Sam Daams

I have worked in the youth travel industry since 2001. Co-founded the online Travel Community Travellerspoint, moved more offline with GoXplore in Scandinavia, and now academic study abroad programs with Kulturstudier.

Norway

About

Structured, analytical and dedicated to creating more effective processes within an organisation. My focus throughout the years has primarily been on management, operations and marketing. I am 'a numbers guy' that focuses on details without losing sight of the big picture and have served on several boards both in Norway and abroad. I'm also a self-taught coder and have built numerous sites and customer management tools from scratch, including a CRM system used by several travel businesses in the Nordic region. Specialties: Management, Operations, CRM, (Online) Marketing and SEO.

Experience

  • General Manager at Kulturstudier
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Primary focus will be online presence, day-to-day operations, marketing and ensuring that Kulturstudier keeps delivering amazing immersive study abroad programs.

  • Managing Director at GoXplore Worldwide
    Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    COVID inspired restructuring round. Remodelled company as a franchise organisation, currently with franchisees in Norway, Sweden & Denmark. Please get in touch if you are interested in starting a travel business in your country. We will provide you with brand, proven products and a fully customised online system (CMS, CRM & finance) to help you run your business from day 1.

  • Managing Director at Spiffy AS
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

    Started my own consulting agency focusing on developing web based operation systems from scratch.

  • Partner at 91 Loop
    Sep 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 11 mos

    Purchased a building in the centre of Cape Town to refurbish as a 150 bed hostel. Set up the online presence and operational procedures, property management system and channel manager. Exited hostel operations in 2020 and currently just a silent partner in the building ownership.

  • Owner at GoXplore Denmark (formerly ALOTT)
    May 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Purchased ALOTT and started process of integration into GoXplore family. In June 2023 Alott moved over to a full franchise model, and was rebranded as GoXplore Denmark in August 2023.