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11 Sep 2026 Trump, tariffs and travel: How will the turbulence play out in Asia? 04/04/2025, by Yeoh Siew Hoon Could intra-Asia travel provide a soft landing? Travel industry leaders around the world are bracing themselves for the fallout of the Trump tariffs announced yesterday, and even more so in Asia, where most countries have been lumped into the “worst offenders” bucket and are facing what BBC de... Read More Stephan Ekbergh on new life, close calls and renaissance | Conversations On Turning 20 04/04/2025, by WiT When you get to the ripe young age of 20, you’re bound to collect lots of stories – not only about the past but lessons for the future. As WiT marks its 20th year in 2025, we turn the spotlight on our community, our tribe pioneers and leaders, to tell their stories and share their views on th... Read More PerkUP Inc. raises 50 million Yen in seed round to advance tourism DX 04/04/2025, by WiT PoC for “MEETSCUL,” a Hand-Raise style matching engine connecting groups and local communities, to launch in Nagano in April 2025  PerkUP Inc., which operates co-workation.com, a one-stop booking platform for corporate groups, has completed a 50-million-yen seed round. The funding includes ... Read More Fliggy’s tangible AI progress. Spanish govt supports Smartvel. AI uptake could be better. More. 03/04/2025, by WiT One quarter of travel operators yet to implement AI A new survey conducted ahead of the 2025 TravelTech Show in London reveals that AI remains the top investment priority for travel operators, with nearly two-thirds planning to boost their technology budgets over the next year. Among 94 surveyed Eu... Read More Saudi Arabia Online Travel Agency (OTA) market skyrockets | OTA air GBV hits US$1.9 billion, hotel climbs to $2.3 billion 03/04/2025, by WiT VIDEC releases new travel market sizing & OTA benchmarking study highlighting significant growth in Saudi Arabia's market VIDEC Consultants has released preliminary insights from its latest VIDEC’s GCC & Egypt Travel Market Study, 2019-2028. VIDEC undertook independent, rigorous and unbia... Read More Travalyst’s ‘Five-Year Milestone Report’ calls on industry to align around three core goals 03/04/2025, by WiT Travalyst, a not-for-profit coalition of some of the biggest names in travel and technology founded by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, has published its Five-Year Milestone Report. In the report, Travalyst outlines its achievements since its founding, sets the course for the years ahea... Read More Air passenger demand slows slightly in February 03/04/2025, by WiT The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for February 2025 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 2.6% compared to February 2024. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (... Read More Scroll, Search, Shop: What Africa’s travel marketers are getting right in the digital age 02/04/2025, by Sandra Buckingham In the age of infinite scroll, where social feeds double as search engines and AI can build a trip faster than you can pack a suitcase, the rules of travel marketing are changing, especially in Africa. At WiT Africa 2025, the panel “Search, Social & Commerce in the New Age” explored how bra... Read More Stuart Trevor: The fashion rebel who wants to change the industry without making clothes 01/04/2025, by Yeoh Siew Hoon The AllSaints founder wants hoteliers to rethink the way they dress staff Stuart Trevor, the maverick who once outfitted the likes of Depeche Mode, The Who, and Destiny’s Child through his iconic brand AllSaints, is back – and this time, he wants to turn the fashion industry on its head. Hi... Read More Middle East air connectivity set for growth in 2025, led by UAE, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia 01/04/2025, by WiT Ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2025, this edition addressing the connectivity role in tourism development, Mabrian analysed the international air connectivity evolution and forecasts for 9 top Middle East destinations, revealing their role and potential as global aviation hubs and travel destination... Read More WIT is a community for anyone passionate about travel technology, distribution and marketing. This basically means if you love travel, and if you are a bit of a technology freak in terms of wanting to understand how technology is changing travel, you are one of us.