The WiT Podcast
Top of the WiT 18: ChatGPT is the biggest thing, Traveller Tribes, betting on trip planners, and AI poems
18/02/2023 by WiT
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. We're joined by Christian Watts (Founder and CEO, Magpie Travel) to discuss the potential of ChatGPT in the Tours and Activities space. We al [...]
Top of the WiT 17: Unpacking Asia’s travel recovery reports, Global Startup Pitch 2023, saying goodbye to Boeing 747
10/02/2023 by WiT
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. We're joined by Pete Comeau (Managing Director, PhocusWright) to unpack two reports - one about travel recovery and digital transformation in [...]
Top of the WiT 16: Dance of the Golden Lion, believing in sustainability, and million-dollar data hubs
03/02/2023 by WiT
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. On this week's episode, we talk about a recent interview with Greenview's Eric Ricaurte and how holding on to a belief in the future of susta [...]
Top of the WiT 15: Singapore doubling on tourism, Bookaway Group prepares for surge, coliving Spaces – slow burn or fast fad?
20/01/2023 by WiT
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. On this week's episode, we talk about Singapore's tourism projections for the next twelve months and how it forecasts a doubling of tourism [...]
Top of the WiT 14: China reopens, Singapore’s soft power, and a poem from the “human ChatGPT”
13/01/2023 by WiT
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. On this week's episode, we hear from two industry experts on China's reopening and what's in store for the country's tourism scene, as well [...]
The WiT Podcast: Full throttle recovery, without losing sight of Singapore’s North Star
11/01/2023 by WiT
Tourism is not just about numbers, it’s about soft power and it’s vital to Singapore’s place in the world, says STB’s CEO, Keith Tan In March 2020, when we didn’t know what we know now, the first WiT Podcast guest was Keith Tan, chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board, and we talke [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 13: ChatGPT on ways to reduce anger, Teacher-To-Mountain programme, and words to describe 2023
09/12/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, social media was stormed by talk of Artificial Intelligence. ChatGPT, a bot by OpenAI [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 12: Looking back at 2022 predictions, return of China, words to describe 2023
02/12/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, we look back at a few articles that were published at the end of 2021, with answers by [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 11: New industry leaders, empowering indie warriors, and Star Wars socks
26/11/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, we talk about the convergence of the "old world" and this new, endemic one. Siew Hoon, [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 10: Dialing in from ‘The Phocuswright Conference 2022’, with Pete Comeau (Managing Director, Phocuswright Inc)
18/11/2022 by WiT
On Top Of The WiT, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter. This week, we tackle timezone differences and lessons from The Phocuswright Conference 2022, as Sie [...]