Tony Carne

HandbookFM

We automate workforce training on policy and procedures by using ai to automagically turn your written documents into conversational podcasts in just 60 seconds.

Founder

Everything AI in Travel

I go down the AI rabbit hole and bring you back just the best and most relevant snippets to help keep you on top of what is happening - 1 newsletter each week.

The Forward Pocket

Holding company for the travel & tourism consultancy and venture studio led by travel veteran Tony Carne. Helping businesses achieve their goals and raise their vision. Book a no obligation free call today to chat through how I might be able to help your business get to the next level. Client list has included the likes of WeRoad, Airguides, Youli, Get Lost Magazine, Cross Country Swimming and many more.

Check out The Forward Pocket profile here on Linked In for what is being worked on there. You might even find a FREE BEER in there!

Principal

Ale Blazer

Supporting the local craft beer scene but getting more people through the door of the small business breweries we love via a membership that gets our community a FREE first beer.

Co-Founder

Skift

Special columnist for the multi day tour operator sector of travel at Skift.

Columnist

SparkUp Studios

Product Manager at SparkUp Studios. At SparkUp we are creating a scalable, turnkey branded loyalty platform for brands to utilise gamification to create actionable first person data to personalise CX 

Our beachhead market is professional sporting clubs where we are working with the likes of the Melbourne Renegades on personalised Fam experiences.

Product Manager

Airguides

Imagine, the Content quality of Red Bull or Attenborough with the Storytellers of Masterclass and the Experiences of Bourdain - that’s Airguides. We are the quintessential 21st Century brand, Purpose-led, Community driven, Technology enabled and Narrative based creating money-can’t-buy experiences, so you can buy (or gift) them.

Working with media brands to provide unique brand-aligned travel experiences that their customers will love (and love them for) = Loyalty and LTV.

Working with Destinations and DMO's to showcase your strategy and brand pillars as your tactical execution partner for world class and award winning content creation (in association with media brands) + unique product development which features your local operators + data back for real ROI metrics. Spray and pray begone!!

Working with operators in adventure luxury travel looking to launch new products they want to become iconic bucket list items for the niche they are targeting.

Working with world class storytellers and creatives to get their story told and compensated like the professional they are for the experience and audience they've created.

All win outcomes for all in the chain. People and planet at the forefront.

Antler

Geo located audio for self drive market that tells the stories of those around where you are driving & leads you to incredible experiences and interactions with those people, outside the car.

Entrepreneur In Residence

Kazbah Egyptian Street Food

#lessmeatmoreoften 

And now for something completely different.............. 

Having departed Intrepid Travel after 17 years in the Travel industry I was motivated to do some significant green collar work. It is clear we can't wait for governments to do what is needed to tackle the creeping pandemic of climate change in the time action is required (NOW). I wanted to make my career next step focused on doing something immediate and practical that can be a catalyst for change right now. I want to be able to look my daughter in the eyes and say, I did something.

Drawing on my 5 or so years living in Egypt, I wanted to bring that nation's super tasty, fast and convenient vegetarian and vegan fare to the market. I believe this food can remove many of the barriers that might stop people from reducing their meat intake. Meat production is one of the major areas affecting climate change that we as common citizens can make a difference through our personal choices. We shouldn't however have to sacrifice taste - and if we get that bit right, then who knows where this journey might end up...... maybe the world is ready for global vegetarian franchise? For now - we are one shop :-) - follow the journey - warts and all over on Instagram @kazbahfalafel

Co-Founder - Kazbah Egyptian Street Food

Intrepid Travel

Digital Product Manager (Self Drives - new product innovation)

Managing Director

www.urbanadventures.com - Best. Day. Ever.

Urban Adventures are global day tour operator that is a part of the Intrepid Group. Our mission is to disrupt the traditional day tour industry by offering small groups, real experiences and secrets only a local can know. We are guaranteed to depart, have daily departures in most of our 120+ destinations and all trips are backed by a money back satisfaction guarantee.

We partner with like minded professionals who share our values to create new local businesses that support their local communities. We work with our partners to build a sustainable and profitable local business as quickly as we can through the combination of our strong global distribution, strong network effects built in to the brand and referral model of being a globally recognised brand and professional digital, content and online strategy. Our partners bring to the mix supreme local knowledge, passion and local contacts for local sales.

We are always on the look out for collaborative opportunities with complimentary like minded businesses in the accommodation, flight and transport industries.

General Manager

Digital Marketing Manager

Destination Manager

Product Manager, The Travel Lab, R & D Division of Intrepid Travel

Operations Manager

I help YOUR company make sense of AI + Everything AI in Travel Newsletter 🤖 Consultant & Advisory to the Travel industry. 🦘 HandbookFM 📣 Ale Blazer 🍺

Reach out for help in moving your travel business from where it is now to where you want it to be. 

Helping companies to build an internal 'AI centre of Excellence' as well as providing public insight via the Everything AI in Travel newsletter and podcast.

 I don't just give advice, I roll my sleeves up and do the work to get things moving.

My Results:

-> Built and grew Urban Adventures with my team in 0->1 phase to 160 Cities, $25M annual sales
-> Global Leadership Team at Intrepid Travel during growth phase to $370M annual sales
-> Global Employee of the Year 2018 at Intrepid for my work on the two above

-> Built Intrepid Travel Middle East operations from exisiting base of just Egypt Tours to portfolio from Morocco to Iran
-> Owned and ran successful Turkey DMC (exited)
-> Tour Guide Outback Australia and Middle East
-> Intrepid Travel Hall of Fame inductee from combination of all above

-> Helping brands in  travel (big and small) unlock their potential
-> Studied Product Management not to be a project manager but to better deliver information to the whole of a business looking for tech enabled growth requires - reach out to see the process I run through and example results.

I go down the AI rabbit hole and bring you back just the best and most relevant snippets to help keep you on top of what is happening - 1 newsletter each week. 

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