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The New Code of Luxury Travel

The New Code of Luxury Travel

by Patrick Imbardelli | May 11, 2026 | Blog, Insights, Investments, Sustainable Travel

If anyone can buy luxury, what makes premium travel truly matter? Written by: A. Patrick Imbardelli Luxury travel used to signal success by having access to exclusive options. I do not think that definition survives intact. In my years leading Pan Pacific Hotels Group...
A Partner’s reflection: Beating the odds in Korean market entry

A Partner’s reflection: Beating the odds in Korean market entry

by Bennett Lee | May 20, 2024 | Insights, Investments

Blog by Bennett Lee, CFA, CAIA and Timothy Tham As venture capitalists specialising in the Travel and Hospitality industry, we have been to many parts of the world in search of innovative start-ups and each region offers unique opportunities and challenges. Over the...
How do we pick good founders as a VC investor?

How do we pick good founders as a VC investor?

by Velocity Ventures | Dec 22, 2023 | Insights, Investments

by Calista Chew, Melvin L. De Guia, and Bennett Lee (L-R of sign) Rayner Loi (Lumetics founder), Nick Cocks and Bennett Lee with their teams at Lumitics: Breakfast Conversations event (L-R) Bennett Lee, Nick Cocks, Dave Rouse (CarbonClick founder) and Patrick...
How to capitalise on the great reopening of travel and hospitality 

How to capitalise on the great reopening of travel and hospitality 

by Velocity Ventures | Apr 13, 2022 | Insights, Investments

By Renny Chong, Investor Relations Director Dear Friends of Velocity, While many eager travel bugs are busy making long-awaited travel plans, did you know there is a group of savvy investors who have been capitalising on innovations happening in the Travel and...
Who says you can’t value start-ups? How to set up a financial forecasting model.

Who says you can’t value start-ups? How to set up a financial forecasting model.

by Jonathon Cocks | Oct 29, 2021 | Insights, Investments

Start-ups don’t have past data that can be used for valuations, so we have to rely entirely on what’s going to happen in the future when valuing potential investments. I’ve worked with lots of super-smart finance graduates and interns who know far more than me...
Understanding the South-east Asia venture capital risk premium

Understanding the South-east Asia venture capital risk premium

by Bennett Lee | Jun 6, 2021 | Insights, Investments

This publication is authored by the Investment Team at Velocity Ventures.Led by Investment Director Bennett Lee, CFA, CAIA and supported by team members Edwin Lee, Alex Lai, Shivanand Kumanan. Available in PDF Executive Summary: The following is research done by...

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