3 trends keeping travel leaders awake at night
Ahead of the Web in Travel Singapore event on October 2-4, titled The Human Revolution, three travel leaders have told us about the emerging trends that are keeping them awake at night. With AI...
View ArticleWego acquires Travelstop in big to build first corporate travel unicorn in...
The first thing Prashant Kirtane, CEO and co-founder of Travelstop, did when he and his team of 26 moved into the Wego office in Singapore was to buy his own coffee machine, even though there were...
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Google, Expedia, Travelport and Wego on AI risks, opportunities
Accuracy – and the risk of hallucinations – are key concerns about responses generated by large language models. In late November it will be one year since OpenAI launched ChatGPT. In the months since,...
View ArticleSoutheast 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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