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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 ind...

Episodes

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Episode 44: From Lucky Beginnings to a Mind-Blowing Future: Omri Morgenshtern Reflects on 20 Years of Agoda and 10 Years of Leadership

This WiT Podcast exclusive is part of our "Conversations on Turning 20" series. If you've ever wondered what happens when a tech-loving real...

51:15Jun 9, 2025

Middle East Mid-Range Expansion, Singapore's Tourism Impact Awareness

On this week's episode, our AI hosts discuss current trends and opportunities within the tourism and hospitality sectors, based on a couple...

13:11Apr 29, 2025

Winning Big with Sports Tourism | Unpacking Expedia's Latest Data

On this week's episode, sports tourism's economic potential is explored via Expedia Group's latest study, highlighting strategies for busine...

09:18Apr 14, 2025

Trump's tariffs. Saudi Arabia's tourism surge. Global airline demand slows.

On this episode, we address current shifts and future concerns within the global and regional travel industries. One piece examines the pote...

22:53Apr 7, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 6: Navigating The Next Wave of Travel Technology (with SAS's Caroline Bergstroem)

The airline industry has long been on a journey toward personalisation, but few have embraced the power of AI and technology as strategicall...

01:03:18Mar 27, 2025

The True Power of AI. Alipay's Success in Malaysia. OTAs in UAE. Africa's Unique Path.

On this episode, our (AI) hosts discuss significant shifts in the travel industry, particularly focusing on the impact of artificial intelli...

17:45Mar 25, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 5: The Road Ahead | Timothy O'Neil-Dunne on travel's "technical debt"

In the fast-evolving world of travel technology, few voices resonate as deeply as Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, an aviation enthusiast with decades...

53:41Mar 13, 2025

Blended travel rising. Loyalty points and free flights. Hybrid hospitality in APAC.

This episode discusses the rising trend of blended travel in the Asia-Pacific region, where professionals increasingly combine business trip...

10:28Mar 7, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 4: Building Traveller-First Experiences | Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson on Tech, Direct Distribution, and Traveller Experience

The travel industry is constantly evolving, and few airlines have been as relentless in shaping the low-cost carrier model as Ryanair. In a...

01:04:00Feb 27, 2025

Podcast: Singaporeans aren't as influenced by TV. Biggest travel myths. Using AI to improve connected trips.

On this week's episode, Trip.com's "Momentum 2025" report highlights key travel trends for Singaporeans, including food-focused tourism, med...

12:16Feb 21, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 3: Let's Talk Direct | Michel Taride on the road to disruption and discovery

"Exclusivity can sometimes limit customer choice and push operators into suboptimal business decisions. Today, partnerships that prioritize...

57:24Feb 13, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 1: A Founder's Journey | How Meili is disrupting car rental and rewriting travel tech

"Scale and volume help you kill smaller competitors. But ultimately, disruptive technology can always kill a giant, and we killed giants in...

01:11:49Feb 12, 2025

Future Lanes Ep 2: The Traveller | DAA's Kenny Jacobs on the future of airports, retail and travel

"For me, an airport is a runway with a supermarket attached." – Kenny Jacobs, CEO of DAA (Dublin and Cork Airport Authority) The travel indu...

51:33Feb 12, 2025

Top of the WiT: Lunar New Year Spending. New DMO Marketing Trends. Sabre's 'Unstandard' Mission.

On this week's Top of the WiT, Alipay and Fliggy reported a surge in Chinese travel spending during the Lunar New Year holiday, boosted by f...

09:45Feb 7, 2025

Top of the WiT: Lunar New Year trends. OTAs vs Hotels. MG Group's comeback kid.

First, Trip.com data reveals trends in Asia-Pacific Lunar New Year travel, including longer trips, increased cross-border travel, and a rise...

17:10Jan 24, 2025

Slow and slithery into the New Lunar Year: Navigating the "firehose" of changes

"Slither" apparently is what snakes do. The fancier term is serpentine locomotion, also called lateral undulation – a side-to-side movement...

04:53Jan 24, 2025

Your Guide to 2025 – Problems to be fixed and trends no one is talking about yet

At WiT Singapore in October, numerous speakers spoke of how because of this more open environment, travel brands would be able to innovate f...

06:36Jan 10, 2025

Top of the WiT: Future words, evolving influencers, and good news for Asia airlines

We're trying something new with our weekly-ish podcast this year - we're outsourcing it to Artificial Intelligence. Don't worry, our human p...

12:11Jan 10, 2025

Year In Review 2024, Looking Ahead To 2025

New years always begin with such anticipation while we end each year with a tinge of nostalgia, a mood of reflection and sometimes, a sigh o...

16:26Jan 7, 2025

Episode 43: Reviewing 2024 and prepping for 2025 with Agoda's Timothy Hughes

2024 brought both promises and challenges to the travel industry, especially around sustainability, AI, and evolving traveller behaviors. As...

39:54Dec 17, 2024