Podcasts by The WiT Podcast
The WiT Podcast, hosted by Yeoh Siew Hoon, shines the light on the travel industry as it undergoes its biggest crisis with the outbreak of COVID-19. It features conversations with travel industry leaders about how they are surviving the storm, and offers ideas and insights, on how to recover and emerge stronger.
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Expedia Talks: Michael Dykes, VP, Market Management, Asia-Pacific from 2023-12-08T01:10
What happens when as an eight-year-old, you are moved from Okinawa to Indiana, two more contrasting places you couldn’t imagine? Well, for half-Japanese-half-American Michael Dykes, it was defin...
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Expedia Talks: Rob Torres, SVP, Media Solutions from 2023-12-01T04:48
After 15 years at Google's marketing and advertising division, Rob Torres recently returned to his former home at Expedia Group as Senior Vice President of Media Solutions. Like many key figures...
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Expedia Talks: Karen Bolda, SVP, Product&Technology from 2023-11-24T14:23
Technology has come a long way in the last 20 years and Expedia has always evolved its tech platforms to stay on the forefront of change. Now, travel and hospitality are at an inflection point d...
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Expedia Talks: Greg Schulze, SVP of Strategic Travel Partners&Hari Nair, SVP and General Manager, Lodging Marketplace from 2023-11-17T05:42
As a company, Expedia Group is no stranger to change - the company has been through many shifts in the travel and hospitality industry, from technological booms to slumps in the global economy, ...
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Expedia Talks: Alfonso Paredes, SVP, Commercial Partnerships, Expedia Group from 2023-11-10T20:00
Expedia Group rolled out a few partnerships recently – SoFi, Mastercard, and WalmartPlusTravel.com. By enabling giant retailers like these, do they risk losing business on the B2C side of things...
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Top of the WiT 27: Human Revolution, Next Step in Social Marketing, Working with Mother Nature, and the Heart of a Friend from 2023-09-18T05:39
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, we're gearing up for WiT's annual flagship event, Wi...
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Top of the WiT 25: Indie Travel Returns, New Booking Trends, and the Joys of Working with AI from 2023-08-18T03:19
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, we're joined by optimists, experimentalists, and inn...
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Episode 41: Ross Veitch, Chief Executive&Co-founder, Wego from 2023-06-08T05:06
In this episode, we speak to Ross Veitch, Chief Executive & Co-founder, Wego about adventures past and present, including those before the inception of Wego as a company.
Last year at Wi...
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Top of the WiT 24: Ready for China, Understanding India's Travel Scene, and Google ARCore Digitises Singapore from 2023-05-14T02:50
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
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Top of the WiT 23: Anticipating ATE23, Malaysian Road Trips, and Content Creation In Travel from 2023-05-03T14:12
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, we connect fr...
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Top of the WiT 22: Understanding New Trends and How to Market to the Emerging Chinese Traveller from 2023-04-17T14:35
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
In this special episode, we lo...
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Top of the WiT 21: The Meaning of Travel Tech, Virtual Reality vs Travel, More ITB Berlin Talk from 2023-03-24T14:39
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, we continue o...
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Top of the WiT 20: Thoughts on ITB Berlin 2023, Discomfort Zones, Bonza Takes Flight from 2023-03-21T04:12
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, Siew Hoon and...
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Top of the WiT 19: Metaverse Builders, Dull Offices, and The Value of Loyalty from 2023-02-25T17:01
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
In this episode, we discuss th...
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Top of the WiT 18: ChatGPT Is the Biggest Thing, Traveller Tribes, Betting on Trip Planners, and AI Poems from 2023-02-18T14:04
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
We're joined by Christian Watt...
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Top of the WiT 17: Unpacking Asia's travel recovery reports, Global Startup Pitch 2023, Saying Goodbye to Boeing 747 from 2023-02-10T14:24
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
We're joined by Pete Comeau (M...
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Top of the WiT 16: Dance of the Golden Lion, Believing in Sustainability, and Million-Dollar Data Hubs from 2023-02-04T04:47
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we tal...
