Tours and Activities
Meet the newbies scaling their startups with tech tools
30/10/2023 by Luke Clark
From brainstorming buddy to content scaling and revenue management”, how AI is aiding each of these four startups They have come out of the pandemic, each stronger in their own ways. And now thanks to new tools driven by AI and other disruptive technologies, we heard from four regional startups a [...]
Game over for Metaverse? 2024 travel hacks. Good airport AI. SITA cruises with Costa.
27/10/2023 by Ian Jarrett
Flight booking worse than the dentist? Expedia's 2024 Air Travel Hacks Report What could be worse than going to the dentists? Or filing tax returns? Try booking a flight, survey of 1,000 Singapore flyers by Expedia has found. Close to a third (32%) found booking air travel is more daunting than [...]
Velocity Ventures and Korea Tourism Organization sign MoU for Korean Startup Accelerator
27/10/2023 by WiT
Tripbtoz is picked as first investment recipient by Velocity Ventures from KTO regional startup accelerator programme Velocity Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm with a special focus on the hospitality and travel sector in Southeast Asia, has entered into a strategic partnership with [...]
BeMyGuest is Sentosa’s Channel Manager in new partnership
25/10/2023 by WiT
BeMyGuest has announced its strategic partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation - under this collaboration, BeMyGuest will take on the role of a Channel Manager service provider for Sentosa, aimed at streamlining the distribution of attraction and activity products on the Sentosa website. [...]
Riding on robust recovery, Trip.com in quest to drive inbound to China
24/10/2023 by Yeoh Siew Hoon
“Real universe must defeat the metaverse,” says James Liang The first impression I had when I walked into the Resorts World Convention Centre on Sentosa to attend the Trip.com Global Partner Summit was that I had travelled through a time tunnel back to October 2019 in Shanghai. That was the [...]
Tribal power: The new model warriors driving OTAs forward
23/10/2023 by Luke Clark
“The revolution of travel itself lies in how we connect people” Anyone who thinks that the great days of innovation for Online Travel Agents (OTAs) are behind us, clearly has not been to a Web In Travel event recently. At WiT Singapore 2023, we met three perfect examples of how in the right han [...]
Best remote work spots. Successful misfits. Hotelbeds becomes a groupie.
19/10/2023 by Ian Jarrett
What the most successful start-up founders have in common Reasons why Sir Richard Branson and other serial entrepreneurs have been so successful has been identified in research led by the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Researchers found that start-up founders have distinct personality [...]
Cross-industry giants launch first Global Coalition for Trusted Reviews
19/10/2023 by WiT
"We aim to make it increasingly difficult for fraudulent actors who try to deceive our customers to operate online”, says Tripadvisor In a significant step for the online review industry, Amazon, Booking.com, Expedia Group, Glassdoor, Tripadvisor, and Trustpilot have announced the establishment o [...]
Fun factor 10: How tech is making human experiences even better
11/10/2023 by Luke Clark
In a year in which Disney, the world’s most iconic theme park brand, celebrated its 100th birthday, and Taylor Swift, its most iconic pop star broke records galore with her colossal world tour, it would seem like a stretch for those in the travel and experiences business to feel anything but optim [...]
Expedia Group expands B2B offerings across Asia-Pacific region
05/10/2023 by WiT
Jetstar Airways and Mastercard among a slate of new partners that have adopted Expedia tech, as the platform grows its APAC footprint During the inaugural EXPLORE 23: Connect Asia event, Expedia Group announced a series of new travel partners who have adopted Expedia Group’s technology solutions, [...]