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Bring this community together by hosting a Travel Massive meetup to connect with local members.
Bucharest Travel Massive
Bucharest Travel Massive brings together the people building travel in Romania.
Romania has a booming, genuinely innovative travel industry, but it works in silos and gets almost none of the recognition it deserves. We think that is a shame, and we want to change it. This chapter exists to give the Romanian travel industry a collective voice, to get people into the same room, and to shout a little louder about what is being built here.
Expect regular meetups: evening sessions with strong speakers followed by drinks, hands-on workshops, and events tied to the industry calendar, starting around TTR, the Romanian Tourism Fair, when the whole industry comes to Bucharest.
The chapter is led by Thomas Bangert and Katina Moldovan, co-founders of Travecta and long-time travel-industry operators based in Romania.
Whoever you are, if you touch the Romanian travel industry in any way, you belong here. Operators, agencies, hotels, tourism boards, tech, media, creators, students, freelancers, the whole ecosystem. Join the chapter, come to an event, and help us put Romanian travel on the map.
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Hi everyone, Katina here 👋
Jumping in as co-lead to Travel Massive- Bucharest chapter to say a proper hello. I'm thrilled to be doing this alongside Thomas Bangert, and I can't wait to actually meet you all in person.
Romania's travel scene is full of brilliant, ambitious people who rarely end up in the same room. Let's change that. I'd especially love to see more women from across travel and tourism join us.
See you at the first meetup.
Katina
Hello Bucharest Travel Massive !
I'm Thomas Bangert, and I'm the new leader of this chapter. First things first: it's great to meet you, and I'm genuinely excited to be here.
Let me be honest about where we're starting. This chapter has been quiet for a little while. I'd like to change that, and I can't do it alone.
Here's why it matters to me. Romania has a booming, genuinely innovative travel industry, and it gets almost none of the recognition it deserves. We work in silos, and I think that's a shame. Travel Massive gives us a way to get out of those silos, into the same room, and to build a collective voice for the industry being created right here.
By day I'm co-founder of Travecta, where we build the infrastructure that connects local DMCs and operators to the world's big travel platforms. Leading this chapter is the human version of the same idea: connecting the people who build travel in Romania. I'm co-leading with Katina Moldovan, who many of you will know.
So here's the plan, and the ask.
The plan: I'm reviving the chapter with regular meetups, evening sessions with strong speakers and drinks, hands-on workshops, and events tied to the industry calendar. Our first proper event is aimed at November, around TTR, the Romanian Tourism Fair, when the whole industry is in Bucharest.
The ask: reply to this post and introduce yourself. Tell me who you are, what you do in travel, and what you'd want to get out of this community. Whoever you are, operator, DMC, OTA, hotelier, tourism board, travel-tech, marketer, creator, student, if you touch Romanian travel in any way, you belong here.
Let's put Romanian travel on the map, together. More very soon.
Thomas
Congratulations, Thomas! Excited to join the Bucharest Travel Massive community, and even more excited to see such a clear vision for where it's can go.
I'm Mostafa. For the past few years I've been building products in the travel industry, working closely with OTAs, hotels, and hotel distribution. I recently moved to Romania because I genuinely believe this market has huge untapped potential. Seeing your post made me feel even more confident that this is the right place to build my next chapter.
I'm looking forward to meeting people who are shaping the future of travel here, exchanging ideas, and hopefully contributing to the community however I can. Looking forward to meeting everyone at the first event!
Welcome to the community, Mostafa, glad to have you here!