Currently building the Travel Massive community platform — you're using it now 😀
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 (2016-2025)
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
Thanks Leonid for the update from Moscow Travel Massive and it's great to see our community connecting across so many verticals of travel in the region. Thanks to your organization of the chapter, and to NEMO for sponsoring — I'm looking forward to my n... show more
Thanks Fuad for the updates from Cape Town Travel Massive and thanks to Shelton, Sara and the team from Ristorante Liguria and sponsors for supporting and hosting our community. A warm welcome to our new members as well! Wishing everyone a great year ah... show more
Hi Nick, Good question. There's dozens (hundreds?) of tourism job boards out there — most are country or segment (e.g. cruise, hotel) specific. Here's a few suggestions: 1. Travel Massive Jobs Board and Classifieds is updated regularly: https://www.... show more
Seeking Tourism Job Boards 21 days ago
Hi Alper, Thanks for joining and sharing your insight with the Travel Massive community! Fun fact: We created the first MVP of Travel Massive's community platform in Lisbon, a little over 10 years ago. I hired a local development team, and spent a few... show more
Hi Michel, Thanks for joining us and sharing Made To Hike with the Travel Massive community! How do people currently find guides for hiking? Is it word of mouth, or via other methods such as Facebook groups? I'm curious about your decision to only ... show more