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Top of the WiT 15: Singapore Doubling on Tourism, Bookaway Group Prepares for Surge, and Coliving Spaces - Slow Burn or Fast Fad? from 2023-01-20T08:12
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we tal...
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Top of the WiT 14: China Reopens, Singapore's Soft Power, and A Poem From the "Human ChatGPT" from 2023-01-13T03:28
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we hea...
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Episode 40: Keith Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Tourism Board from 2023-01-12T04:32
In this episode, we speak to Keith Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Tourism Board, on the recovery trends h...
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Top of the WiT Ep 13: ChatGPT on Ways to Reduce Anger, Teacher-To-Mountain Programme, and Words to Describe 2023 from 2022-12-09T10:22
Top of the WiT Ep 12: Looking Back at 2022 Predictions, Return of China, Words to Describe 2023 from 2022-12-02T10:50
Top of the WiT Ep 11: New Industry Leaders, Empowering Indie Warriors, and Star Wars Socks from 2022-11-26T01:20
Top of the WiT Ep 10: Dialing in from 'The Phocuswright Conference 2022', with Pete Comeau (Managing Director, Phocuswright Inc) from 2022-11-17T06:58
Top of the WiT Ep 09: Gen Zs are Hopeful, Blurred Lines in Travel, and Positive Stress from 2022-11-11T04:23
Top of the WiT Ep 08: Returning to Seoul, Robots in Public, and Travel Trendsetters from 2022-11-04T02:43
Top of the WiT Ep 07: Transforming Mobility, Cruise Comeback, Dreamers That Do from 2022-10-28T03:01
Top of the WiT Ep 06: Metaverse of Madness, Lessons from HICAP, Travelling and Mental Wellbeing from 2022-10-21T05:27
Top of the WiT Ep 05: Airbnb and Digital Nomads, Travellers Love Videos, Elevating Conscious Tourism from 2022-10-13T15:05
Top of the WiT Ep 04: India On The Rise, Web3 Disrupts Businesses, Lessons For Airlines from 2022-09-28T16:13
Top of the WiT Ep 03: AI-Generated Artwork, New World Travel Trends, MYAirline Ready To Take Off from 2022-09-23T04:58:53
Top of the WiT Ep 02: High-tech on the High Seas, Short-term Rent Cleaning, Travel and Crypto from 2022-09-15T14:25:34
Top of the WiT Ep 01: Redefining Boring Jobs, Railways, and Wellness Travel from 2022-09-09T03:05:42
This is the first of a weekly series called “Top Of The WiT”, in which we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – news that caught our eye and made ...
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Episode 39: Vikram Malhi, Co‐founder, Zuzu Hospitality from 2022-05-25T07:41:45
In this episode, we speak to Vikram Malhi, who’s the co‐founder of ZUZU Hospitality, on the recovery trends he’s s...
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Episode 38: Mieke de Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Amadeus IT Group from 2021-10-04T05:09:57
In this episode, we speak with Mieke de Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Amadeus IT Group, about coping with fatigue in a regi...
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Episode 37: Fernando Gibaja, General Manager, Capella Singapore from 2021-09-15T11:25:32
Experimentation and adaptation has kept Madrid-born Fernando Gibaja, General Manager of Capella Singapore, energised the past 20 months. From a period of uncertain...
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Episode 36: Demystifying Sustainability: Lee Cheh Hsien, Divisional Director, Planning, Sentosa Development Corporation from 2021-05-04T07:08:48
In Episode 36 of The WiT Podcast Lee Cheh Hsien, Divisional Director, Planning, Sentosa Development Corporation, talks about about breaking down the big topic of s...
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Episode 35: Dr Paul Tambyah: Travel must work with medicine to prevent being taken hostage in next pandemic from 2021-04-13T13:05:13
Singapore-based infectious disease expert Dr Paul Tambyah said that unless the industry works with the medical fraternity to come up with a scientific, calibrated ...
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Episode 34: Tracy Lui, Senior Assistant Director, Marketing&Communications, Mount Faber Leisure Group, Singapore from 2021-03-22T12:44
The cable car is one of Singapore’s oldest attractions, built in 1974. Covid had an impact on the number of riders in 2020 and Singapore’s Mount Faber Leisure Grou...
