Closed for The Cup

The "race that stops a nation" will tomorrow also close Capital Reservations ... for the day.

Our office will be closed tomorrow (for the entire day) as Adam and I are off to Doomben to enjoy the Melbourne Cup festivities in a marquee. The menu (by renowned chef Philip Johnson) and the drinks package (including Bollinger champagne) was way too good to turn down so we're off to the track but will of course be back as per normal on Wednesday.

If you need any assistance tomorrow (Perth next week most likely) please e-mail the details through to me and we'll get on to it first thing on Wednesday morning.

Capital Reservations' theme song!

If you've ever listened to the music playing in the background of our office, you'll know we listen to Triple J (Renee would be proud). In between the hundreds of phone calls this week, Adam brought to my attention the song below and after hearing it for myself, I'm now naming it our theme song!

Why "Jump in to the fog" by The Wombats? The opening line is:
"What a great achievement it was to get a hotel room this late"
Which is pretty much what we do all day every day!

Welcome back Adam!

When the GFC hit, Adam (our office manager) went to work for a friend of mine's company that wasn't affected by the economic slowdown. Is it was a secondment type arrangement in that the idea was always for him to return to Capital Reservations as things got back to normal for us. I'm pleased to say that after a good 2010, especially the end of it, Adam is back in the office (after a little over 18 months away) and ready for a big 2011.

A number of the agents who have been using us for a while will remember working with him, for those that haven't, please be patient as he might just take a little time to find his feet again.

8th birthday

Yesterday, Capital Reservations officially turned 8 years old!

During these tough economic times, there was no champagne, no cake, no celebrating until the corporate accommodation market starts to pick up again.

We celebrated 5 years in style and enjoyed a slightly less formal 7th birthday last year, so going on that record we should celebrate again next year.

In the meantime, my sincere thanks to all of the staff I've had over the years, thank you to all our customers, supporters and suppliers. Your support is truly appreciated.