Southeast Asia slows, Pakistan grows as top destination for MENA travellers
Online travel marketplace, Wego, recently unveiled its analysis of global travel trends for the fourth quarter of 2023. Through data gathered from millions of flight searches and bookings, Wego has...
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From the revolution in human-machine interface, to transformation of the...
Key takeaways from Phocuswright WiT Middle East There’s nothing like being on the ground, and getting around, to feel the energy and vitality of a region on the move and my trip, covering Saudi and...
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Wego’s Veitch on new hub in Malaysia, growth in emerging markets, bed banks...
“The corporate business has the potential to become as big as our consumer business eventually.” Leading meta-search engine and largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East, North Africa &...
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A brief history of online travel, 1999-2024, visualised
Inspired by Hans Rosling’s “200 years in 4 minutes”, where the late Swedish stats guru and public educator visualised the story of the world, using 120,000 numbers, Wego’s vice president, strategy and...
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Wego, WiT to launch “Travel Tech Thursdays” in Kuala Lumpur
To celebrate their joint 20th birthdays this year, WiT and Wego are teaming up to launch “Travel Tech Thursdays” in Kuala Lumpur on the last Thursday of every month, starting on February 27. The...
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Nadia Omer on lessons from strangers, and focus on cost, price and budget travel
“Budget travel isn’t about taking market share from premium airlines; it’s about activating new demographics to fly for the first time.” – Nadia Omer, CEO, AirAsia MOVE Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last...
View ArticleRoss Veitch on pivots, near-death and diversification | Conversations On...
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...
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From surfing to startups: Ross Veitch on founding Wego, cracking the Middle...
Ross Veitch never set out to be a tech founder. In fact, he was closer to becoming a full-time surfer than a CEO. Yet today, as co-founder and CEO of Wego, one of the leading travel metasearch and...
View Articleflyadeal gets A330s. AirAsia MOVE’s double deal. Spotlight on IDeaS. EGL...
flyadeal announces order for A330 widebody aircraft flyadeal, the low-cost carrier under the Saudia Group, has announced an order for 10 Airbus A330neo wide-body aircraft, marking a shift towards...
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What it takes to win in social: Be a pinball wizard, storyteller, experimenter
“If you think you know your customers, think again.” That mic-drop moment came from Eason Zhang, TikTok’s Head of Strategic Apps, South-east Asia, during a spirited panel on how social media is...
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