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Gloomy weather for Deckchair.com

Deckchair.com, the travel site founded by singer Sir Bob Geldof, said Thursday... Read more

28 February, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

News Burst: Geldof rules out Deckchair.com flotation

...Bob Geldof has ruled out a flotation for his travel-bookings company, deckchair.com (See Internet IPO bubblers Read more

29 October, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

Deckchair.com dreams of profit

...World Travel Holdings, the company that bought Bob Geldof's travel site deckchair.com, claims that it is about to make some money. The company... Read more

3 January, 2002 by Ben King

Linux fells another NT dot com

...Geldof became an unlikely advocate of open source computing Thursday: his company, Deckchair.com, is to move over to the Linux operating system. A spokesman... Read more

1 June, 2000 by Will Knight

Geldof's travel site staff sacked

Sir Bob Geldof's online travel company, Deckchair.com, is cutting over a quarter of its staff to cut costs... Read more

27 February, 2001 by Ron Coates

Ebookers still travelling the path to profitability

...a contrast to the many dot-coms, such as rival travel site Deckchair.com, who have been laying off staff in response to a sector... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Jane Wakefield: You've got mail

...of the dot-com millionaires with the launch of online travel site deckchair.com, the former Boomtown Rat and current saint admits this week -- in... Read more

19 June, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

News Roundup: The business of Linux

...02nd Jun 2000. Linux fells another NT dot com Bob Geldof's Deckchair.com receives a technical overhaul to use the Linux OS. Thu, 01st... Read more

8 June, 2000 by Will Knight

Startup Spotlight: ebookers.com

...faces plenty of competition, with lastminute.com , Buzz.com, Microsoft's Expedia, Deckchair.com and others fighting for the attention and favour of UK consumers... Read more

24 November, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

Five years ago... Delays leave online travel site stranded

...point 14.04.99 After six months of delays, flight reservations website Deckchair.com will finally go live today. But many observers think the service... Read more

14 April, 2004 by silicon.com staff

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