Travel Massive Podcast

Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host is Holly Galbraith, tourism expert and also host of the Tourism Tweetup Podcast (http://gofuturemedia.com). In this interview, we meet Stephan Ekbergh, online travel industry pioneer and founder of TravelStart.co.za - Africa's largest online travel agent (OTA). Details of Episode 2 with Stephan Ekbergh: He shares: How he got into the travel industry and found a mentor The opportunities he saw in the travel industry when he started his company How he moved his company Travel Start from Scandinavia to Africa The changes and innovations that he sees in the travel industry The challenges of growth in travel and its impacts Advice for new entrepreneurs who want to get into the industry Highlights: On where he saw the opportunity to build his business: "I focused all my energy on building something that could capitalize on the internet." "I always hated something