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Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett, Singapore from 2021-02-18T04:33:31
In this podcast we learn how Luke Johnson, General Manager of AJ Hackett, Singapore, has taken lessons from adventure sports in dealing with Covid, why his jump ma...
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Episode 32: Hello 2021, here’s looking at the Year of the Ox from 2021-02-10T09:19:24
January has come and gone and still the world doesn’t look that much different from when we ended 2020. International borders are still closed, countries are still...
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Episode 31: Dear 2020, Part 2 from 2020-12-22T04:10:56
Here’s Part 2 of The WiT Podcast, Dear 2020, in which we feature “Dear 2020” letters from our friends from around the world. What would they say to it? How would t...
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Episode 30: Mira Bharin, Director, Brand, Marketing and Communications, Sentosa Development Corporation from 2020-12-21T07:04:56
The island of Sentosa has become the main playground of Singaporean residents and the Sentosa Development Corporation and its partners have been busy adapting, cre...
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Episode 29: WiT Middle East, Part 2 from 2020-12-21T04:51:44
Welcome to Part 2 of our special report from the Middle East, where we present a summary of our event held on November 25 when we gathered close to 30 speakers to ...
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Episode 28: Dear 2020, Part 1 from 2020-12-15T13:56:14
We thought long and hard about how to mark this year end – have something tangible to remember it by, so that say in five years from now, we could look back and re...
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Episode 27: WiT Middle East, Part 1 from 2020-12-10T16:33:49
This is a special report from the Middle East where we present a summary of our event held on November 25 when we gathered close to 30 speakers to share their know...
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Episode 26: Scott Peterson, Assistant Vice President, Entertainment, Resorts World Sentosa from 2020-11-13T02:59:01
In Singapore Scott Peterson and his team at Resorts World Sentosa have certainly felt the pressure and worry as to the future of their industry. But that doesn’t m...
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Episode 25: Ong Wee Min, Vice President, MICE, Marina Bay Sands from 2020-11-02T12:40:39
As Covid devastated the lucrative sector, Ong Wee Min, Marina Bay Sands’ Vice President, MICE, who’s been in the industry for more than 20 years, ...
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Episode 24: Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda from 2020-10-21T17:18:04
In this episode we caught up with Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda, to find out his views living and working in a virtual world, what h...
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Episode 23: All About Food And Tech from 2020-09-10T04:42:22
In Asia we love to eat. We also love to talk about it, almost as much as we eat. Because if there’s one breakout star of Covi...
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Episode 22: Tom Peacock-Nazil, Founder, Seven Clean Seas from 2020-09-02T04:39:49
This is a story that begins on Koh Lipe, an island in the Andaman Sea near the border of Malaysia, a popular spot for travellers and is known for lots of small isl...
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Episode 21: Carl Jones, VP and Head of Travel, APAC and Greater China, SAP Concur from 2020-08-27T07:56:18
In this podcast Carl Jones, VP and Head of Travel, APAC and Greater China, SAP Concur, speaks on the change in corporate traveller sentiment, citing a recent study...
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Episode 20: Todd Arthur, Vice President, Sabre Travel Network, Asia Pacific from 2020-08-18T10:22:13
Todd Arthur, Vice President, Sabre Travel Network, Asia Pacific, is himself an avid traveller. He’s been to 117 countries and you can imagine how antsy he is to ma...
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Episode 19: Greg Schulze, Expedia Group – a farewell letter, as he returns to the US from 2020-08-10T03:33:17
On July 25, Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group, flew back to the US after completing his four-and-a-half year stint in Singapore as the first globa...
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Episode 18: The Year of Two Halves That Turned Into “Year Zero.O” from 2020-08-05T11:05:05
More than halfway into 2020, and still there seems to be no easy or clear resolution to the Covid-19 crisis that has grounded travel and pushed economies into free...
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Episode 17: Karni Tomer, Founder, Wok ‘n’ Stroll from 2020-07-21T08:37:55
She describes herself as a “life-long food explorer, driven by a passion for food”. But Karni Tomer, founder and CEO of Wok ‘n’ Stroll in Singapore, is more than t...
