Bucharest Travel Massive

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