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Digital Tourism Think Tank © 2025
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Maksim Izmaylov is a serial entrepreneur with the background in software engineering and law. He thinks that blockchain and other technologies can help us create a better world, e.g. reduce inequality.
He founded two travel startups, Roomstorm and Winding Tree, and Travel Tech Con, a conference for startups and software engineers from the travel industry.
Currently, Maksim is working on Winding Tree, a decentralized marketplace for the $7T travel industry that is dominated by just a handful of large corporations.
Dr Serkan Uzunogullari leads programmes in International Tourism and Hospitality Management, and Esports Event Management.
Ian is working to drive forward the strategic direction of the visitor economy in NewcastleGateshead and the wider North East.
