Currently building the Travel Massive community platform — you're using it now 😀
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
Hi Brian, yes! There's an event in the works for next month, details out soon. We also have a callout for some co-leaders if you're interested to get involved in the chapter — see the pinned comment above.
San Francisco Bay Area Travel Massive 5 hours ago
Congrats to the Filipino World Travelers on their 2nd anniversary! 🎉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdD1jVrz6G4
Filipino World Travelers yesterday
This is awesome, well done! I help a couple of small accommodation providers here in Tasmania and this tool would be perfect for their needs. I assume the user can change the currency to AUD (no need for multi-currency)?
I like a data-driven suggestion!
Such a super cool website with many helpful resources — love the simple design and wording!