Currently building the Travel Massive community platform — you're using it now 😀
Fun stuff I've been involved in:
🌎 Built the world's first search engine for ocean research datasets (2005)
✈️ Developed Airline of Tasmania's first online reservation system (2006)
💬 Launched World Nomads' "Ask A Nomad" Q&A Community (2009-2011)
🤑 Launched Australia's first flight deals website "GetFlight" (2011-2012)
👶 Investor in TinyBeans.com family photo sharing app which floated on ASX (2014)
🇨🇳 Built Jambo — a crowdsourced interpreter network, trialed MVP in China (2014)
🔥 Investor in Firechat (mesh chat app) — until the CEO disappeared! 😠 (2019)
📱 Investor in SkyHi — the world's first subscription flight service (2019-2021)
💡 Founding team of the Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition (2019-now)
🥾 CTO of MappyHour.org — a community for outdoor enthusiasts in the US (current)
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
PS: Thanks to @FredWissink for my new profile picture! 😊
This was a great event! My first Saigon Travel Massive in many years. I can tell you, this city has incredibly energy and a buzz for travel! If you haven't been to Saigon, put this city on your next place to visit. You don't be disappointed!
Hi Korede, thanks for sharing Culinary Compass with the Travel Massive community. I was in Toronto a few weeks ago, it would have been a fun app to try! Are you building your own AI model / recommendation engine, or using a tool like ChatGPT as the b... show more
Culinary Compass (Beta) 7 days ago
Hey everyone, I'll be in Singapore this Monday 22nd July. I plan on gathering a few of us for a coffee/lunch catch-up. Comment if you'd like to join and I'll include you in the group! ☕
Singapore Travel Massive 9 days ago
Looked like a great event with lots of support from the community and sponsors. Thanks for the wrap up, Fuad!
Event Recap: Cape Town Travel Massive 9 days ago