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Daily Cuts - How are travel apps evolving today?

Daily Cuts - How are travel apps evolving today?
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13 Sep 2024 05:11PM
18 mins

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sng Yan Yuan, Country Head of Singapore, azgo, a travel rewards app. Yuan discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) and personalisation in travel can enhance the traveller’s experience and how banks are creating their own platforms such as Travel with OCBC and UOB Travel Insider. He also talks about advancements in technology that are transforming the travel platform ecosystem for the average Singaporean traveller, and trends like the key factors Singaporeans consider when selecting a travel app.

Daily Cuts - Greytt: Empowering globetrotters over 50

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Preethi Sanjeevi, Co-Founder and CEO of Greytt, a platform focused on enhancing the 50-plus demographic experience. Sanjeevi talks about the three places she’s visited during her personal holidays and these are Edinburgh in Scotland, Kansas City in Missouri (USA) and Reykjavik in Iceland. Sanjevi also shares Greytt’s research findings and insights concerning travel trends of globetrotters aged 50 and above.

03/10/2024 17 mins

Daily Cuts - Being and Nothingness: a marriage of art and industrial design

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Nathan Yong, Singaporean industrial designer and artist. Yong is now showcasing his exhibition, ‘Being and Nothingness – A Discourse on Identity: New Works’ at artcommune gallery. Yong reveals how he marries art and industrial design in his work, why he chooses stainless steel pipes and sheets as his medium of choice, and the 11 limited-edition designs featured in the exhibition.

03/10/2024 29 mins

Daily Cuts - How this 16-year-old built a business match-making platform

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sofia Chen, Founder of upcie, a free online match-making platform for Singaporean startups and SMEs to enjoy pro bono advisory from mentors. These mentors may be MNC corporate executives and entrepreneurs. 16-year-old Chen shares why she founded upcie, how the platform works, and how her mother Ann Kositchotitana, a serial entrepreneur, advises her.

03/10/2024 30 mins

Daily Cuts - How to make cinemas great again in Singapore

Several high-profile cinema closures have sparked discussions about the future of cinemas in Singapore amid expensive tickets and the affordability and convenience of streaming services. But with the right magic formula, some moviegoers say cinemas here can survive – and even thrive in the future. Hairianto Diman speaks to Michael Kam, Senior Lecturer, Diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, to find out more. 

03/10/2024 13 mins

Daily Cuts - Vance vs Walz: Who won the US vice-presidential debate?

Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance squared off with his Democrat counterpart Tim Walz in a one-night-only debate centred on key policies at the top of voters’ minds. Hairianto Diman speaks to Dr John Donaldson, Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, to get a post-debate analysis and find out how much it will sway voters’ opinions at the polls come November 5th. 

03/10/2024 11 mins