The WiT Podcast

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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 industry leaders about how they are surviving the storm, and offers ideas and insights, on how to recover and emerge stronger.

Episode Date
Episode 44: From Lucky Beginnings to a Mind-Blowing Future: Omri Morgenshtern Reflects on 20 Years of Agoda and 10 Years of Leadership
Jun 09, 2025
Middle East Mid-Range Expansion, Singapore's Tourism Impact Awareness
Apr 29, 2025
Winning Big with Sports Tourism | Unpacking Expedia's Latest Data
Apr 14, 2025
Trump's tariffs. Saudi Arabia's tourism surge. Global airline demand slows.
Apr 07, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 6: Navigating The Next Wave of Travel Technology (with SAS's Caroline Bergstroem)
Mar 27, 2025
The True Power of AI. Alipay's Success in Malaysia. OTAs in UAE. Africa's Unique Path.
Mar 25, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 5: The Road Ahead | Timothy O'Neil-Dunne on travel's "technical debt"
Mar 13, 2025
Blended travel rising. Loyalty points and free flights. Hybrid hospitality in APAC.
Mar 07, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 4: Building Traveller-First Experiences | Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson on Tech, Direct Distribution, and Traveller Experience
Feb 27, 2025
Podcast: Singaporeans aren't as influenced by TV. Biggest travel myths. Using AI to improve connected trips.
Feb 21, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 3: Let's Talk Direct | Michel Taride on the road to disruption and discovery
Feb 13, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 1: A Founder's Journey | How Meili is disrupting car rental and rewriting travel tech
Feb 12, 2025
Future Lanes Ep 2: The Traveller | DAA's Kenny Jacobs on the future of airports, retail and travel
Feb 12, 2025
Top of the WiT: Lunar New Year Spending. New DMO Marketing Trends. Sabre's 'Unstandard' Mission.
Feb 07, 2025
Top of the WiT: Lunar New Year trends. OTAs vs Hotels. MG Group's comeback kid.
Jan 24, 2025
Slow and slithery into the New Lunar Year: Navigating the "firehose" of changes
Jan 24, 2025
Your Guide to 2025 – Problems to be fixed and trends no one is talking about yet
Jan 10, 2025
Top of the WiT: Future words, evolving influencers, and good news for Asia airlines
Jan 10, 2025
Year In Review 2024, Looking Ahead To 2025
Jan 07, 2025
Episode 43: Reviewing 2024 and prepping for 2025 with Agoda's Timothy Hughes
Dec 17, 2024
South-east Asia: Resetting Expectations
Oct 08, 2024
WiT Stories: From instant noodles to skyscrapers
Oct 04, 2024
AI Podcast Experiment: How Accor's Kerry Healy addressed rate integrity in Middle East
Sep 30, 2024
WiT Stories: The quest for longevity - what's travel got to do with it?
Sep 26, 2024
WiT Stories: I entered Singapore without a passport. Now that's personal
Sep 12, 2024
Klook at 10: From $1m to $1b by 2018, founders reflect on journey and see bright future for experiences | WiT Podcast Ep 43
Aug 15, 2024
WiT Stories: The secret sauce of "char koay teow", storytelling and indie travel businesses
Aug 02, 2024
WiT Stories: What's your theme, and are you dreaming of your own "Mousehole"?
Jul 12, 2024
WiT Stories: A slice of Sarawak in Dartmoor, and where AI does not mean what we think it does
Jul 01, 2024
WiT Stories: Of Mona Lisa, Gravitational Arena and Innovationism
May 31, 2024
WiT Stories: Of cheeky encounters, cultural kaleidoscopes and social transformation
May 02, 2024
WiT Stories: I met a Black Hat and it led to this revelation
Apr 19, 2024
WiT Stories: Decoding travel jargon - From bleisure to rubbish tourism
Apr 05, 2024
Creating Customer Love In Tours & Activities | Customer Love Ep 5
Apr 01, 2024
WiT Stories: Of pain, suffering and low expectations: How to be happy founders and travellers
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 42: Peter Harbison on 'Alan Joyce and Qantas'
Mar 14, 2024
WiT Stories: Of diamonds, dassies and naked surprises
Mar 14, 2024
WiT Stories: I have a dream; travelling with dignity and humility
Mar 07, 2024
Cooking Up AI & Product Love with Adrienne Enggist | Customer Love Ep 4
Mar 07, 2024
WiT Stories: Swept up by Swiftie, and Blame AI For Everything
Mar 01, 2024
New Wave of Customer Love in Alternative Accommodation | Customer Love Ep 3
Feb 27, 2024
Customer Love to Planet Love, Practise What You Preach | Customer Love Ep 2
Feb 01, 2024
How To Win Customer Love In 2024 | Customer Love Ep 1
Jan 11, 2024
Top of the WiT 28: Travel Leaders Reflect on 2023 and Look Forward to 2024
Dec 19, 2023
Expedia Talks: Michael Dykes, VP, Market Management, Asia-Pacific
Dec 08, 2023
Expedia Talks: Rob Torres, SVP, Media Solutions
Dec 01, 2023
Expedia Talks: Karen Bolda, SVP, Product & Technology
Nov 24, 2023
Expedia Talks: Greg Schulze, SVP of Strategic Travel Partners & Hari Nair, SVP and General Manager, Lodging Marketplace
Nov 17, 2023
Expedia Talks: Alfonso Paredes, SVP, Commercial Partnerships, Expedia Group
Nov 10, 2023
Top of the WiT 27: Human Revolution, Next Step in Social Marketing, Working with Mother Nature, and the Heart of a Friend
Sep 18, 2023
Top of the WiT 25: Indie Travel Returns, New Booking Trends, and the Joys of Working with AI
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 41: Ross Veitch, Chief Executive & Co-founder, Wego
Jun 08, 2023
