Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll: • Adventure With Locals – tmsv.co/AdventureWithLocals • Gowhee App – tmsv.co/GowheeApp • Bansko Nomad Fest 2021 – tmsv.co/BanskoNomadQuiz21 • Tripsha – tmsv.co/Tripsha • Getting Local call for bloggers – tmsv.co/GettingLocalBloggers • Paradise Ride – tmsv.co/ParadiseRide • Wonder Walks by Secret City Trails – tmsv.co/WonderWalks • Travel Fish ...
May 27, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll: • Mexico Surf Retreat – tmsv.co/MexicoSurfRetreat • Work From Anywhere Team – travelmassive.com/wfa-team • Tourism Cares – tmsv.co/TourismCares • Adventure Fest 2021 – tmsv.co/AdventureFest2021 • Global Convoy Podcast – tmsv.co/GlobalConvoyPodcast • Brisbane Travel Massive Photos – tmsv.co/BrisbaneTravelMassivePhotos • Community Travel Co – tm...
May 20, 2021•4 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll: • Live in Venice Week – tmsv.co/LiveInVeniceWeek • Travel Grind Show – tmsv.co/TravelGrindShow • Taste Hungary – tmsv.co/TasteHungary • SWURF App – tmsv.co/SWURFApp • Article on Tashi Travel – tmsv.co/TashiTravelArticle • Oli Russel Show – tmsv.co/OliRusselShow • Trip Whisperer Newsletter – tmsv.co/TripWhispererNewsletter • Bansko Nomad Fest 2...
May 14, 2021•4 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll: • Secret Sydney Trails — tmsv.co/SecretSydneyTrails • Yugen Earthside Shop – yugenearthside.com/shop/ • Phil Marcus on Youtube – tmsv.co/PhillipMarcus • Hopupon – travelmassive.com/hopupon • India Covid Donation List – tmsv.co/IndiaCovidDonationList • Lecantr Interview Replay – tmsv.co/LevantrReplay • Stay22 Affiliate Program – tmsv.co/Stay22A...
May 06, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Get up to date quick, with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive Universe this week with your host Joel Chevaillier 🛼 Link Roll: • Safe travels in SE Asia - https://www.pearanderson.com/coronavirus/ • LoungePair Referral Program - https://tmsv.co/LoungePairAffiliate • Impact Travel Alliance collaboration - https://tmsv.co/ITACallforspeakers • The Evolution of Air Travel - https://tmsv.co/AirTravelRecap • InAfrica Marketplace - https://inafrica.travel/...
Apr 30, 2021•4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll... Jobs Board - https://www.travelmassive.jobs/ ; The Professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism Destination Management program - https://tmsv.co/GWUOnlineProgram ; NaviSavi app - https://travelmassive.com/navisaviapp ; Endless.Earth - https://www.endless.earth/ ; Life In Germany - https://tmsv.co/LifeinGermany ; Social Entrepreneurship Co...
Apr 23, 2021•5 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Get up to date with everything you need to know that's happening in the Travel Massive community this week, with your host Joel Chevaillier. 🛼 Link Roll... (mentioned in this episode): Share Yourself – www.shareyourself.org/grant How Many Elephants - howmanyelephants.org/world-female-ranger-day/ Faretrotter - www.faretrotter.com/en/safe-travel/united-states What's The Plan - www.whatstheplan.travel Thriving Nomads Summit - summit.thrivingnomads.com Travel Massive Talent Pool - tmsv.co/TalentPoo...
