Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Hanging up my BOOTs

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Dear Readers - It is time for me to hang up my BOOTs. My first posts were published in June 2006.  Six years later I have more than a 1...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Travel Massive June 12 / FED night June 19

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Two interesting and engaging events coming up in the next few weeks in Sydney. On June 12 at Bar 333 in George St Sydney there will be Tra...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Tour of the 787 Dreamliner with Qantas and Jetstar

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Photo montage/essay below of my tour of the Dreamliner 787 visiting Sydney. Thanks to Qantas and Jetstar for the invite
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

TravelMassive - great meetup group for travel industry people

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If you are interested in regular meet ups with travel people - then I recommend you check out  TravelMassive .  This is a group that orga...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Stuck on a plane with a violin, trombone, trumpet, recorder and a bunch of hippies - what could possibly go wrong

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A Canadian Airlines plane is delayed on the the Lemon Bucket Orchestra pulls out their instruments and goes all folk crazy in the da house....
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

The BOOT live at the Fourth Estate (FED) night on online travel, daily deals, social media, search and more

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On May 2 I was part of an interview/Q&A session at the Fourth Estate (FED) series of Sydney interviews of digital people.   Video for t...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

The BOOT live in Sydney May 2 as part of FED networking event

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If you are in Sydney on May 2, then join me at a   Fourth Estate  (FED) networking event at the City Hotel, 347 Kent Street Sydney from 6p...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

BOOT Moderating panel on Social Media at 2011 WebInTravelConference

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WIT Conference 2011 - Get Into The Groove – The Future of Social from WebInTravel on Vimeo .  Above is video of the BOOT moderating ...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Hyatt Concierge Twitter Feed Hacked

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Bad day over the weekend for the Hyatt Concierge Twitter feed. They were hacked by some weight loss spammers. Top marks to Hyatt on spott...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Re-reading the Groupon IPO filing - some of my favourite moments

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The Groupon IPO has been a "mixed bag" to put it nicely. They floated at $20 and are currently sitting at around the $13 mark ( ...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Revenge, attacks and possible gaol time: just another day in the life of a start up

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Have you ever used YouSendIt ? I use AirDropper but have used YouSendIt in the past. Did you know that one of the founders of YouSendIt has...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tnooz post: four Australian start-ups revolutionising travel search

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We are 15 years into the online travel revolution and travel search is still in its infancy. In a post over at Tnooz I discuss four Austr...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Scoot - new airline, still a lot of SEO work to do

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Scoot is the new (mid to) low cost carrier coming out of Singapore . They launched sales yesterday and have just commenced the first push ...
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Australian Search Start ups profiles

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The next below four posts are profiles of 4 Australian based start-ups working to revolutionise the way travel search is undertaken. These ...

Getflight profile: exchange with Getflight founder Ian Cumming

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Below is a Q&A exchange with Getflight.com.au founder Ian Cumming (pictured here on stage at WebInTravel ) . This is an instalment ...

Flightfox profile: exchange with Flightfox founder Todd Sullivan

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Below is a Q&A exchange with Flightfox.com founder Todd Sullivan (pictured here right on Mt Kilimanjaro with co-founder Lauren McLeod...

Adioso profile: exchange with Adioso founder Tom Howard

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Here is a Q&A exchange with Adioso founder Tom Howard (pictured right with co-founder Fenn Bailey). This is an instalment in my profi...
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Rome2Rio profile: exchange with Rome2Rio founder Michael Cameron

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Below is a Q&A exchange with Rome2Rio founder Michael Cameron (pictured left with co-founder Bernie Tschirren). This is an instalment...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Where to find 130+ travel APIs including Expedia, Kayak and Hotelscombined

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A typical email to me from a start up founder will go something like this "Dear BOOT Where can I access lots of information on APIs fro...