Another move...another office!

We have again taken over new offices at Msida to house our growing operation. The ChooseToTravel.com portfolio and team is growing at the rate of one new memb er of staff a month across the operation which now manages various travel sites including ChooseItaly.com, ChooseDubai.com and ChooseSouthAfrica.com.

The new 463 square metre office space gives us room to grow the business whilst also providing a more inspiring working environment for our dynamic team. We have 3 open pl an floors with operations and IT having one each. The third floor penthouse is a super comfy, Google style canteen with table soccer, Nintendo Wii, large shower/ wet room and a state of the art kitchen. We spend a large chunk of our life at work and a great e nvironment for a ll is crucial! Hopefully we will not move for a couple of years!

ChooseMalta.com Triathlon

The 2008 ChooseMalta.com Triathlon Championsip was held yesterday Sunday 5th October in Salina Bay. Being event title sponsors for the second year running I had the honour to present the trophies to the winning athletes. Below is a summarised race report as written by Georgie Rutherford for Tri247.com.

The race, which is organised by the Malta Triathlon Association in partnership with ChooseMalta.com was based on the North coast of the island in Salina Bay and after a few stormy days leading up to the event, competitors woke on race morning to see the usual Malta sunshine had returned. At the 8am start, air temperature was already reaching 20C – bliss for the British competitors who had accepted the invite to take part but cooler for the Maltese who are used to daily temperatures of 40°C during the summer months.

The swim was in the crystal clear Mediterranean Sea and with water temperatures of 24C there certainly was no need for wetsuits. Sprint competitors did a 750m one-lap swim, standard athletes competing for the title of 2008 ChooseMalta.com Triathlon Champion, did a two-lap swim.

The title race for the males was a fierce battle from start to finish between brothers Dermot Galea, chasing his 8th consecutive title, and his younger sibling, Keith Galea (U23). The two lead out the swim, with Luke Bonnici hot on their heels through T1. Bonnici dug deep to try and close the gap on the bike, posting the fastest bike split of the day (1.03.57), and making it an exciting T2 with the three heading out on to the run. The race for the title was not going to be an easy victory with all three pushing the pace over the two lap, 10km run. Bonnici, suffering after his efforts on the bike dropped off the pace leaving the two brothers to fight it out for first and second. Neither Galea brother was going to give up and over the last 500m, with the finish line in site, Dermot gave one last kick to sprint away from his younger brother and retain his title for the 8th consecutive year.

The race for third was still on as Brian Magri stormed his way out of T2 to try and claim the final medal position, catching Bonnici after 6kms.

The women's race saw Danica Spiteri returning to try and also reclaim her title as Malta National Champion.

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