Apr 18, 2021•4 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Here’s the replay from Episode #12 of our LIVE Show from May 21 with special guests from New York to discuss the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the local and global tourism industry. This discussion is moderated by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. Catch the LIVE Show recording below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krbakTCdlh8 In this episode we hear from: Alex Shebar, Director of Experiences at Culture Trip Tuning in directly from Brooklyn, Alex She...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Here’s the replay from Episode #11 of our LIVE Show from May 14 with special guests from Boston, Oaxaca, and Athens to discuss the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on tour guides. This discussion is moderated by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. In this episode we heard from: Stephen Oddo, co-founder of Walks Stephen joined the LIVE Show from Boston. He’s co-founder of Walks – a sightseeing tours & activities company operating in top destinations worl...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Hosted by Jean Cheney, blogger at the Traveling Honeybird and Travel Massive Melbourne chapter leader. In this episode we heard from: Kash Bhattacharya, founder and editor at the Budget Traveller Kash is the author of the book ‘The Grand Hostels-Luxury Hostels of the World’ & founder of the BudgetTraveller where for the last 11 years he’s been showing people how to travel in style on a budget. Although he lost 70% of his traffic and his passive income has grinded to a halt, Kash didn’t loose...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 56
Hosted by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. In this episode we heard from: Phaka Hlazo, founder of Zulu Nomad Phaka Hlazo joined us from Johannesburg. She is the founder of Zulu Nomad – a tour operator providing curated experiences in East and Southern Africa for locals. Phaka talked about the diversity of South Africa’s tourism and the ins and outs of the domestic travel scene. She touched on topics like digitalization of the tourism industry and wh...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Jun 01, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Hosted by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. In this episode we heard from: Rama Poola, co-founder of SkyHi Rama Poola joined the LIVE Show from LA. He’s the co-founder of SkyHi – the first subscription service to reliably book last minute seats on commercial airlines. Given that flights bookings are down right now, Rama shared more about what SkyHi is doing in their downtime and how they see the path forward. Wendy van Leeuwen, co-founder of Secret C...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Ric Gazarian, Travel Massive Chapter Leader in Bangkok and travel blogger at GlobalGaz, speaks with James Wilcox, cofounder of Untamed Borders. James discovered there was an underserved marketplace for travelers looking to travel to places like Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and other challenging locations. Untamed Borders was created to serve this underserved niche. James also shares with us the effects of Covid-19 on his business and the industry. https://untamedborders.com/...
Jun 01, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This discussion is moderated by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. In this episode we hear from: Philip Ibrahim, General Manager of The Student Hotel Philip is joining the LIVE Show from his office in Berlin, Germany. He has previously worked for Accor and Mercure Hotel Berlin City. Since October 2019, he has been responsible for the opening and launch of The Student Hotel , a concept dedicated to the community of students, city explorers and locals. ...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Ric Gazarian, Travel Massive Chapter Leader in Bangkok and travel blogger at GlobalGaz, speaks with Ian Ord, founder of Where Sidewalks End. Ian shares with us his origin story of how he founded a company that provides unique tattoo experiences in Thailand. Ian also shares with us the effects of Covid-19 on his business and the industry. https://www.wheresidewalksend.com/
Jun 01, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Hosted by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. In this episode we hear from: Timothy O’Neil-Dunne , long time travel industry geek. Aviation, Travel and Tourism. Founding team member at Expedia. Principal @ 777Partners, Board member, Advisor, Speaker, Mentor and eMercenary. Ann Cederhall , Freelance Consultant and Distribution expert, main affiliation TravelCAST. Provide consulting both for airlines and travel agencies. Madeleine Anderson , a travel ind...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Jun 01, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 48
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 joining us from Amsterdam. As a payment and booking platform for multi-day trips, WeTravel is facing number of ...
May 08, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 47
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 shares with us his successes and challenges in developing this technology and rolling it out to the market...
Mar 26, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 46
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 to local operators. Jacob emphasises the importance of story telling for his food experiences when c...
Mar 22, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 45
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 & Khwela Youth Stars – joining from Cape Town. Hosted by Kevin O’Shaughnessy , co-founder of CityHo...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 44
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 neurodiverse travellers. We also talk about the hackathon experience, the winning concepts, universal design an...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 43
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 business impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak? We want to hear from you – share your story on this forum thread...
Mar 16, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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) Jean Cheney , Melbourne Travel Massive leader and content creator (joining from Berlin) Natalya Smolensk...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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.
Mar 02, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 40
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.
Mar 02, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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.
Feb 24, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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.
Feb 24, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 37
