If, like me, you have a travelcard and pay as you go on the same Oyster card, you maye recently have started to notice odd amounts being deducted from your card’s pay as you go balance.
This is because those clever Oyster card people, who have been paid millions of pounds to implement pay as you [...]
Yesterday I received an email from a car hire company containing an offer that must end soon. I didn’t book any car hire because of it though, because I don’t need to hire a car. Had the offer been for, say, a cheap flight to Paris, I might have taken it up, but very few [...]
Back this weekend from a fantastic holiday, all researched and arranged using the Internet. It’s fantastic to think about how much travel has been changed by sites like TripAdvisor, and the sites produced by even small hotels are getting so good. There were only 2 bad experiences throughout the whole trip, both down to the [...]
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
After a great deal of effort from a cast of hundreds (well, almost) we’ve launched British Airways’ preview site for Heathrow Terminal 5, which opens next year. It’s a feast of interactive content, showing all aspects of what’s going to be an amazing place to travel through. Some of the team have had visits already, [...]
We’ve made some great tongue-in-cheek video content to help BA with their recruitment of new cabin crew, using the Pam-Ann character. It’s pretty funny, and it’s nice to see so many clients and colleagues in the video itself.
Most importantly from my point of view, BA tend to be quite a serious brand, and it’s good [...]
If you visit Hyderabad on Google Maps you’ll see some street maps that have been generated in a very novel way, using residents of the city, who’ve been sent satellite tracking equipment by Google. Essentially, they’re given software and a sat-nav and walk around identifying streets as they walk.
One of the problems with Google Maps, [...]
Travel’s on my mind at the moment, for a number of reasons. We’re planning a big trip at the end of the year, and it’s incredible how much easier it is today to research and transact online, even for some very remote and obscure locations. BUT there are still some terrible websites out there, operated [...]
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Oia is incredibly photogenic. I’m posting a few sample photos, so you can see what I mean.
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Oia is incredibly photogenic. I’m posting a few sample photos, so you can see what I mean.
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