Tourism technology, built by us.

Three projects shipped by Charnette Labs. Three different shapes of tourism technology. All built by the same hands, for the trade we know best.

Charnette Labs builds for tourism. So far, that includes our own ventures and products — proof of capability before we ask others to trust us with theirs. Each project below is live, in production, and shipped by Graeme. The same hands that ship for us will ship for you.

Representation portfolio · 2026

Kusa Connect

UK trade representation for 16 properties across four luxury African travel brands.

Custom content system for brand and property fact sheets, document libraries, and seasonal pricing — managed without touching code
Built to be found by both Google and modern AI search assistants — structured data, machine-readable summaries, a defined-term glossary
Brand-by-brand portfolio pages with consistent UK trade framing
Resilient contact flow with same-day reply tracking — never miss a trade enquiry
Designed to convert qualified UK trade enquiry, not consumer traffic

Visit kusaconnect.com →

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

Event platform · 2026

The Annual Africa Tourism Evening

Closed hosted event platform plus a native iOS app for the UK luxury Africa tourism community.

Magic-link sign-in — no passwords, no friction at the door
Booking matrix engineered so over-booking is structurally impossible
Apple Wallet boarding passes, pushable straight to attendees from the organiser dashboard
Badge and lanyard print system — A6 portrait in a clean A4 grid, with smart QR codes that adapt by attendee role
Companion native iOS and Android apps for attendees
Live financial dashboard, broadcast email centre, and event analytics — all in one organiser view

Visit aate.events →

The Annual Africa Tourism Evening homepage

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SaaS — web, iOS, Android · 2025-26

RepBud

The sales companion app for travel-trade reps. A mobile-first CRM that fits how the trade actually sells.

Mobile-first CRM built for the rhythm of trade sales — meetings, FAM trips, trade-show conversations, follow-ups
Live billing across five tiers — Premium Economy through First Class plus Charter team plans (5- and 10-seat)
AI-assisted meeting preparation and intelligent post-meeting recap
Team management for representation companies — Captain, First Officer, Cabin Directors
Apple Wallet boarding-pass-style RepBud Real membership cards plus vCard contact sharing
Native iOS and Android apps with a parallel web dashboard for managers

Visit repbud.app →

RepBud — Where the travel industry connects

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