Newformula Travel

Travel advisory for businesses - technology strategy, content, investor documentation, and loyalty program design.

Keith Mason is a Sydney-based travel advisor with over 15 years in the industry. He founded Point Hacks - Australia’s leading frequent flyer website - and advises travel technology companies on loyalty program design and product strategy.

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Keith Mason, Sydney-based travel advisor and founder of Point Hacks

Services

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Travel Technology Advisory

Product strategy and advisory services for travel startups and growth-stage travel businesses. Covers product roadmaps, platform decisions, competitive positioning, and partnership strategy. Hands-on with AI-assisted product development - shipping production internal tools and prototypes without a traditional engineering team.

02

Travel Content Strategy

Content strategy for travel businesses - editorial frameworks, production pipelines, and audience growth. Proven at scale: Point Hacks reached hundreds of thousands of monthly readers; current client has grown organic traffic 170% year-on-year.

03

Travel Investor Documentation

Investor-ready strategic documentation for travel businesses - confidential information memoranda, pitch decks, and exit preparation. Practical experience leading sale processes and producing CIMs for travel operating businesses, translating them for a financial-buyer audience.

04

Travel Loyalty Program Design

Strategy, architecture, and go-to-market for loyalty and membership programs in the travel sector. From earn/redeem mechanics and partner integration to pricing, terms, and lifecycle marketing. Informed by hands-on experience designing programs across travel media, airport lounges, and mobility platforms.

Track Record

2024–present Fractional CPO

LoungePair

Advising a global airport lounge access platform as fractional CPO - leading product strategy, designing a paid membership program, and developing a scaled travel content production pipeline. Conceived and built an internal lounge image and pricing management platform, end-to-end via AI-assisted development.

Ongoing Expert Consultant

Expert Consulting

Travel industry expert advising on travel technology and distribution, airline loyalty programs, airport lounge access, and travel program design.

2011–2025 Founder, CEO & Advisor

Point Hacks

Founded Australia’s leading independent frequent flyer and travel loyalty website. Built from a personal project into a business with commercial partnerships with every major Australian bank. Managed the full exit in 2017–18 and returned as a strategic advisor on travel product initiatives from 2022 to 2025.

2021–2023 Product Director

evee

Product strategy for Australia’s largest EV rental marketplace. Designed a loyalty program, insurance products, and partnership strategies - applying travel-industry loyalty and marketplace design principles to a mobility platform.

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Available for travel advisory engagements - travel technology strategy, content strategy, investor documentation, and loyalty program design. Based in Sydney, working with clients in Australia and internationally.