CONTENTS

Section 1 - Comment
Section 2 - Humour
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COMMENT

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FEB A Travel Policy’s Biggest Barrier
JAN Low Cost Airlines - Honeymoon Over?
JAN Travel Supply Chain Intelligence
JAN ASK me a QUESTION
DEC A Christmas Message
DEC Travel Report Anguilla
NOV A London Airport Solution?
OCT So Will Airlines go Direct Connect or Not?
SEP A Distribution Prediction
AUG Do we need another Industry Association?
JUL What the Customer Really Wants? – Part 1
JUL Who is the customer around here anyway?
APR Can TMC Brain Power Still Save Money?
MAR Combined Airline Deals – Good or Bad?
MAR Travel Evolution is not just about Technology – Right?
FEB Travel Services – Buying is just the beginning.
FEB Anybody Understand the Corporate Hotel Market?
FEB Getting back to basics with business travellers
JAN What happens when TMCs become GDS
JAN Better to never have something than see it taken away?
JAN The Evolution of Air Distribution – The Story so Far
JAN What does a hotel brand really mean?
JAN Direct Connect – The first significant skirmish in a long campaign.
DEC Loyalty Cards – What value?
DEC Christmas Distribution Story - 2
DEC A Christmas Distribution Story
DEC You don’t get ‘owt for nowt’ in travel distribution.
NOV BA dispute – Pride and promises
NOV GDS/Airline issue. Coming to a head?
OCT A Take on AA Distribution Issues
SEP Data Provision - Sounds Easy?
SEP Just how much would you Disclose?
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business?-Switch selling...
AUG Travel Compliance – So very easy.
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business? – Deals
AUG Can TMCs really influence business?
JUL Why small is becoming big in Business Travel.
JUN A different approach to TMC negotiations
JUN Global Travel Programmes – Delivering?
MAY Airlines and Travel Management Companies (TMC)
APR Airline marriages? Call for Jerry Springer.
APR Travel and the Environment
MAR Do academics understand the real world
MAR Is Government Buying Wisely?
MAR Who should buy travel? (Part two)
FEB Who should buy travel? (Part one)
SEP The Beat Live. Boy what a Blast
SEP A Distribution Prediction
AUG Do we need another Industry Association?
JUL What the Customer Really Wants? – Part 1
JUL Who is the customer around here anyway?
JUL READERS FORUM
APR Can TMC Brain Power Still Save Money?
MAR Combined Airline Deals – Good or Bad?
MAR Travel Evolution is not just about Technology – Right?
FEB Travel Services – Buying is just the beginning.
FEB Anybody Understand the Corporate Hotel Market?
FEB Getting back to basics with business travellers
JAN What happens when TMCs become GDS
JAN Better to never have something than see it taken away?
JAN The Evolution of Air Distribution – The Story so Far
JAN What does a hotel brand really mean?
JAN Direct Connect – The first significant skirmish in a long campaign.
DEC Loyalty Cards – What value?
DEC Christmas Distribution Story - 2
DEC A Christmas Distribution Story
DEC You don’t get ‘owt for nowt’ in travel distribution.
NOV BA dispute – Pride and promises
NOV GDS/Airline issue. Coming to a head?
OCT A Take on AA Distribution Issues
SEP Data Provision - Sounds Easy?
SEP Just how much would you Disclose?
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business?-Switch selling...
AUG Travel Compliance – So very easy.
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business? – Deals
AUG Can TMCs really influence business?
JUL Why small is becoming big in Business Travel.
JUN A different approach to TMC negotiations
JUN Global Travel Programmes – Delivering?
MAY Airlines and Travel Management Companies (TMC)
APR Airline marriages? Call for Jerry Springer.
APR Travel and the Environment
MAR Do academics understand the real world
MAR Is Government Buying Wisely?
MAR Who should buy travel? (Part two)
FEB Who should buy travel? (Part one)
MAR Travel Evolution is not just about Technology – Right?
MAR My Greatest 'Hits'
FEB Travel Services – Buying is just the beginning.
FEB Anybody Understand the Corporate Hotel Market?
FEB Getting back to basics with business travellers
JAN What happens when TMCs become GDS
JAN Better to never have something than see it taken away?
JAN The Evolution of Air Distribution – The Story so Far
JAN What does a hotel brand really mean?
JAN Direct Connect – The first significant skirmish in a long campaign.
DEC Loyalty Cards – What value?
DEC Christmas Distribution Story - 2
DEC A Christmas Distribution Story
DEC You don’t get ‘owt for nowt’ in travel distribution.
NOV BA dispute – Pride and promises
NOV GDS/Airline issue. Coming to a head?
OCT A Take on AA Distribution Issues
SEP Data Provision - Sounds Easy?
SEP Just how much would you Disclose?
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business?-Switch selling...
AUG Travel Compliance – So very easy.
AUG Can TMCs Really Influence Business? – Deals
AUG Can TMCs really influence business?
JUL Why small is becoming big in Business Travel.
JUN A different approach to TMC negotiations
JUN Global Travel Programmes – Delivering?
MAY Airlines and Travel Management Companies (TMC)
APR Airline marriages? Call for Jerry Springer.
APR Travel and the Environment
MAR Do academics understand the real world
MAR Is Government Buying Wisely?
MAR Who should buy travel? (Part two)
FEB Who should buy travel? (Part one)

