Web Site of the Week

Biztravel.com

 By now, the more astute of you may have noticed a pattern in the "web site of the week." Either I'm a contributor to the site, or it has someone I know and like working there. This week is no exception.

In 1979, CMP Publications founded a lovely little bi-weekly tabloid newspaper called Information Systems News. And, try as he may like to forget it, the original editor of that publication (which went on, after 15 years and a name and format change to become the enormously successful InformationWEEK) was one Joe Brancatelli. Before ISN Joe was a magazine consultant who worked half the year and spent the other half the year on the beach. After ISN he did some of that, and served a stint as editor of Frequent Flyer Magazine.

Joe is one of the best bosses I have ever had, tough but fair, and is also an eloquent natural writer, who should always have a column somewhere. Now, he has two, as a matte of fact, the Brancatelli File and The Tactical Traveler at Biztravel.com. Even though I am not a frequent flyer, both columns are a delight to read.

I read them every week because Joe sends me email reminding me to read them every week. Which is where I got the idea for sending out an email notice of this column. Joe may be a better columnist than me; he certainly writes a better email blurb. Here's his blurb for this week:

THE BRANCATELLI FILE VOTES ON BUSINESS TRAVEL
Since it's election day, I figured I'd vote on the best and worst of business travel in 1998. Find out where peanut-free zones and airline ads rate. You'll even find which column I wish I DIDN'T write and the comment I most wish I DID make this year. Read all about it by clicking the hotlink above or point your browser to http://www.biztravel.com, then choosing The Brancatelli File from the home page.

I hereby resolve to try to write more interesting email blurbs in the future.