walked onto stage jet-lagged but charged – with fresh insights from Google I/O in California, her own AI panel at Trip’s Envision Summit in Shanghai, and now, Tokyo. Her global sprint mirrors the speed at which generative AI is transforming travel and [...]
Otilla & Trip Affiliates boost hotels. Amadeus bets on GenAI with Acai. AI drives support revenue. Unfair Airbnb?
Otilla and Trip Affiliates team up to boost hotel direct distribution
Otilla International has announced a strategic partnership with Trip Affiliates Network (TA Network) to enhance its direct hotel contracting and connectivity capabilities. By integrating with TA Network’s connectivity infrastru [...]
Flying into the future: Willie Walsh calls for tech-first thinking at IATA AGM
In an address that oscillated between optimism and urgency, Willie Walsh, Director General of IATA, took the stage at the 81st Annual General Meeting in Delhi to rally the aviation industry behind a future that is digital, data-driven and sustainably delivered or risk falling dangerously behind.
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From Ryokans to Ray-Bans: Adrienne Enggist on how AI can enable Omotenashi for the digital age
From Ryokans to Ray-Bans: Booking.com’s Adrienne Enggist on AI breaking barriers and a world without screens
When Adrienne Enggist walks into a room, whether it’s a tech summit in Amsterdam or a ryokan in Arima Onsen, she brings the future with her.
At WiT Japan & North Asia 2025, which [...]
JTB Launches Teal. Lloyds Debuts Travel Portal. Prince Harry Pushes APAC Sustainability. Platinum & Acai Unite on AI. More.
JTB Unveils Teal to Streamline Global Business Travel
JTB Business Travel has launched Teal, a next-generation, cloud-based travel management platform powered by Spotnana, aimed at changing the way companies handle business travel. Teal brings together travel managers, travelers, and JTB advisors o [...]
What it takes to win in social: Be a pinball wizard, storyteller, experimenter
“If you think you know your customers, think again.”
That mic-drop moment came from Eason Zhang, TikTok’s Head of Strategic Apps, South-east Asia, during a spirited panel on how social media is redefining travel discovery, influence and commerce at the Preferred Global Conference 2025 in Sing [...]
From hashtag to hotel room: The evolution of the social food chain
What do a Saudi influencer-turned-travel agent, a Singaporean AI virtual girl named Rae, and a hashtag with 30 billion views have in common?
They are all living proof that the travel funnel is being flattened, and social media is the bulldozer.
In the session I ran on “Next Generation: Aspirat [...]