HUMOUR

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JAN The Longest Flight Home
SEP Entertaining foreign dignitaries - Part 4
SEP Entertaining Foreign Dignitaries - part 3
SEP Entertaining Foreign Dignitaries – Part 2
AUG An Innocent in Brazil - Part 3
AUG An Innocent in Brazil – Part 2
AUG An Innocent in Brazil – Part 1
JUL Entertaining Foreign Dignitaries - Part 1
JUL Readers Forum
JUL A Blogger in Paradise -Majorca Part 4
JUL A Blogger in Paradise -Majorca Part 3
JUL A Blogger in Paradise –Majorca Part 2
JUL A Blogger in Paradise –Majorca Part -1
JUN Dining Out on Business Travel - Part 6
JUN Dining Out on Business Travel - Part 5
MAY Dining Out on Business Travel – Part 4
MAY Dining out on Business Travel - Part 3
MAY Dining out on Business Travel – Part 2
MAY Dining Out on Business Travel – Part 1
APR A Secure Life Abroad – Part 6
MAR A Secure Life Abroad - Part 5
MAR A Secure Life Abroad - Part 4
MAR A Secure Life Abroad – Part 3
MAR My life in Hotels - Part 4
MAR My Greatest 'Hits'
FEB My life in hotels – Part 3
FEB My Life in Hotels Part 2
FEB My life in Hotels - Part 1
JAN My Life in Bars - Part 1
JAN A Blogger in Paradise - Maldives
JAN Children Behaving Badly - Unmins
JAN Passengers Behaving badly – Concorde
DEC A Secure Life Abroad 2 - Zambia
DEC A Secure Life Abroad 1
DEC Pets Abroad 2 – Carnage in Kitwe
DEC My life in Toilets - Part 2
DEC My Life in Toilets – Part 1
DEC Pets Abroad
DEC Corporate entertaining 3 – Could end in divorce!
DEC Corporate entertaining 2 - A few painful lessons learned
DEC Beware the Bearded Scotsman - SPAA Dinners
DEC Brushes with the rich and famous – Frank Sinatra
DEC Brushes with the rich and famous – Michael O’Leary...
DEC Brushes with the Rich and Famous– Richard Branson.
DEC Brushes with the rich and famous – Naomi Campbel
DEC Brushes with the Rich and Famous – Conference Moderators.
DEC Brushes with the rich and famous – Royalty
DEC Paupers in Paradise
DEC Peril on Planes 2
DEC Stranger than fiction
DEC Peril on Planes 1
DEC The Sleeping Salesman
DEC Our Colin got a Nasty Rash in Brazil.
DEC Pets on Planes. Part 3
DEC Welcome to Lagos
DEC Pets on planes. Part 2
DEC Pets on Planes. Part 1.
DEC A truly sickening idea
DEC Ladies of the Night
DEC A Distressed Salesman in Paris
DEC Getting an Upgrade. A matter of Life and Death?
AUG An Innocent in Brazil – Part 1
JUL Entertaining Foreign Dignitaries - Part 1
JUL A Blogger in Paradise -Majorca- Part 4
JUL A Blogger in Paradise –Majorca- Part 3
JUL A Blogger in Paradise –Majorca -Part 2
JUL A Blogger in Paradise –Majorca -Part 1
JUN Dining Out on Business Travel - Part 6
JUN Dining Out on Business travel - Part 5
MAY Dining Out on Business Travel – Part 4
MAY Dining out on Business Travel - Part 3
MAY Dining out on Business Travel – Part 2
MAY Dining Out on Business Travel – Part 1
APR A Secure Life Abroad – Part 6
MAR A Secure Life Abroad - Part 5
MAR A Secure Life Abroad - Part 4
MAR A Secure Life Abroad – Part 3
MAR My life in Hotels - Part 4
FEB My life in hotels – Part 3
FEB My Life in Hotels Part 2
FEB My life in hotels Part 1
JAN My life in Bars - Part2
JAN My Life in Bars - Part 1
JAN A Blogger in Paradise - Maldives
JAN Children Behaving Badly - Unmins
JAN Passengers Behaving badly – Concorde
DEC A Secure Life Abroad 2 - Zambia
DEC A Secure Life Abroad 1
NOV Pets Abroad 2 – Carnage in Kitwe
NOV My life in Toilets - Part 2
NOV My Life in Toilets – Part 1
OCT Pets Abroad
OCT Corporate entertaining 3 – Could end in divorce!
OCT Corporate entertaining 2 - A few painful lessons learned
SEP Beware the Bearded Scotsman - SPAA Dinners
SEP Brushes with the rich and famous – Frank Sinatra
SEP Brushes with the rich and famous – Michael O’Leary...
AUG Brushes with the Rich and Famous– Richard Branson.
AUG Brushes with the rich and famous – Naomi Campbel
AUG Brushes with the Rich and Famous – Conference Moderators.
JUL Brushes with the rich and famous – Royalty
JUL Paupers in Paradise
JUN Peril on Planes 2
JUN Stranger than fiction
MAY Peril on Planes 1
MAY The Sleeping Salesman
APR Our Colin got a Nasty Rash in Brazil.
APR Pets on Planes. Part 3
APR Welcome to Lagos
APR Pets on planes. Part 2
MAR Pets on Planes. Part 1.
MAR A truly sickening idea
MAR Ladies of the Night
FEB A Distressed Salesman in Paris
FEB Getting an Upgrade. A matter of Life and Death