101 Not Out

Have now completed more than 100 posts in this blog and am enjoying myself - hope you are too. Being part of a smaller team focused on more than the travel biz I was missing having people to rant at. Nothing beats coming out of your office and ranting (in)coherently at people who have to look like they're interested because you are their boss..but this comes close.

Lots has happened in a hundred posts

• Wotif floated, did its first major online marketing deal and hinted at acquisions
• Webjet (eventually) put together its hotel strategy, came out with some big results (and charges) and is working on some creative marketing plans
• I ranted about Qantas and the the airline gods paid me back by sending me to Brisbane and denying me a chance to walk around Tokyo and charging me a fortune for free tickets
  
• Expedia went live in Australia, raised a shed load of money for as yet unknown reasons and (presumably) fired their auditors for being idiots
• Travelocity branding spread to Asia and the CEO was so excited about the product that he ...well...quitely mentioned it to a few friends
• The boom came back because RedHerring said so and meta-search is attracting millions
• Oh...and a few things happended at Cendant/Travelport but I wasn't really paying attention....

Hope you have enjoyed the story so far