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 Airlines 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 (2016-2025)
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
This week was so exciting and rewarding in so many ways! From Melbourne, Sydney to Brisbane - it felt like an amazing race with our speakers as we hosted these events each consecutive day. A big thanks to all our members for coming out to support these... show more
good catch, thanks for spotting
by the ways — Plan better road trips 2 days ago
Hi Rain, thanks for sharing, this looks really cool! Can you explain to everyone what n8n is? Do you have any specific examples of travel automations you can share from your Skool community?
Meet the finalists of the 2025 Social Entrepreneurs in Tourism Competition! https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/meet-the-10-finalists-of-the-2025-social-entrepreneurs-in-tourism-set-competition-751206612 This is a fantastic lineup for this year's compet... show more
Social Entrepreneurs in Tourism 9 days ago
Highly recommend to catch the webinar replay (link in Maria's comment) or read over the notes as they covered this exact topic. https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/15-top-takeaways-from-how-to-build-partnerships-that-earn-webinar-with-ptg-consulting-wal... show more