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STB inks S$2 million deal with Klook to promote domestic tourism and local...

Hong Kong-based based travel activities and services booking platform Klook has been busy forming partnerships to promote tourism in Asia Pacific, recently with Grab and now with the Singapore Tourism...

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Psst, fancy spending Christmas in Hong Kong?

Industry welcomes opening of no-restriction travel corridor between Singapore and Hong Kong I am already imagining spending Christmas in Hong Kong, feeling the crisp cold of a winter season, taking in...

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Report: Singapore’s mid-market hotels have to rethink business models and be...

Covid has upended the hotel industry worldwide, and in Singapore the mid-market segment is “being forced” to consider reimagined business models, guest amenities and experiences, as well as space...

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WiT Podcast – Episode 25: Ong Wee Min, Vice President, MICE, Marina Bay Sands

SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board “Stressful but strangely exciting” is how Ong Wee Min, who leads the MICE business at Marina Bay Sands, describes this period. As Covid devastated...

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From global to local hero: The Singapore fight to stay ahead of Covid and...

SAFE bubbles; pilot events; partnerships with Klook, Airbnb, Expedia, Trip.com; domestic vouchers – you name it, Singapore Tourism Board is pulling out all the stops to buy time for local businesses...

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Tech adoption accelerates on cruises as safety takes top priority and...

Singapore, Taiwan good models for restarting as safe cruise bubbles THE forced adoption of technology along the cruise customer journey – from pre-boarding to onboard – and the massive shift of...

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Brace yourself for “explosion of creative destruction”, says Friedman to...

EXPECT an explosion of creative destruction AC (After Covid), said Tom Friedman, author and New York Times columnist at the opening of PCMA Convening Leaders 2021 today. Calling it “incredibly...

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Post-Spacemob/WeWork, Fuad makes fintech play with new “BNPL” startup Pace

EIGHT months after his departure from WeWork, veteran entrepreneur Turochas “T” Fuad has unveiled his newest startup in the hot “Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)” space, Pace Enterprise (Pace). Armed with a...

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The Wrap: How Singapore tourism survived a tough 2020, D-EDGE launches...

THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of coronavirus....

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The WiT Podcast – Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett,...

Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation THE story of how AJ Hackett, which invented commercial bungy jumping 30 years ago and has added thrills to the lives of four million...

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The WiT Podcast – Episode 34: Tracy Lui, Senior Assistant Director, Marketing...

Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation THE cable car is one of Singapore’s oldest attractions, built in 1974. Guess how many people have ridden in it since? Well, clearly...

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Kapap Academy’s Qin wants to grow Angel Wings

Taking self-defence on the road through a travel safety app EVEN a self-defence business is no defence against Covid and so when the pandemic shut down its physical classes, Qin Yunquan,...

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Don’t count on travel to return anytime soon, let’s reinvent global travel,...

THE Singapore Tourism Industry Conference (TIC) began on a sober note this morning with Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing, saying, “Even with the global rollout of vaccines, international...

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Hold your horses. Just because you have been vaccinated doesn’t mean you can...

THAT wasn’t exactly how Singapore’s Minister For Trade and Industry, Chan Chun Sing, phrased it Wednesday morning (April 7) at the Tourism Industry Conference but that was what he meant when asked...

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Vaccines and air bubbles rekindle hope among Singaporeans to travel again

AFTER a year of no travel Singaporean are hopeful to hit the road again following vaccine rollout and with ongoing talks of air travel bubbles, revealed a new Booking.com research. Findings showed...

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The WiT Podcast – Episode 35: Dr Paul Tambyah: Travel must work with medicine...

GOVERNMENTS will go to default “shut borders” mode in absence of “scientific, calibrated approach”, argues president-elect of International Society of Infectious Diseases The travel industry needs to...

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Dubai vs Singapore – what happened to hotel reviews during Covid?

THERE is a generally held belief that local guests are more demanding than foreign guests, which would affect the way they review hotels. WiT asked TrustYou to test this hypothesis. The way in which...

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The WiT Podcast – Episode 36: Demystifying Sustainability, Lee Cheh Hsien,...

How to climb your “Carbon Everest”: Break it down into small actionable steps. LEE Cheh Hsien, Divisional Director, Planning, Sentosa Development Corporation, is all about breaking down the big topic...

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Amid the constant setbacks, the good that came out of Covid

“DO you think this thing will ever end?” asked my niece this week as Singapore announced a tightening of Covid restrictions – groups of eight to five, workforce in office back to 50%, events down from...

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Global or local, the future of travel looks bright

IN December 2020, international arrivals were down 74% from a year prior. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) predicted the pandemic would set international travel back to the levels of 30 years...

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