Owner - BizOptions.com: Business for sale ,Opportunities and Investment Property
New Zealand
- Current
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- Director and Owner at BizOptions
- CEO and Founder at Travelbeen
- Owner and Director at 8media
- Past
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- eCommerce Director at Comtec (Europe) Ltd
- Product and Marketing Director at Comtec (Europe) Ltd
- Managing Director + Director at Digital Travel Services + Holiday Express
- Managing Director at EMAP Digital Travel
- Product Development Director at Emap Online
- Product Developer at EMAP Online
- Education
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- Glasgow School of Art
- Oldswinford
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- Industry
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Ed Whiting’s Summary
Owner and Director of 8media - Internet Media Investment and Consultancy Company
CEO and Founder of Travelbeen - social search engine for travel.
Until recently I was the eCommerce director of UK based company Comtec, a leading technology supplier to the leisure travel sector. Holding a board position and responsible for developing and implementing Comtec’s e-commerce services. I am currently exploring several new opportunities in the eCommerce and travel technology arena.
I have worked in e-commerce and travel technology since 1995 and hold a proven track record of launching digital products and services, including Bargainholidays.com, Aloud.com, A2bTravel.com, Holiday.co.uk, Comtec’s ViewdataPlus, WebSell and http://www.travel.co.uk.
The WebSell product range is used by over 300 U.K. travel companies. Key customers have included Thomascook.com, Travelcare.co.uk, Expedia.co.uk, Opodo.co.uk, Lastminute.com, First Choice’s Holiday Hypermarket and The First Resort.
Previous positions include Product Development Manager at EMAP Online, Product Director and Managing Director at EMAP Digital Travel, E-commerce Director at Holiday Express and Product and Marketing Director at Comtec.
To contact me
email: ed@edwhiting.com
phone: 00640210700108
Ed Whiting’s Experience
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Director and Owner
BizOptions
(Privately Held; Commercial Real Estate industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
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CEO and Founder
Travelbeen
(Internet industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Founded a B2C social search engine for travel.
Travelbeen has been featured in the PhoCusWright Innovation Conference in Hollywood 2008 -
Owner and Director
8media
(Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Set up 8media to provide Investment and Consultancy to B2C internet media companies.
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eCommerce Director
Comtec (Europe) Ltd
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )
Having made a decision to emigrate to New Zealand, spent a year focusing on the eCommerce part of Comtec's business.
Launched the next generation of Comtec platform which combines dynamic packages with traditional packages in a single search. A new single shopping basket system to cater for all types of holidays, flights, hotels, car hire.
Key sponsor of the Thomas Cook's next generation website project which combines together Thomas Cook's traditional packages with the more flexible dynamic packages into a single search. Liased with board level within Thomas Cook and systems integrator Accenture.
Formalised Comtec's supplier distribution strategy and put in place the foundations for a new consumer distribution channel with Travel.co.uk.
Continued eCommerce product and marketing representation within Comtec and the travel trade. -
Product and Marketing Director
Comtec (Europe) Ltd
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 7 months)
Board and Shareholder position within Comtec.
Set up a new development and project management team structure and responsible for 40 plus staff and worked with the business to create a new Development Director role which was filled.
Established a new product marketing team and function. This included Product Managers and Marketers, new Comtec website, in house trade PR function and establishing a marketing budget.
Started a successful New Customer Sales team and function focusing on generating new revenue from tour operator and eCommerce sales.
Launched Comtec's WebSell eCommerce product range, EasySell Web (B2B), Viewdata Plus, Comtec Transaction Centre (CTC) version 2
Key team member of the acquisition and integration of Travelink Systems Ltd - tour operator software business.
Launched Comtec's Travelink product into Lyon, France for a First Choice company Tourinter and recruited a French based manager. -
Managing Director + Director
Digital Travel Services + Holiday Express
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
January 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 5 months)
Board member and shareholder position
Launched a new travel eCommerce business.
Established new eCommerce white label product set which truly integrated customers onto a website into the call centre.
set up fulfilment services for OTC's Bargainholidays.com, Expedia.co.uk, Opodo.co.uk,Travelcare.co.uk and 100 plus smaller travel businesses.
Re-launched Holiday.co.uk to provide a balance revenue stream into the Holiday Express Call centre. -
Managing Director
EMAP Digital Travel
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
January 2000 — December 2000 (1 year )
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Product Development Director
Emap Online
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years )
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Product Developer
EMAP Online
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
December 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Ed Whiting’s Education
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Glasgow School of Art
Product Design 1991 — 1995
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Oldswinford
1983 — 1990
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