How experiences are reshaping the next gen of travel commerce
At the GetYourGuide Unlocked Summit in Bangkok last week, a panel gathered to unpack one of the travel industry’s most promising yet complex frontiers – the “Things To Do” sector, the vast constellation of activities, tours, and experiences valued at a $400B+ market.
The conversation brou [...]
Letter from Riyadh: Key takeaways from TOURISE 2025
You name it, it had it – the opening of TOURISE 2025, the new global travel platform powered by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia which kicked off in Riyadh this week.
Poetry, dancers, a rock band, a singer mimicking animal sounds – all against a backdrop of stunning visuals on the most g [...]
The new Wellness Traveller isn’t booking a Spa Day. They’re trying to fix their life.
If your wellness travel marketing is still centred on fluffy robes and infinity pools, you’re missing the mark.
The "wellness" conversation has fundamentally changed. At our recent WiT Wellness & Well-Being in Travel session in Kuala Lumpur, we presented insights powered by social search data [...]
Fliggy’s omni-intelligent agents. Grab eyes remote mobility. VistaJet’s sleep science. Klook x Queensland. More.
Grab invests $60 million in remote driving company Vay
Grab is deepening its involvement in autonomous and remote mobility with a planned investment of up to $410 million in Berlin-based remote driving technology provider Vay. The Singapore-based superapp will initially invest $60 million in cash f [...]
Founders betting on a moonshot moment: The age of tech you don’t see, but feel
Half the room attending WiT Singapore raised their hands when moderator Pete Comeau of Phocuswright posed the opening challenge: Will the next 20 years give us tech we don’t see but feel? during the panel on “Founders & Futures: Milestone To Moonshot”.
It was a fitting provocation fo [...]
Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio
What happens when you move from building Booking.com’s rides product to leading its core accommodations business? For David Adamczyk, Vice President of Product at Booking.com, it’s about bringing a “trip-first mindset” - starting with the traveller’s entire journey rather than one booking [...]
It’s the remix! Meet travel’s masters of reinvention
Those on the outside looking in, sometimes assume that travel planning must be easy. They assume that once you are established, the process of managing travel products becomes easy – and that early travel success is a near-guarantee of future success.
Sadly, where this staunchly competitive ind [...]
The future isn’t about channels, it’s about guests
At WiT Singapore, hotels and OTAs find common ground in a new battleground: trust, experience, and emotion.
Twenty years on, the old debate between direct versus indirect bookings still echoes through hotel conference halls. But at WiT Singapore 2025, the message was clear: the future of hospitali [...]
Meili partners with ALL Accor. HeyMax lands in Hong Kong. Agoda x JCB. HTS’ new ancillaries.. Klook ups leadership.
Agoda and JCB partner to focus on seamless travel payments
Agoda and JCB International have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance travel and payment experiences across Asia, effective from April 2026 to March 2029. Announced at the 18th JCB World Conference, the partnersh [...]
How engineers work with AI across Southeast Asia and India
Agoda has released a new study called the AI Developer Report which shows that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is high among software developers in Southeast Asia and India, but its usage is still maturing. Developers use it pragmatically to accelerate work without compromising quality, while [...]
