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The battle for online travel consumers: Who will win?
Will the Internet – and online travel in particular – end up being dominated by juggernauts? Do online travel agencies (OTAs) stand a chance in a world where search engines offer e-commerce facilities,...
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How to succeed in online travel: Lessons from WIT Japan
As a first-timer attending WIT Japan & North Asia, it was certainly an eye-opener as I listened to more than 60 speakers and industry experts share their collective wisdom and insights into what it...
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Smell the real coffee at Balestier, join us for Heritage Race July 4
In the age of Starbucks, Costa Coffees and Coffee Beans, where coffee has been commoditised and globalised, it is nice to find an establishment like Lam Yeo Coffee Powder still holding its own in...
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WIT Warrior Spotlight: Ram’s still waiting for breakout pan-Asian online...
At the WIT Conference last year in Singapore, we recognised 11 individuals whom we felt have had the most influence on the development of online travel in Asia Pacific. This is the fifth article in a...
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WIT Warrior Spotlight: Priceline’s APAC champion Adrian Currie salutes early...
At the WIT Conference last year in Singapore, we recognised 11 individuals whom we felt have had the most influence on the development of online travel in Asia Pacific. This is the sixth article in a...
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WIT Warrior Spotlight: Kei Shibata wants to use content and price to change...
At the WIT Conference last year in Singapore, we recognised 11 individuals whom we felt have had the most influence on the development of online travel in Asia Pacific. This is the seventh article in a...
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Travel Weekly China launches the inaugural CruiseWorld China
Travel Weekly China announced today the launch of CruiseWorld China on October 12, 2015, in Shanghai, China. The inaugural one-day event, held at the Le Royal Meridien Shanghai, will see the attendance...
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Smart Nation Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan to address WIT Conference
Singapore’s Minister for Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will give the opening address at the 11th edition of the WIT (Web...
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Hunt for best start-up begins – entries close Aug 31: WIT Bootcamp uncovers...
The WIT Bootcamp returns to Singapore on October 19 with its annual competition to find the travel start-up of the year and to put the spotlight on hot spaces in the start-up world. Entries for the WIT...
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Call for entries: WITovation Awards returns in 2015
The WITovation Awards, which recognise excellence in digital marketing and user experience in travel, returns with the WIT Conference (Singapore, Oct 19-21). Entries are being sought in four categories...
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WIT picks three projects to support at this year’s Charity Auction
The WIT Charity Auction, held in conjunction with the annual WIT Conference Oct 19-21 in Singapore, returns this year to support three beneficiaries – Children of Vietnam, KOTO Enterprise, Hanoi and a...
View ArticleWhat’s the one thing in travel you want to reboot, Part 1
What’s the one thing in travel you want to reboot? That’s the challenge we asked some of the speakers coming to the WIT Conference this October 19-21. In a series of videos over the next three weeks,...
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Online travel, like rugby, is a game of inches, says Agoda’s Hughes
When I caught up with Tim Hughes, vice president marketing of Agoda in Bangkok, the unexpected had just happened in the Rugby World Cup currently taking place in the UK. Japan had snatched victory from...
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Heritage Race heads to Bangkok to uncover local stories
The Heritage Race, which was run in Singapore in 2014 and 2015, will travel to Bangkok on November 29. A travel industry-led event created to uncover local stories about places and to raise funds for...
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Looking forward to WIT: Land that brand promise through experiences
Guest writer Carl Griffith is a design thinker, passionate about brand and marketing. He’s returning to WIT as a delegate after a couple of years’ absence. Carl Griffith As I look forward to...
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Blood moons, baristas and rebooting your world
The idea of “Reboot” came to me while I was on Samui island, relaxing in a private villa by the beach. It was the weekend after WIT 2014 had just ended and this was my annual retreat to unwind. Yeoh...
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Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Travel agents have major role to play in China...
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Travel Weekly China’s inaugural CruiseWorld China conference, visa-free entry to Indonesia for more countries, Bollywood tourism ambassador for New Zealand...
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Make Singapore an ideas hub, invites Minister
Security is priority for a smart nation Use Singapore as test bed for new technology. That was the invitation Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister-in-charge of...
View ArticleEmbracing the Airbnb experience
By Carl Griffith It was interesting for me listening to Julian Persaud of Airbnb simply for the number of times he used the word ‘experience’. He had a lot to say, of course, about the company and his...
View ArticleOnline travel giants on building loyalty and differentiation
By Alisha Somanas With massive shifts in the terrain of the online travel industry, how are the big players responding? When quizzed on their response to newcomers and changes in the online travel...
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