The WiT Podcast – Episode 28: Dear 2020 (Letters From Friends), Part 1
RAISE your
hand, anyone who’s not happy to see the back of 2020. What a year.
We thought long and hard about how to mark this year end – have something tangible to remember it by, so that say in five years from now, we in travel could look back and remember what it was like.
Have a time [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 27: WiT Middle East, Part 1
WELCOME to a special report from the Middle East where we present a summary of our event held on November 25 when we gathered close to 30 speakers to share their knowledge and insights over four hours.
In Part 1, we hear tales about aviation, why this is a watershed moment
rather than a “glitc [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 26: Scott Peterson, Assistant Vice President, Entertainment, Resorts World Sentosa
SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
Entertainment, defined as “an event performance, or activity designed to entertain others”. Well,
it has certainly not been able to do that for most of 2020 with the pandemic
shutting down live entertainment around the world.
In Singa [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 25: Ong Wee Min, Vice President, MICE, Marina Bay Sands
SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
“Stressful but strangely exciting” is how Ong Wee Min, who leads the MICE business at Marina Bay Sands, describes this period.
As Covid devastated the lucrative sector the executive, who’s been in the industry for more than 20 years [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 24: Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda
Even for introverts this year has been particularly hard in terms of being cut off from people, but for extroverts like Agoda’s Timothy Hughes it’s been especially challenging. But he’s been taking it in stride like everyone else, saying he’s been the best informed he’s ever been through [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 23: All About Food And Tech
In Asia we love
to eat. We also love to talk about it, almost as much as we eat. In this
episode, we get stuck into the marriage between food and tech.
Because if there’s
one breakout star of Covid 19 and the great human experience of staying home
for prolonged periods, it is food.
[...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 22: Tom Peacock-Nazil, Founder, Seven Clean Seas
This is a
story that begins on Koh Lipe, an island in the Andaman Sea near the border of
Malaysia, a popular spot for travellers. It is known for lots of small islands,
sandy beaches and coral-rich waters.
Tom Peacock-Nazil and wife Pamela needed a break from their hectic urban life in Singapor [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 21: Carl Jones, VP and Head of Travel, APAC and Greater China, SAP Concur
Carl
Jones’ last trip was to Seoul in February and since his return to Singapore, he
hasn’t flown nor has he returned to the office. Like all of us, the executive,
who’s been in the corporate travel world for many years, is rethinking how he
will travel in future.
While he’s
hoping to be [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 20: Todd Arthur, Vice President, Sabre Travel Network, Asia Pacific
Todd Arthur is himself an avid traveller. He’s been to 117 countries and
you can imagine how antsy he is to make it to 118. But for now, like all of us,
he’s had to get used to a new routine at home and picking up a new life skill
(and it’s not cooking or baking).
And even though he says S [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode 19: Greg Schulze, Expedia Group – a farewell letter, as he returns to the US
On July 25, Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group, flew back to the US after completing his four-and-a-half year stint in Singapore as the first global head to be based in Asia Pacific.
He brings
home lots of happy memories of a place he and his family have thrived in, as he
says in [...]
