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
Looked like a great event! Well done Bjorn, Hannah and everyone involved! What were the most surprising discussions and insights from the evening's presentations and talks?
Are you involved in tourist.com Mauro? Because you're acting like it...
Has anyone had any experience with tourist.com? 13 hours ago
I'm sure there's some members who work in aviation who know the answer to this — but my guess is that those desirable airport slot times are not available for seasonal charters and constrained on both origin and destination airports. I'd also guess that... show more
I'm seeing community spaces being a possible trend — with hotels making (and designing) welcoming spaces for co-working and small events that cater to locals as well as guests.