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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)
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I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
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Hi Sven, checking in to see how tripello is going? I noticed news on the website that you rebranded to iTravelCheap but the link on the homepage goes to a parked domain.
Tripello yesterday
Incredible photos! Looked like a great evening with a fun atmosphere and lots of nice people from the industry. As always, I wish I was there!
Congrats, Darryl and team! This is very exciting news and the team at Fly Fairly are going to benefit enormously from your involvement in the company. Looking forward to hearing what happens next!
LFG: Next-Gen Travel Discovery Platform 9 days ago
Hello Almaty Travel Massive, The founder of @travelfish, Stuart McDonald will be visiting Almaty from May 28-29. You can read more about his overland trip from Indonesia to the UK at this link: https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/bali-to-leeds-overla... show more
Almaty Travel Massive 9 days ago
For those of you outside the blogging sphere, here's a good blog article with a rundown of what has unfolded: https://en.kosupatravel.com/entry/2025/05/21/booking-com-important-notice-termination-of-partnership-email-explained-what-travel-bloggers-need... show more
