Travel Massive Podcast

Here's the replay from  Episode #4 of our LIVE Show from March 26 with Travel Massive members from Amsterdam, Montreal, and Israel discussing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on travel and tourism. Hosted by Kevin O'Shaughnessy , co-founder of  City Hook  and  Dublin Travel Massive  leader.  In this episode we hear from: Johannes Koeppel, CEO and co-founder of WeTravel Johannes  is join...

Marc Ruffet will be joining a three person panel of entrepreneurs at a Travel Massive event in Bangkok but before that, a cofounder of IzziGuide, sits down with me for this podcast.  Marc has over 10 years working experience at a DMO and realised there was a major gap in the industry: Tour providers needed a marketplace to match tour guides and tour providers, hence, IzziGuide was born.  Marc shar...

Jakob Holder will be joining a three person panel of entrepreuneurs at a Travel Massive event in Bangkok but before that, the founder of Taste of Thailand, sits down with me for this podcast. Jakob shares with me the changes in the competitor landscape in the six years he has operated, whether that is finding a space online with the proliferation of OTAs or the growth of competitors when it comes...

Who took part In this episode we heard from members whose lives and tourism businesses were affected by the latest industry developments: Alex Bainbridge , CEO / CTO,  Autoura  – joining from Oxford. Tom Buckley , CCO & Co-Founder,  Wildebeest  – joining from New York. Sherry Ott , Blogger at Ottsworld.com, Co-Founder of MeetPlanGo – joining from Colorado. Kim Whitaker , Founder of  Once Travel  &...

Travelport's Mark Lenahan ( LinkedIn ,  Twitter ) and CityHook's Kevin O'Shaughnessy ( LinkedIn ,  Twitter ), from the Travel Massive Dublin team, discuss  Hack Access Dublin  2020, an accessibility hackathon that took place in Google Dublin on 21st to 23rd of February. Mark interviewed several participants about the event and the experience of airports and travel for wheelchair, blind and neurodi...

Who took part Mario Bernardi , Founder & CEO of The Grand Tour Europe – currently in England. Alison Sager , Founder and PR Consultant at VIVA Lifestyle PR – currently in Rome. Julieta Delgado , Guide Recruitment Specialist at ToursByLocals – currently in Buenos Aires. Hosted by  Kevin O'Shaughnessy , co-founder of  CityHook  and  Dublin Travel Massive  leader.  👉 Were your travel plans or busine...

In this discussion, we heard from members who were either  #StrandedInBerlin  following the cancellation of ITB, Berlin Travel Festival and Travel Massive Forum, or tuning in from other parts of the world directly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak: Ian Cumming , founder of Travel Massive (joining from Berlin) Ric Gazarian , Bangkok Travel Massive leader and content creator (joining from Berlin) Je...

At the WYSTC conference, Kevin O'Shaughnessy from CityHook speaks to Bill Gertz, chair of the American Institute of Foreign Study, AIFS, about his own career, how new products are made and what's really changed in terms of marketing and technology in the span of his career.  

In this episode Kevin O'Shaughnessy from CityHook chats briefly with Tamsin Plaxton, a Canadian entrepreneur in youth language travel. We speak a little about the origins of the industry and where it's going. 

We caught up with the head of growth of travel social network, Travello, Josh Wicks to talk about what the app is and its growth which is bucking the trend in travel social networks. 

In this episode Kevin O'Shaughnessy from CityHook chats with Michelle Hirschfeld about the role of the hostel for the American youth travel sector as well as some of the challenges marketing hostels today. 

In this episode Kevin O'Shaughnessy of CityHook chats with the foodie entrepreneur Michael Weiss of BiteMojo. Bitemojo has found a niche somewhere in between "traditional" tour apps and restaurant booking apps. BiteMojo runs as a self-guided tour of the city where, as part of the package, there are pre-paid small "bites", along the way, catered by a network of partner restaurants. Michael talks ab...

One journey for one passenger has the potential for complexity. Add a few friends or colleagues into the mix and the complexity  explodes.  There are no gold standards in managing group trips. Much of this is processed manually by humans. Errors occur, and it can impact anything between 1 and 8% of the bottom line for an agency.  Janice is the founder of groupdesk, a tailored tool for travel agenc...

In this interview, Kevin O'Shaughnessy from CityHook chats with Jack Bowcott, the founder of technology company GOKI. His solution helps speed up the check-ins process for hostel visitors the world over, and it's changing the very role of reception in many of these hostels as a result. Jack recently closed a deal with Hostelworld and we chat about some of the journey he's had along the way. Jack w...

We chat with Gillian Morris, founder of Hitlist about the new space defined by their app (flexible flight search), travel technology, and the realities of raising a funding round as a female founder.  This was recorded live at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference WYSTC in Lisbon in October 2019.  Learn more about this event on our blog at travelmassive.com Check https://www.hitlistapp.com...

We chat with Pec (Pierre-Etienne Corriveau), Product Design Lead from Hopper, the Montreal-based flight search app, interviewed by Silvia Amaduzzi from Travelport Digital. Pec talks all things design, design strategy and about the unique choices Hopper makes every day to deliver delightfulness in mobile software development in the travel industry. Learn more about this event on our blog at travelm...

We chat with Dara McMahon who heads up Digital and Branding at the Irish airline, Aer Lingus, alongside Lee Coomber of Lippincott about their recent brand refresh at the airline. We talk all things design — from pixels to winglets — and how the branding project started, ended and the reaction. Learn more about this event on our blog at travelmassive.com Thanks to event sponsor Deem for making this...

We chat with Sinead Finn (Affinnity), Declan McGuinness (Travelport Digital), Valerie Ringrose Fitzsimons (Cartrawler) and David Hoar (Boxever), all sales executives at travel technology firms focused on enterprise sales with airline partners. This is part two of the RAIN MAKER event, you can find part one at episode 29, featuring an extended discussion with Sinead Finn about how to approach an ai...

We chat with Sinead Finn, principal of Affinnity, an accelerated sales consultancy specialising in travel technology and airline. http://affinnity.com/ We learn a little about Sinead's previous role in Ryanair and what she's learned about introducing new technology to big organisations like airlines since. This is some of the best insights into selling to airline ancillary managers — as well as ot...

We chat with Alex Bainbridge, founder of Autoura, an autonomous vehicle startup in the sightseeing, tours and activities sector. Alex was previously the founder of TourCMS, one of the largest publishers of tours and activities content. Learn more about this event on our blog: https://travelmassive.com/blog/2019/09/future-of-tours-and-activities/ Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview...

We chat with Jacki Ueng of BohemianVagabond.com live at TravelCon Boston 2019 about how her full time profession enables her passion for exploration and travel blogging. https://www. BohemianVagabond.com Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host for this series, recorded live at TravelCo...

We chat with Jaume Marin of CostaBrava.org live at TravelCon Boston 2019 about how destinations can build long lasting relationships with bloggers. https://www. CostaBrava.org Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host for this series, recorded live at TravelCon Boston 2019 is Ric Gazaria...

We chat with Mike Fuller, CEO of ItaliaRail.com live at TravelCon Boston 2019 https://ItaliaRail.com Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host for this series, recorded live at TravelCon Boston 2019 is Ric Gazarian, author and filmmaker, host of the Counting Countries podcast (https://gl...

We chat with Mike Corey of Fearless and Far live at TravelCon Boston 2019 about his journey into film making and presenting. https://fearlessandfar.com/ Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host for this series, recorded live at TravelCon Boston 2019 is Ric Gazarian, author and filmmaker...