WiT Stories: Swept up by Swiftie, and Blame AI For Everything
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Taylor Swift has arrived in Singapore for the highly anticipated Eras Tour, which she'll perform for six nights over two weeks. Let’s face it, pop stars are good for business. More than 300,000 tickets have been sold for the concerts in Singapore, with a large number of fans travelling in from Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. All round, it’s been a good news week for travel and tourism, with the top travel companies all reporting healthy fourth quarter 2023 and full year 2024 results – from Airbnb, Booking Holdings, Expedia Group, Trip.com Group, Amadeus.  Also, why does AI get blamed for everything these days? It's all on this week's WiT Stories. You can read the article version of this podcast here.  Narrator: Yeoh Siew Hoon
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