From Asian travel giants reinforcing their roots and rewriting expansion plans to global titans digging deeper into the Asia Pacific travel market, Web in Travel (WiT), Asia’s premier travel technology conference, kicks off today in Singapore with a cast of more than 85 senior leaders from across the world.
With the theme of “21: A New Beginning”, in line with WiT’s 21st anniversary, the three-day conference is expected to attract close to 500 industry professionals eager to learn and debate what this moment, with its collision of forces – from technology to political and social volatility – means for the global industry.
The line-up spans the region’s top travel names as well as global brands, as well as the most innovative startups and founders and investors backing what comes next.
Speakers include:
- Tony Fernandes, Co-founder, AirAsia / CEO, Capital A Berhad
- Omri Morgenshtern, CEO of Agoda
- Eijiro “Eddie” Yamakita, chairperson of JTB Corp
- Eric Gnock Fah, co-founder and president of Klook
- Rajesh Magow, co-founder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip
- Bryan Batista, CEO of Skyscanner
Mathias Hedlund, CEO of eTraveli Group - Laura Houldsworth, managing director Asia Pacific at Booking.com
- Nadia Omer, CEO of AirAsia MOVE
- Rajnish Kumar, co-founder and group co-CEO of ixigo
- Richard Valtr, founder of Mews
- Barathan Pasupathi, CEO of Jazeera Airways
They are joined by senior figures from Expedia Group, Airbnb, Trip.com Group, Rakuten Group, Amadeus, Visa, Google, TikTok, Alibaba Cloud, The Ascott, Wego, Spotnana and Pelago by Singapore Airlines, alongside investors from Monk’s Hill Ventures, Velocity Ventures, Orbit Ventures and Queen’s Road Capital.
Read the full line-up here: https://www.witevents.com/witsingapore/speakers/
“This is the widest and most diverse line-up we have ever assembled, and it is deliberately uncomfortable,” said Siew Hoon Yeoh, founder of Web in Travel (WiT). “We have put the incumbents and the challengers – both global and Asia-based – and the people writing the cheques on the same stage at the moment when nobody can honestly say who wins the next decade.”
The three-day programme opens on 30th September with the Innovation Stage at Pan Pacific Singapore, featuring the WiT Bootcamp, the invite-only Next Generation Leaders Roundtable, the first Agentic AI Hackathon finals run with Alibaba Cloud and Atlas, and the Global Travel Tech Thinktank, where 50 industry leaders debate what is worth building and which uncomfortable truths the industry is avoiding.
The Main Stage then moves to Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre on 1 and 2 October, running across seven programme acts: The Asia Moment, The Provocation Moment, The Build, The Reckoning, Rewriting the Future: Lenses of Experience, The Growth Map, and The Wager – Placing Bets on What’s Next. The programme also features the WiT Phocuswright Global Startup Pitch and The Great WiT Debate, closing with the WiT For Good Charity Auction 2026.
WiT Singapore draws hundreds of senior decision-makers, founders, investors and future leaders from more than 30 countries each year. Platinum sponsors for 2026 include Booking.com, Expedia, Protect Group and Visa.
