For our first event of 2025 lets get to know each other better through a series of 8 mini-talks. Join us to laugh, learn, share, and get inspired.
Today we will also introduce our new open mic activity, if you have something to share, prepare a 1min elevator pitch and make sure to wrap it up with a call to action (Thank you TechTO for the inspiration). We will pick a few people at random to share with the room.
6:00 PM: Arrival
6:15 PM: Open mic
6:30 PM: Presentations
7:00 PM: Short break
7:15 PM: Presentations
8:45 PM: Event ends
Join the conversation on Instagram:
@travelmassiveTO #TravelMassiveToronto for Travel Massive
@MEC_toronto for our Venue Sponsor
Clementine Affana: Breaking Stereotypes: Navigating Solo Travel in Canada as a Minority Traveler
Instagram: www.instagram.com/travelwithclem/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLo7ahvuDC5szuir1unlaDQ
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@therealtravelwithclem
Website: travelwithclem.com
Travel Massive: @clementine-koa-affana-8157023586
Clementine Affana is a Forbes-featured entrepreneur, remote work coach and growth enthusiast who has helped 270+ people around the world land remote work opportunities and build their financial freedom. She has dedicated her career to inspiring her global audience (10K+ across all social platforms) to create the life they want to live by breaking free from social limitations.
Whether dealing with fears, anxiety about success or finances, Dr. Clem’s passion for coaching and empowering is unmatched by anyone in this field. With over 190K views on YouTube, best selling digital courses, corporate partnerships and a platform that inspires, uplifts and engages young women around the world, she is a trusted source for the global community.
Jacqueline Grossman: From CMO to CPO: My journey to purposeful travel
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jacquelinegrossman
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinegrossman/
Travel Massive: @jacqueline-grossman-7890356853
Jacqueline is a travel and tourism leader with a passion for creating transformative experiences that foster connection, community, and social impact. She has held marketing leadership roles across airlines, retail, tour operators, and corporate travel at leading organizations, including Travel Brands, Thomas Cook, and Sunwing Travel Group, where she drove growth and elevated brands through innovative marketing, storytelling, and strategic partnerships.
A champion for purposeful travel, she is currently working with Canada Day London to spread Canadian culture worldwide and with JourneyWoman to empower midlife women to explore the world with confidence. With an MBA from Schulich and a BComm from Concordia, she is an active mentor for the American Marketing Association, an avid traveller, a sunset chaser, and a proud mom of two teenage girls.
Jim Bamboulis: Financially Poor but Culturally Rich
Instagram: instagram.com/travelmammal
travelmammal.wordpress.com
www.mazee.ca
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mazeegiftsandclasses
Travel Massive: @jim-bamboulis-6743505782
Jim Bamboulis has been a content creator for over 25 years. Having spent 17 years as a TV Producer, Director, Host and Writer, he switched to print and digital in 2008. From podcasting and travel writing to hosting cooking classes and running Mazee, his Greek gift basket business, Jim always strives to unite the global community through travel, food and cultural stories and experiences.
Kelly Kruschel: Traveling solo, embracing the unknown, and collecting stories along the way
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kellykruschel
Website: unfoldedguides.com
Travel Massive: @kellykruschel
Kelly Kruschel has spent years chasing unique experiences and uncovering places most travelers overlook. From celebrating New Year's in unfamiliar cities to embracing unexpected detours, she believes the best moments happen when you leave space for the unknown. Her work in stills photography for film, design, and travel, shaped her love for storytelling and discovery. She is a collector of stories and a protector of memories, drawn to the details that make a place unforgettable. Inspired by this, she founded Unfolded, a collection of keepsake guides designed to encourage curiosity and exploration.
Mandy Sinclair: In 2010 I quit my job and moved to Morocco. And no, I wasn’t a digital nomad.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ms.mandy.sinclair
Website: mandyinmorocco.com
Website: www.mandysinclairpr.com
With over 15 years of experience in the travel and tourism, restaurant and lifestyle sector, from her Ontario-based office Mandy Sinclair works globally with travel clients - hotels, tour operators, destinations, events and restaurants - on communications strategy, press office management and publicity, writing, and product development and launches. And it all started when she opted to quit her public-sector job in Ottawa and move to Morocco in 2010.
