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A recent interview with me and David Barrett on TravelDailyNews Asia: www.traveldailynews.asia/column/interviews/travel-massive-the-global-connection-founded-by-ian-cumming/
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 (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
Take a look at some notes from our Travel Massive event with OpenAI in London earlier this month — there's a few relevant points to your questions. https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/ai-in-travel-and-tourism-419667227
Hi Dale, thanks for sharing Journey Pal with the Travel Massive community. Congrats on what you have created and for developing a travel tool for your own needs and sharing it with other travellers! I often take a quick look at the Wikipedia of a new ... show more
Journey Pal — A tour guide in your pocket 4 days ago
Hi Tobias, thanks for sharing Swaphouse with the Travel Massive community! The site looks great, and nicely designed UX, well done! A few quick questions: 1. What are your future plans for Swaphouse? Where do you see the most growth? 2. What is your... show more
Hi everyone, I am excited to share that I will be visiting Ljubljana this week (all the way from Tasmania) for the first time. I will be attending the Travel Massive meetup tomorrow (Thursday) at Tektonik Kraft Pivovarna organised by @rudi-medved. Link... show more
Slovenia Travel Massive 11 days ago
Hi Philip, thanks for inviting me to the MVP and well done on what you've created! The answer to your question depends on whether your product is a "vitamin" or a "painkiller" (stealing someone else's saying!) If people need your product to solve a cr... show more