Top of the WiT 24: Ready for China, Understanding India's Travel Scene, and Google ARCore Digitises Singapore
May 14, 2023
Top of the WiT 23: Anticipating ATE23, Malaysian Road Trips, and Content Creation In Travel
May 03, 2023
Top of the WiT 22: Understanding New Trends and How to Market to the Emerging Chinese Traveller
Apr 17, 2023
Top of the WiT 21: The Meaning of Travel Tech, Virtual Reality vs Travel, More ITB Berlin Talk
Mar 24, 2023
Top of the WiT 20: Thoughts on ITB Berlin 2023, Discomfort Zones, Bonza Takes Flight
Mar 21, 2023
Top of the WiT 19: Metaverse Builders, Dull Offices, and The Value of Loyalty
Feb 25, 2023
Top of the WiT 18: ChatGPT Is the Biggest Thing, Traveller Tribes, Betting on Trip Planners, and AI Poems
Feb 18, 2023
Top of the WiT 17: Unpacking Asia's travel recovery reports, Global Startup Pitch 2023, Saying Goodbye to Boeing 747
Feb 10, 2023
Top of the WiT 16: Dance of the Golden Lion, Believing in Sustainability, and Million-Dollar Data Hubs
Feb 04, 2023
Top of the WiT 15: Singapore Doubling on Tourism, Bookaway Group Prepares for Surge, and Coliving Spaces - Slow Burn or Fast Fad?
Jan 20, 2023
Top of the WiT 14: China Reopens, Singapore's Soft Power, and A Poem From the "Human ChatGPT"
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 40: Keith Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Tourism Board
Jan 12, 2023
Top of the WiT Ep 13: ChatGPT on Ways to Reduce Anger, Teacher-To-Mountain Programme, and Words to Describe 2023
Dec 09, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 12: Looking Back at 2022 Predictions, Return of China, Words to Describe 2023
Dec 02, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 11: New Industry Leaders, Empowering Indie Warriors, and Star Wars Socks
Nov 26, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 10: Dialing in from 'The Phocuswright Conference 2022', with Pete Comeau (Managing Director, Phocuswright Inc)
Nov 17, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 09: Gen Zs are Hopeful, Blurred Lines in Travel, and Positive Stress
Nov 11, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 08: Returning to Seoul, Robots in Public, and Travel Trendsetters
Nov 04, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 07: Transforming Mobility, Cruise Comeback, Dreamers That Do
Oct 28, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 06: Metaverse of Madness, Lessons from HICAP, Travelling and Mental Wellbeing
Oct 21, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 05: Airbnb and Digital Nomads, Travellers Love Videos, Elevating Conscious Tourism
Oct 13, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 04: India On The Rise, Web3 Disrupts Businesses, Lessons For Airlines
Sep 28, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 03: AI-Generated Artwork, New World Travel Trends, MYAirline Ready To Take Off
Sep 23, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 02: High-tech on the High Seas, Short-term Rent Cleaning, Travel and Crypto
Sep 15, 2022
Top of the WiT Ep 01: Redefining Boring Jobs, Railways, and Wellness Travel
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 39: Vikram Malhi, Co‐founder, Zuzu Hospitality
May 25, 2022
Episode 38: Mieke de Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Amadeus IT Group
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 37: Fernando Gibaja, General Manager, Capella Singapore
Sep 15, 2021
Episode 36: Demystifying Sustainability: Lee Cheh Hsien, Divisional Director, Planning, Sentosa Development Corporation
May 04, 2021
Episode 35: Dr Paul Tambyah: Travel must work with medicine to prevent being taken hostage in next pandemic
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 34: Tracy Lui, Senior Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications, Mount Faber Leisure Group, Singapore
Mar 22, 2021
Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett, Singapore
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 32: Hello 2021, here's looking at the Year of the Ox
Feb 10, 2021
Episode 31: Dear 2020, Part 2
Dec 22, 2020
Episode 30: Mira Bharin, Director, Brand, Marketing and Communications, Sentosa Development Corporation
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 29: WiT Middle East, Part 2
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 28: Dear 2020, Part 1
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 27: WiT Middle East, Part 1
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 26: Scott Peterson, Assistant Vice President, Entertainment, Resorts World Sentosa
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 25: Ong Wee Min, Vice President, MICE, Marina Bay Sands
Nov 02, 2020
Episode 24: Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 23: All About Food And Tech
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 22: Tom Peacock-Nazil, Founder, Seven Clean Seas
Sep 02, 2020
Episode 21: Carl Jones, VP and Head of Travel, APAC and Greater China, SAP Concur
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 20: Todd Arthur, Vice President, Sabre Travel Network, Asia Pacific
Aug 18, 2020
Episode 19: Greg Schulze, Expedia Group – a farewell letter, as he returns to the US
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 18: The Year of Two Halves That Turned Into "Year Zero.O"
Aug 05, 2020
Episode 17: Karni Tomer, Founder, Wok 'n' Stroll
Jul 21, 2020