lastminuteRecently Last Minute Travel ran their “World for $1” campaign which allowed people to book accommodation for only $1 a night for 15 minutes per day. The “catch” was they didn’t tell people which 15 minutes each day so people had to keep checking back and racing the clock to make their booking.

What it did create was a lot of buzz and site visitation. It might not have generated heaps of sales (rumours have it they had 955 registrations in the first 6 days) but if your aim is to get people to visit your site and start to remember it, its not a bad idea.

The New Luxury Signal: Emotional Stability

The New Luxury Signal: Emotional Stability

Luxury resorts used to sell status and spectacle. Now they sell something quieter: relief. Guests arrive overloaded, and the best resorts are redesigning around sensory calm, reduced friction, and emotional steadiness. Modern luxury is less about what you add, and more about what you remove.

When a town becomes the Shock Absorber

When a town becomes the Shock Absorber

The closure of AKD’s Yarram mill is more than a job loss. It’s a systemic emergency that exposes how vulnerable small towns become when economic shocks arrive without a formal response system. Yarram’s community is already mobilising, but goodwill alone can’t carry what should be a structured, predictable framework for regional crises.