Paul A. Teolis: Does the world get smaller when you travel?
Instagram: www.instagram.com/paulteolisphotography
Website: www.fieldandscreen.com
Travel Massive: @paul-a-teolis-6794689574
Paul A. Teolis is an award-winning photographer, educator, and veteran animation professional of feature films and television. Known for his Antarctic workshop photography for G Adventures, travel has taken him to more than seventy countries on six continents. His photographs have exhibited in The McMichael Gallery as part of the Polar Artists Group, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s “Exposed” exhibitions, and in more that 25 juried shows throughout Ontario and in Los Angeles.
Studying at the acclaimed Sheridan College School of Animation, photography paralleled his successful career in film and television. He has contributed to such notable productions as DreamWorks Prince of Egypt and Road to Eldorado, Walt Disney Studio’s The Goofy Movie and multiple television productions while at Nelvana Studios.
Thanuja: Facing your fears by saying yes to discomfort
Instagram: www.instagram.com/tj.thanuja
Travel Massive: @experiencethisnext
Thanuja (TJ) is passionate about fostering connection and sharing personal development experiences through the themes of travel, wellness, and creativity. Drawing from her travel experiences in over 50 countries and her life in Toronto, she helps others explore, grow and connect with themselves and the world around them. She considers herself a Global Citizen, is a Travel Agent, Writer, and Creator.
Venus and Maiku: Travel is about stories. Not algorithms.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/MaikuWong
www.instagram.com/ThisisVenuschan
www.instagram.com/VenusMaiku
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@venusandmaiku
Travel Massive: @venus-chan-9613942682
Travel Massive: @maikuwong
Venus and Maiku are a couple on YouTube that’s in a race to 100 countries. Our approach to YouTube and social media is to be more like a show that’s meant to entertain than being informational. With combining Maiku’s chaotic methods of travel and Venus’s carefully planned methods of travel, we learn about the countries through doing a set of challenges usually involving learning culinary dishes, learning something cultural along the way and ending with a big physical challenge in the end.
Will Castillo: When 'Click Here' Means 'You Can't Go There'
Instagram: www.instagram.com/iwilltravel
X: x.com/iwill_travel
Facebook: www.facebook.com/iwilltravel.blog
Website: iwilltravelca.wordpress.com
Website: willpowerconsulting.ca
Travel Massive @@iwill_travel
Will Castillo, founder of I Will Travel blog and Digital Accessibility Consultant, brings a unique blend of travel expertise and technical knowledge to his work. Since launching I Will Travel in April 2013, he has created engaging content through tourism board press trips, arts features, restaurant profiles, and theatre reviews, quickly earning recognition as one of Canada's top 100 travel blogs within its first four months.
Having explored over 40 countries and reaching readers in 120 nations, Will combines his global mindset with his passion for digital accessibility, transforming complex technical challenges into seamless experiences for all users. When not helping bridge the gap between diverse user needs and technical solutions, he can be found reviewing restaurants or covering events in his native Toronto, where he also collaborates with brands on sponsored digital content and social media programs.
There is a maximum capacity, so make sure to register. If there is a waitlist still sign up in case someone is no longer able to come we will add people from the waitlist. In the meantime, please have a look at your Travel Massive profile and take a moment to make sure it is up to date.
* All guests must be registered to attend.
* No +1s please.
* Food & drinks will be available for purchase.
* Must be an active member of the travel industry to attend with an approved and updated profile on TravelMassive.com, please make sure to describe what your role is in the travel industry and add associated social media and website links.
👉 Cancellations:If you are no longer able to attend, please try to release your ticket 72 hrs (3 days) before the event so others can attend. Thank you for understanding.
🚨As these events are limited capacity we have a 3-strike no show policy.
📸 This event will be photographed by a member of a Travel Massive team or/and our event partner. If you do not wish to be photographed please let us know upon arrival.
Land acknowledgment
We wish to acknowledge the Ancestral Traditional Territories of the Ojibway, the Anishnabe and, in particular, the Mississauga’s of the New Credit whose territories we gather on. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.
