Returning from leave from a place like Namibia last week (no email, no news, barely-there cell reception... utter bliss...), the noise, speed and intensity of high octane Joburg always hits me like a shock wave on arrival. Notable are the constant innovations in marketing and branding at OR Tambo International Airport in recent years - a kaleidoscope of colour and brands, with the rash of new low cost airlines certainly adding to the colour palate. So I thought it particularly appropriate when I received branding in our in-flight lunch boxes from Walvis Bay to Joburg from Vitaforce with its Nutri-B vitamins and promotional material to aid "stressful living". Very appropriate for those of us returning to Joburg from our holidays! And for everyone else closing up shop this week and heading for the hills, the sea and anywhere but work, please travel safely and refresh! Bizcommunity.com sends out its last ezine for the year on 15 December, and we reopen on 8 January, with our first ezine for 2007. The website will however be updated with news throughout December and January for the diehard workaholics and Biz addicts. Happy holidays! Au revoir! Louise Marsland, editor, editor@bizcommunity.com.