France
The first stops
Travel agency, MICE, flash sales, OTA, consulting and training: I had touched many travel trades before even leaving.
REGIONAL MANAGER, ASIA · SOURCING · DATA · DISTRIBUTION
THOMAS
LANGOUËT
Travel. Tech. Leadership.
18 years half field, half tech: from DMCs and OTAs to travel tech, between temples and dashboards, making Asia’s best experiences easy to find and book.
Discover the journey
Travel isn’t just a passion, it’s my playground!
From scrappy SEO on an old Mac in Siem Reap in 2012 to regional sourcing today, I’ve sat on both sides of the table: traditional tourism (travel agencies, DMCs) and digital distribution (OTAs, travel tech start-ups). I’ve been in the room for the projects that shape this industry: ERP, CRM, API integrations, SaaS platforms. I know how they succeed, and how they fail.
From one stop to the next
Cambodia
When digital meets the field
In Siem Reap, I launch SEO, the DMC’s first flash sale with Voyage Privé and a custom ERP. The turning point.
Myanmar
Scaling up
Sales leadership, Tourplan, a brand built from scratch, a 40+ person DMC and then 150 tours across 5 destinations.
Thailand
Where it all comes together
Product side at KOOB, then regional sourcing at Asian Trails: finding experiences that mean something and making them visible.
Ideas made real
Hotels connected live in 11 countries
350+ development tickets steered to build the platform core, channel manager integrations taken to production, and 2,200+ experiences and 4,400 hotels uploaded.
Themed tours across 5 destinations
Offered in 5 languages with 500+ departures a year, driven by a 15-person team in Asia and Europe, dynamic pricing and 5 new B2B/B2C platforms.
Revenue in 18 months
For a newly launched premium DMC: strategy, brand, website, team, a European office and a network of 100+ agency partners.
Tour operators and agencies
A portfolio across France, Switzerland and Spain, managed with a 10-person international sales team, with response time cut from 48 to under 24 hours.
Direct inquiries
From 3 a week to 3 a day thanks to SEO, SEA and a new bilingual website, while a custom ERP cut quote creation from 5 to 2 hours.
Find the gems. Fine-tune them.
Make them shine.
Since 2025
Source
On-the-ground sourcing with our teams and destination experts: inspections, training, quality and sourcing processes.
Optimise
Product strategy for each destination: portfolio optimisation, new product launches, pricing, margins and priorities.
Distribute
Distribution platforms selected and contracted for the group, from our B2B platform to OTAs and marketplaces, with API connectivity, channel management and visibility in AI answers (GEO).
Build
In-house software connected to our data warehouse, and key business input on the new regional CRM.
An entire tech and AI ecosystem,
and I build with it.
GDS, ERPs for DMCs, CRMs, channel managers, OTAs, booking engines. I know the systems that run travel from the inside, and I’ve built the API connections that make suppliers and distributors talk to each other. I’ve mastered these tools as they evolved. Now I build my own: tailored solutions, bridges between business needs and technology, connected to our data warehouse and cloud servers. Software that makes teams faster, operations leaner and growth more solid.
At work: a 360° platform, built from scratch
A single control tower for an entire experience portfolio, designed and coded with AI. Quality, pricing, yield, benchmarking, distribution, sales and more: everything measured, everything connected.
- Data-driven
- Real-time
- Built in-house
At home: content and side projects
Video creation and editing for my YouTube channels, my personal websites (this one included) and their communication and marketing.
- Content creation
- Community engagement
- Video editing
A whole world of expertise
Education & achievements
Education
MBA International Travel Management
Valedictorian 2014, ranked 1st of 70
Bachelor Leisure & Corporate Travel Management
Higher National Diploma in Tourism
Baccalaureate in Marketing & Communication
Certifications
AnthropicClaude 101
AnthropicAI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Google Digital Active / IAB EuropeDigital Marketing Fundamentals
Google Analytics AcademyAdvanced Google Analytics
HubSpot AcademyInbound Sales
TravelifeSustainability Manager
Press
Magazine Strategos, interview
Building business in Myanmar
“What interests me is changing mindsets and bringing something new.”
L’Écho Touristique, industry article
The product manager’s role expands
“The teacher’s view”, as trainer and head of admissions at ESCAET.
TF1, Myanmar feature
Myanmar, an unspoilt paradise
A TF1 feature for 50 Minutes Inside, exploring Myanmar aboard an exceptional boat, organised by Phoenix Voyages.
Publications
- 2013
How can a destination management company improve its business model to stand out?
MBA thesis, 350 pages and oral defence
- 2013
White paper: Social Travel in France (Milky Interactive and ESCAET)
- 2012
Cycle tourism and territories: a new challenge for destinations
- 2012
Collaborative research: Open and Big Data in travel, new challenges for destinations and stakeholders
- 2011
Leisure Travel in the online distribution ecosystem
- 2013
Report: ideal websites and digital strategies for agencies and DMCs
Beyond work
Interests
- Football, 14 years in a club, goalkeeper
- Mountain biking, a real passion for cycling
- Nature and trekking, a lover of wide open spaces
- Travel, always ready for the next trip
- New technology addict
- Scottish bagpipes
Creation
A community of tens of thousands of subscribers across my YouTube channels
Personal websites, designed and built from scratch, this one included
Languages
FrenchNative
EnglishFluent
GermanBasic
BurmeseBasic
Let’s connect
A project, an idea, or just want to talk travel and tech? Message me on LinkedIn.
Message me on LinkedInFull CV on request via LinkedIn