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
Hey Dondon, thanks for sharing and congrats to the Filipino World Travelers! What a buzz you've built around the community both abroad and in the Philippines. Did you ask your President how many countries he has visited? 😄
A great presentation, well worth watching to hear what's happening in this space and some good insights into how leading travel brands are applying AI.
Take a look at some notes from our Travel Massive event with OpenAI in London earlier this month — there's a few relevant points to your questions. https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/ai-in-travel-and-tourism-419667227
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