ContentDesk) February 17, 2006 — Anyone will tell you that starting any business from scratch is tough. Trying to develop and nurture a new company from home while out driving a taxi a couple of nights a week, then playing “Daddy Daycare” to two young girls during the day makes for an especially gruelling challenge.Sydney entrepreneur Matt Halloran has done it all.

Travel Industry, Matt made a choice to leave it all behind to become a stay at home dad and look after his young daughter whilst his wife continued her teaching career.”Staying at home and spending quality time with kids is the most rewarding thing a parent can do, but it can be such a big lifestyle change,” says Matt. “Changing diapers, bottle feeding, reading stories and attending playgroup is pretty far removed from the corporate world.

I would be the one to stay at home.”It wasn’t long, however, before Matt began to see opportunities offered through online distribution channels to continue his travel career whilst staying at home. Having been involved with the internet and website design since the mid 1990’s, Matt began to experiment and build travel based websites during his spare time, selling accommodation, tours, car hire, activities, flights and travel insurance online. With virtually no budget and little time to work with, Matt’s business continued to grow, and in 2003 he formed the company Accom.Com.Au Pty Ltd.

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