The WiT Podcast

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 sustainability so that island destina…

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 approach to give confidence to gover…

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 Group, which markets the cable car as we…

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 masters would make the best coaches in…

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 in various forms of lockdowns and r…

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 they want to remember it by?

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The island of Sentosa has become the main playground of Singaporean residents and the Sentosa Development Corporation and its partners have been busy adapting, creating and experimenting in a global …

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 share their knowledge and insights o…

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 remember what it was like. Like a time…

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 knowledge and insights over four hours.

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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 mean they have stopped creating – if …

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, found himself having to think quickly and creatively …

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 Covid 19 and the great human experience of staying home for prolonged periods,…

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 islands, sandy beaches and coral-rich w…

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 done by SAP Concur that shows trave…

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 make it to 118. But for now, like all …

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 global head to be based in Asia Pacific.

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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 fall. We had hoped it would be a ye…

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 that. She is an entrepreneur through …