Wego’s Craig Hewett: Homecoming, building through crisis and carrying Cape Town
At WiT Africa, the Wego co-founder returned home and in doing so, revealed a story not just about building a global travel company, but about resilience shaped by place, crisis and the long arc of time.
Craig Hewett rarely steps on stage to speak. In fact, after more than 20 years of building Weg [...]
Trust, leapfrogs and the big bets on Africa’s travel
Africa will leapfrog. Again.
That was the consensus running through a panel at WiT Africa featuring Mike McGearty, CEO and co-founder of Meili, Tania Platt, global head of B2B travel at Visa, and Adebayo Adedeji, group CEO of WakaNow.
To a packed room of close to 200 delegates at Innovation City [...]
Ngāi Tahu Tourism bets on quality above quantity. It’s paying off.
How Ngāi Tahu Tourism is navigating a complex travel landscape by focusing on people, place, and purpose
Jolanda Cave, General Manager of Ngāi Tahu Tourism, spent most of her career in experience-led tourism like cruises, attractions, and guided tours. “I've always been drawn to people in place [...]
Smartvel’s AI accessibility tool. Almosafer’s ChatGPT app. Staynex acquires Sleap.io. Airbnb’s $10M community fund. More.
Fliggy and Alibaba's Qwen app expand AI travel integration to 80+ brand partners
Alibaba's travel platform Fliggy and its Qwen AI app have grown their joint travel integration initiative to over 80 brand partners after adding 30+ new names, including Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, Hyatt Hotels, an [...]
Agentic AI, loyalty leakage and human-centric tech are in corporate travel’s new equation
"The one thing that remains exclusively human is contextual empathy."
In 2026, we’ve moved past the initial AI hype and into the era of "agentic" systems, tools that don’t just suggest a flight but proactively fix your itinerary before you even realize there’s a delay. Yet, surprisingly, the [...]
From seats to sales: How ZIPAIR is rewriting airline retail
It began, as many bold travel stories do, at the worst possible time. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, when skies were empty and demand had collapsed, a new airline quietly took off from Narita. Its first passenger flight carried just two people.
Most airlines would have been fighting for [...]
Decoding the ‘Africa Entry Genome’: Why the penguin is mightier than the lion
Africa is seen as the "last frontier" for the APAC traveller. We see the cinematic drone shots of the Serengeti and the luxury lodges that look like they belong in a film. But here’s the reality check: For the APAC traveller, interest isn't the problem- it's 'enterability'.
In partnership with [...]
Agoda’s new Bangkok tech hub is the start of something much bigger
The online travel giant just moved 4,000 employees into a state-of-the-art new home. But the real story is what's happening inside the company, including a sweeping B2B transformation, an AI rethink, and a forecast on where Asia travel is heading next.
Spanning more than 26,000 square m [...]
Airbnb’s private car transfers. Digitising Macao tourism. HTS rebuilds Avion Rewards. Lumo’s flight disruption tools.
Macao, Alibaba, and Sands China to drive tourist spending through AI and digital mapping tools
Macao's Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Alibaba's navigation app Amap, and Sands China have signed a tripartite cooperation agreement to digitise the city's tourism ecosystem. The centerpiece is a "flyi [...]
First WiT “Travel Tech Thursdays” to put spotlight on AI and ASEAN
Continuing on the momentum built from its series of “Travel Tech Thursdays” in Malaysia last year, WiT (Web in Travel) and My Indie World will return with a fresh roster of quarterly events, in partnership with AirAsia MOVE.
The first event of the new season will kick off on April 23 with the t [...]
