Former Express Travel Group executive Ari Magoutis and Rotageek co-founder Nick Mann have reunited to build AI-powered software for the travel trade.
The two have worked together on and off for close to 30 years.
In that time, they have built online booking engines, connected to airline and GDS systems and run CRM, data and e-commerce platforms for agencies, operators and suppliers in Australia and the UK.
Travelogica brings that experience, gathered over many decades, back under one roof.
Ari Magoutis has had a career in the travel industry spanning technology and senior management roles, notably as Executive General Manager at Express Travel Group, where he worked across technology, operations, finance and commercial roles.
“Nick and I have spent a good part of our working lives building the systems that sit behind travel businesses, often side by side,” said Ari.
“The best technology doesn’t get in the way; it quietly makes someone’s day easier. Travelogica is a chance to keep doing that together, with newer tools, for an industry we know well.”
Nick Mann has spent more than 20 years building software. He co-founded employee-scheduling platform Rotageek and was its CTO; and is also Head of Technology at bespoke Scandinavian travel company 50 Degrees North.
More recently, working separately on different projects, both found that more of their conversations within travel were turning to newer technology, including AI: what is realistic, where it genuinely helps and how to bring it in without losing the personal touch that travel depends on.
Travelogica is where they have brought their experience together again, building software that fits the way the trade already works and helping those teams put it to work.
“Building software for travel teaches you quickly that every business does things a little differently,” said Nick.
“The best technology augments what good people already do well and that’s the approach we’re taking with Travelogica. Building something from the ground up with Ari again is a real pleasure.”
Main image: Nick Mann (left) and Ari Magoutis
