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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
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Thanks for sharing your experience and learnings, and I'm sure your feelings resonate with many entrepreneurs (not just bloggers) watching this. I really thought you'd quit blogging until I watched your video! Don't give up, keep learning and adapting!
Starting this discussion thread for members attending World Travel Market in London this week, and would like to meet with other members or promote their business. 👉 Share your exhibitor booth, talk, meetup, or contact details here!
Hey Desmond, I don't think Natalya suggested that VR would replace travel, but rather there were use-cases for tourism businesses such as hotels to showcase the guest experience before people booked their travel. Thanks for sharing your AI marketing to... show more
Great to hear from Natalya's thoughts about technology and tourism, with her perspective a founder of a successful tour company in Vietnam! 🎧 Podcast link at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtonic-lounge/episodes/E22-Travel-Tech--Innovation-... show more
This was a fantastic way to start the week, after the opening day of ITB Asia! It was great to see some new faces, including some new startups who attended. There was lots to learn from the panel with Limin and James, and the venue space at Manda Club ... show more
