WiT Community Blog
Words to banish and those to live by in 2022
23/12/2021 by Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne of T2Impact pens a year-end piece that captures his thoughts on the thinking that needs to change and the new words to embrace in the new year. ENDING my formal work position this year has given me a lot to think about what 2021 has come to mean and what we should aspire to [...]
Guest Blog: The Safe Flying Protocol (SFP): The Best & Smartest Way To Restart Travel
15/09/2020 by WiT
By Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, 777 Partners and Henry Harteveldt, Atmosphere Research Group Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Incomprehensible. Ultra-Complex. Unrivalled. Sobering. We have exhausted the superlatives when it comes to describing, Covid-19, and its impact on the global travel industry. [...]
The Millennial Traveller: A tribute to Karla and the beauty of slow travel
12/08/2020 by WiT
I imagine that travel for a dog is far less ambitious but far more fulfilling than for us humans. Dogs’ lives are far briefer than ours, more (technically) limited in what they can achieve, yet they are arguably superior in their ability to feel joy and contentment through the simplest of things. [...]
A letter to my daughter in times of corona, by Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
02/07/2020 by WiT
This letter was written and presented by Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart, at the WiT Virtual Summit, held on June 24. Watch his speech here. Dear Hannah, You’re in Sweden, pregnant and happy. A country that choose its own way of dealing with Covid. Open, free, trusting its citizens. I’ [...]
WiT Community Blog: Julian Jost, co-founder & CEO, Spacebase
01/06/2020 by WiT
With our industry at a standstill, some of us coming out of lockdown and some of us still confined to home, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Fighting tooth and nail in Berlin  Julian Jost: " [...]
WiT Community Blog: Colman Ho, MD Genki Hospitality, partner, NexD Venture Partners
25/05/2020 by WiT
With our industry at a standstill, some of us coming out of lockdown and some of us still confined to home, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. How to overcome fear when adopting technology for you [...]
WiT Community Blog: Martin Reiher, managing director, Meesta Production, Singapore
11/05/2020 by WiT
With our industry at a standstill, some of us coming out of lockdown and some of us still confined to home, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Impressions from a Sunday walk through Singapore d [...]
WiT Community Blog: “And Just Like That, Travel Is Gone” – Johnny Thorsen, travel technology innovator
04/05/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: How kites started it all – airlines must use downtime to rethink tech and not “just put a wrapper around things” – Rajeev Kumar, Mystifly
28/04/2020 by WiT
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging. Short essays on what we are eac [...]
A message of unity from members of the WiT community
27/04/2020 by WiT
"We have no life in travel right now, but we will be back." This was the mantra shared by much-loved members of the WiT community, who took a moment to share how they are spending their time at home as the world waits for Covid-19 to pass. As part of WiT's "Unity in Crisis" series, the video, ed [...]