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News and interviews on Wotif including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Unemployment falls to 5% in December but jobs growth weak: Economy RoundupThursday, 13 January 2011
The unemployment rate fell to 5% from 5.2% in December, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...
Tim Alpe
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Today we travel across the Tasman to talk to Tim Alpe, the co-founder of travel business Jucy. Tim, who was just named as New Zealand’s Entrepreneur Of the Year, started the business in 2002 with his brother Dan, concentrating on affordable car rentals. Today ...
WebJet and Wotif shares under pressure over profit outlook – can these eCommerce leaders still expect explosive growth?
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The weakness of the retail sector may be starting to hit the once-impenetrable online markets, with shares in travel and accommodation sites WebJet and Wotif falling between 6-10% during the last month due to weaker profit outlooks. ...
Tech entrepreneur Dave Stevens slams NBN, calls for rural areas to be upgraded with improved satellite, wireless connections
Friday, 24 September 2010
Wealthy IT entrepreneur Dave Stevens says the National Broadband Network is a waste of money and more attention should be put on improving connections in rural areas through technology, including wireless and satellite. ...
Digital entrepreneurs back NBN cost-benefits study
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Digital entrepreneurs have called for the Government to implement a cost-benefit analysis of the National Broadband Network, with TPG chief executive David Teoh leading the charge in an unusual public comment regarding the infrastructure project. ...
How to rebuild your share portfolio
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Despite last year's powerful rebound in share prices and the flow of promising economic news for Australian economy in recent weeks, the S&P/ASX200 is still only 68% of its record high of 6,827 reached on November 1, 2007. ...
An important gesture
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
The chief of the National Broadband Company, Mike Quigley, is likely to cop a lot of criticism over the next eight or so years, while the rollout of one of Australia's biggest nation-building projects takes place. ...
Noni B and Wotif shine through retail gloom with profit upgrades
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens might be warning of a new conservative mentality among consumers, but online travel booking site Wotif.com and women's clothing retailer Noni B both impressed the market yesterday with profit upgrades. ...
10 lessons from the dotcom bust
Thursday, 25 March 2010
March marks a decade since the beginning of the end for the dotcom bubble. On March 10, 2000, the technology-heavy NASDAQ sharemarket index peaked at 5048.62 – double its valuation of a year earlier – with a slew of highly speculative public offerings for web-based ...
Tourism's tenacity
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The tourism industry has been severely hurt by the downturn but companies are managing to survive by watching their bottom lines closely and communicating openly with staff, the latest results of the SmartCompany Dun & Bradstreet Industry Growth List reveal. ...
Wotif posts bumper profit, launches new online flight booking site Wotflight
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Hotel booking site Wotif is branching into the online flight booking market with the launch of its new sister site, Wotflight. ...
Jetstar teams up with AirAsia, Services sector still struggling: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
Jetstar has formed an alliance with budget carrier AirAsia in order to cut costs, which will see the two companies produce a joint specification list for a new generation of aircraft. ...
Wotif buys GoDo from Red Balloon founder Naomi Simson
Friday, 11 December 2009
Online travel booking site Wotif has entered into an agreement to acquire booking site GoDo, founded by SmartCompany blogger and RedBalloon chief executive Naomi Simson. ...
Leaving home
Friday, 11 December 2009
In the passed eight years since founding RedBalloon, we’ve created several businesses along the way and they all have led to other greater things. ...
Clock is ticking
Monday, 23 November 2009
Another day, another survey on the public's position on climate change. ...
Yahoo!7 acquires travel site
Monday, 28 September 2009
Yahoo!7, the joint venture between Yahoo! and Channel Seven, has made its first acquisition, buying online travel information company Totaltravel.com for $20 million last Friday. ...
Government set to tighten eligibility requirements for R&D grants
Friday, 18 September 2009
The Rudd Government will tighten eligibility requirements of its new R&D grants under its new tax credit scheme, which will come into force from 1 July next year. ...
Carsales success should drive more floats: Bartholomeusz
Friday, 11 September 2009
There would have been a lot of relieved investment bankers and promoters after Carsales.com.au drove smoothly onto the ASX lists. The listing, the first big initial float since the financial crisis erupted, was seen as a vital tone-setter for the pipeline of ...
VroomVroomVroom.com.au
Tuesday, 08 September 2009
Richard Eastes Peter Thornton David Eastes Smart50 rank: 27 Revenue: $3,589,000 Growth: 65.45% Principals: Peter Thornton, 46; Richard Eastes, 30; David Eastes, 25 Based: Queensland Employees: 13 Industry: Internet Website: www.vroomvroomvroom.com.au ...
Wot's news?
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
Today on Lunch with an Entrepreneur, Amanda Gome talks to Richard Slatter, the general manager of news aggregator Wotnews. ...
