Extraordinary Travel Festival III Update III – Matt Gray Of Pangea
From Counting Countries by Ric Gazarian
December 16, 2025 · 46 min
About this episode
This episode features an interview with Matt Gray, founder of Pangea, discussing the Extraordinary Travel Festival and the evolution of travel community apps.
Join the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok, October 22-25, 2026. Use code BANGKOK to save on your ticket. One of the goals of the Extraordinary Travel Festival is to bring the leaders of the travel industry together. Why? We want to make your travels richer and more meaningful. Hearing from these thought leaders keeps you abreast of changes and benefits that can help you. We have founders and leaders like Ian Cumming of Travel Massive, Stefan Krasowski of Every Passport Stamp, and Orest Zub of NomadMania. I am excited to be speaking with Matt Gray on this episode who will also be joining us at ETF. He is the founder of Pangea, whose goal is to connect and explore the world, and who better to do that with than friends who share your same passion. Download the app so you can better connect with travelers around the world. Since this interview with Matt, Pangea has been on a roll, acquiring and integrating several other Digital Nomad & Travel Community apps into their core platform. Their general thesis and strategy is that by consolidating the very fragmented consumer travel app space, they can deliver a best in class experience and become the all in one platform that many…
People in this episode
Host: Ric Gazarian
Guest: Matt Gray
Topics covered
- travel festival
- digital nomad
- travel community
- travel industry
- networking
- travel apps
Keywords
- Extraordinary Travel Festival
- Pangea
- digital nomads
- travel apps
- networking
- Bangkok
- Nomad Week
Sponsors
Extraordinary Travel Festival
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pangea, Travel Massive, Every Passport Stamp, NomadMania, Overlap, Nomadago
Places: Bangkok, Cape Town
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