Expedia job cuts, Booking braces for “significant impact”, “winter is best time” – learn from cockroaches
I’ve been mulling over what I heard William Bao Bean of SOSV Capital say in a Techsauce Global podcast, “It is the cockroaches, the survivors, who can really take advantage of this tough environment that will build the next generation of leaders.”
Curious about cockroaches and inspire [...]
Life in Orange: Making sense of advisories and having blonde moments
When all
this is over, we will all look back and wonder how the whole world got unravelled
by a virus but in the meantime, we have to deal with it and live through it.
And write
about it.
Because at
times like these, you have to keep reminding yourself and others that life goes
on, and we a [...]
Amid cancellations and chaos, be brave, adjust to the new normal and take lessons from free diving
Other than
makers of face masks, hand sanitisers, toilet paper and instant noodles, it is
hard to think of anyone who’s not been affected adversely by this global virus
scare.
Every day,
my inbox is filled with news of events being cancelled or postponed – the
biggest one of which was the M [...]
The positive outcomes to look forward to for travel, post-Wuhan
As someone
who tries to look at the bright side of life, I am convinced that there will be
several positive outcomes from this virus scare that has left the entire travel
industry reeling.
Already, in Singapore, one of the first countries to be hit, I sense a return to some form of normalcy. Th [...]
How a virus can bring travel to its knees, but we needn’t stay down
So what can
I write about the Wuhan coronavirus that hasn’t been written about already? How
many new cases? How many more infections? How many more countries?
What can I
write about it and its worst possible timing? That it happened during Lunar New
Year, the biggest travel season for China, [...]
Letter from Penang: Going batty in Green Acres and getting lost in Garden of Evening Mists
With sustainability such a hot topic these days, you can imagine my excitement when I heard a team of bat researchers from Rimba Research was doing field work at Penang Green Acres the day I was due to visit Eric and Kim Chong at their durian farm last week.
I was
curious as to what research th [...]
In 2020, mind the facts, ask key questions and channel Rihanna
We couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular way to mark the end of a decade in Asia – the annular solar eclipse on December 26. According to experts, the next time this will occur in our part of the world will be in 2063 and given I won’t be able to wait that long, I didn’t want to miss i [...]
The Millennial Traveller: I worked in New York City for a fortnight. Here’s what I learned.
New York City is an assault on the senses. Arriving on a cold November evening after over 25 hours of travel, I watched as the amber light of sunset descended behind the jagged skyline. The clocks had changed during my flight, dragging night forward an hour earlier, and painting the sky so black th [...]
Expedia: What went wrong? Lessons to reflect on
It’s interesting that at Phocuswright last month, I was having a conversation with a senior leader in online travel about the changes going on at Expedia Group.
I had just come from Explore ’19, the Expedia conference
which, for the first time charged delegates about US$500 to attend, and j [...]
Letter from Fort Lauderdale: Time shifting as search chokes, funds bloat and brands battle for supremacy in next age of tech
As I wait for the first of three flights that will bring me home from Fort Lauderdale to Singapore via Houston and San Francisco, I have downloaded the Timeshifter jetlag app, one of the startups that presented at the Phocuswright conference. It’s relatively easy to set up, I just hope it works b [...]
