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Ian
Founder, Travel Massive
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About me

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)

What is your favorite travel destination?

East Coast, Tasmania

Where do you dream of traveling to?

East Africa

What was your first travel job?

I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.

What do you want to learn more about?

The most remote places in the world

Three words that describe why we should travel?

Travel with purpose

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  • 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

  • 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! ☕

  • Looked like a great event with lots of support from the community and sponsors. Thanks for the wrap up, Fuad!

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