Oh no, not another “Traveller Trend” piece: Shut up and listen to me
I know. I know. You’re sick to death of yet another report predicting traveller trends, from “Dry Tourism” – people drinking less alcohol these days – to “Romantasy Retreats” – rejecting reality – and “Shelf-ie Tourism” – unique supermarket finds.
Personally, I’d love th [...]
2026: A Year To Stand Out, Stay Open and Fight One Battle After Another
While everyone was traipsing round the world during the holiday season, I stayed home and watched the world go by, in posts, reels, streams and stories. When did the world become such a stage where everyone is an actor in their own movie?
In between these bouts of voyeurism, I visited local place [...]
Sir Richard Branson on space tourism: “The journey is the destination”
Speaking virtually at TOURISE 2025 in Riyadh in November, Sir Richard Branson reflected on his decades-long mission to make space accessible through Virgin Galactic, and on the deeper meaning of space tourism beyond the technology and spectacle.
Branson said his entrepreneurial decisions have [...]
Year In Review 2025, Looking Ahead To 2026 | Part 4
Being curious as to the reason why time seems to fly faster as we get older, we intelligently asked AI for the answer.
And it seems there is science behind it, the simplest explanation being that “Each year becomes a smaller fraction of your life. When you’re 5, a year is 20% of your life. [...]
Year In Review 2025, Looking Ahead To 2026 | Part 3
Being curious as to the reason why time seems to fly faster as we get older, we intelligently asked AI for the answer.
And it seems there is science behind it, the simplest explanation being that “Each year becomes a smaller fraction of your life. When you’re 5, a year is 20% of your life. [...]
Year In Review 2025, Looking Ahead To 2026 | Part 2
Being curious as to the reason why time seems to fly faster as we get older, we intelligently asked AI for the answer.
And it seems there is science behind it, the simplest explanation being that “Each year becomes a smaller fraction of your life. When you’re 5, a year is 20% of your life. [...]
Year In Review 2025, Looking Ahead To 2026 | Part 1
Being curious as to the reason why time seems to fly faster as we get older, we intelligently asked AI for the answer.
And it seems there is science behind it, the simplest explanation being that “Each year becomes a smaller fraction of your life. When you’re 5, a year is 20% of your life. [...]
Which way for the OTA? Crib notes for the journey ahead
So much has changed in the travel arena in the 20 years since Web in Travel began – but the centrality of the Online Travel Agency (OTA) to the travel conversation remains a common thread. Yet just as those behind former brand giants like Pan Am, Blockbuster, BlackBerry or Compaq will tell you, no [...]
Holding the line, shaping the future: Agoda’s Omri Morgenshtern on AI, trust and why Asia will define the next travel era
Phocuswright 2025 opened with a quiet but unmistakable shift in narrative: for the first time in its history, the conference handed its opening spotlight to a brand from Asia. And on centre stage stood Omri Morgenshtern, CEO of Agoda, a company celebrating 20 years and increasingly shaping how the f [...]
From prediction to reality: What travel leaders got right (and wrong) about 2025
At the end of 2024, dozens of industry leaders contributed to WiT’s three-part Year in Review series – offering predictions, provocations, and warnings about what 2025 might hold. We revisit their predictions a year later to see who got it right and give our verdicts.
Rob Rosenste [...]