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Episode 16: Lessons From The WiT Virtual Summit from 2020-07-15T08:16:27
In this episode, Yeoh Siew Hoon sums up the lessons she took away from the WiT Virtual Summit when we went round the world in six hours – from how it’s okay to be ...
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Episode 15: Mike Barclay, Group CEO, Mandai Park Holdings from 2020-07-02T07:27:09
As the Group CEO of Mandai Park Holdings (MPH), Mike Barclay oversees both Mandai Park Development, the entity set up to drive the rejuvenation of Mandai into an i...
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Episode 14: DJ One With Aldrin from 2020-06-19T10:19:58
Aldrin is known in the club scene as “One With Aldrin”, for his signature nights at the legendary Zouk in Singapore as well as clubs all over the world. For as lon...
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Episode 13: Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings from 2020-06-16T04:32:26
At WiT 2009, themed “Tough Love” because the world was coming out of the global financial crisis, Ho Kwon Ping, known for not pulling his punches, called out of th...
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Episode 12: Cameron Holland, Chief Executive Officer, Luxury Escapes from 2020-06-05T12:10:54
Episode 11: Emmanuel and Edina Stroobant, Saint Pierre from 2020-06-03T05:15:28
Covid-19 has been brutal to restaurants but many are not taking it lying down. This is the story of how two-Michelin-starred Saint Pierre got creative to survive, held on to its staff and in the...
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Episode 10: Tao Tao, Co-founder and COO, GetYourGuide from 2020-05-28T08:09:01
Making learning his superpower, lobbying Google for relief and thinking about the accelerated decoupling of the world – those are the things that have been keeping Tao Tao, Co-founder and COO of...
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Episode 9: Louise Daley, Deputy CEO, Asia Pacific, Accor from 2020-05-20T07:20:55
In this podcast Louise Daley, the deputy CEO of one of the biggest and fastest growing hospitality companies in Asia Pacific, speaks about the impact in Asia on Accor, the lessons to be taken as...
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Episode 8: Jennifer Cronin, President, Wharf Hotels from 2020-05-05T16:16:27
In this podcast, the president of Wharf Hotels Jennifer Cronin speaks about Hong Kong’s effective containment of Covid-19, how it can serve as a model for restarting travel, the formation of a c...
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Episode 7: Chloe Dalton, Olympian Gold athlete from 2020-04-28T08:28:31
Born in Singapore, the Australian star started out in basketball, crossed over to Rugby Sevens where her team won a Gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics then went on to play for Carlton in the Australi...
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Episode 6: Dr Adrian Wang, Psychiatrist and Counsellor from 2020-04-06T05:34:49
Fear is all around us today, and while some of us have been living with it since the start of the year, some are just getting into it – it’s almost like this ripple of fear that has spread acros...
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Episode 5: William Bao Bean, General Partner, SOSV Capital; MD, Chinaccelerator from 2020-03-27T07:56:38
In this episode, we speak to William Bao Bean, General Partner at ...
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Episode 4: Fritz Demopoulos, CEO, Queen's Road Capital; Co-founder, Qunar from 2020-03-19T05:41:06
Since travel has come to a halt, this serial entrepreneur and investor has been staying home in Hong Kong for longer than usual, and spending time with family. And with schools closed in Hong Ko...
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Episode 3: Eric Gnock-Fah, COO&Co-founder, Klook from 2020-03-16T03:01:35
The past year has been challenging for Klook, with protests in Hong Kong and political tensions between China and South Korea, and South Korea and Japan. So you can ...
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Episode 2: A Panel with Ross Veitch, Wego; Kei Shibata, Line Travel.jp and Trip 101; Christine Tan, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions from 2020-03-11T02:40:40
Episode 2: Ross Veitch, CEO & Co-founder, Wego; Kei Shibata, co-founder and CEO, Line Travel.jp and Trip 101; Christine Tan, managing director, Asia Pacific, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions...
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Episode 1: Keith Tan, CEO, Singapore Tourism Board from 2020-03-10T11:02:22
“You have to take the ups and you have to take the downs,” says Keith Tan, CEO of STB. The organization has responded swiftly, putting in place measures to assist the industry, as well as assemb...
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