Siew Hoon Yeoh

About Siew Hoon Yeoh

Siew Hoon Yeoh is the editor-at-large for SHY Ventures and editor/producer of WIT-Web In Travel.

She created and manages the travel insider website The Transit Cafe and also runs WIT - Web In Travel, Asia’s leading travel distribution, marketing and technology conference, and the weekly WIT newsletter.

In 2008, WIT was awarded the Most Innovative Marketing Initiative by the Singapore Tourism Board. Siew Hoon is also an established speaker and facilitator at travel industry conferences and workshops.

She is also is a published author, having written titles including “Truth, Lies & Other Stuff” and “Around Asia in 1 Hr: Tales of Condoms, Chillies & Curries”.

Do not be overwhelmed, Mr Travel Agent – conquer post-booking first

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With so much happening in the world of mobile travel, it is easy for agents to be unclear about what they should do to get a piece of the action.

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Hotel internet – service or utility?

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After experiencing two days of slow, expensive internet access in a luxury hotel in Melbourne, I woke up to the news that Australia may soon have cheaper, faster broadband access nationwide.

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Glenn Fogel of Priceline on bleeding edges, failures and acquisitions

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Early-September in Beijing, a Christmas jingle is playing in the lobby lounge of the GeHua New Century Hotel.

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Five travel startups in for Singapore Bootcamp

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Five finalists will pitch at the inaugural WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp being held on October 18 in Singapore.

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After nuclear-led Cold War comes travel distribution detente

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At this time of the year in Beijing, as summer gives way to autumn and the Chinese offer mooncakes to the Lady of the Moon, there’s a change in the direction of the wind that blows through the city.

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Two minute warning as China mulls nuclear weapons in travel tech war

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Who would’ve thought the fight over travel distribution could be likened to the Cold War and India’s greatest figure from history.

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iPad and other cool tech: killing the downtime of travellers?

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I recently caught up with Benson Puah, the man who runs the Esplanade-Theatres On the Bay, to see if technology is intruding into his world of live events.

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The changing face of the travel consumer in Asia

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Consumers in Asia are wielding more power than ever before, triggering the biggest change in the regional travel market over the last decade.

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Asia and the real travel innovation problem

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An article by Tnooz editor Kevin May on innovation has got me thinking that maybe one man’s innovation just equals another man’s adoption.

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Contiki: Using multiple channels to support tour operating

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Given that its customers are the young and restless, Contiki Asia communicates with them at every channel available on the web.

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