What was to become the Intown network started late 1994 with a very basic technology site and the construction of a few websites for customers wanting to join the emerging wonder called the internet.

It was all slow modems, no fancy web publishing systems, a flashing image was about as interactive as was possible and there was no such thing as Google, eBay, Facebook or even Internet Explorer, they were years away.

Our original technology site later went on to become Gizmo Highway and today it is still one of our most popular sites. Gizmo Highway received huge world wide exposure a few years back when it was featured on the BBC Television program ’Click Online’ which helped attract a whole new audience to our suite of websites. (watch the episode)

Intown or www.intown.com.au began life online late in 1998 and was a fairly humbly “what’s on in Geelong guide”,  it soon grew, and over the years has had many expansions, facelifts and enhancements to make it the regions premier tourist and entertainment guide. Intown attracts tens thousands of visitors every month looking for things to do and researching the wider Geelong region.

Along the way the Intown Team expanded their suite with a range of other websites and blogs. Within Cooee stretched the boundaries out of Geelong and focuses on Australia’s great cities. We  then focused on Asia, bringing in the rich tastes and aromas of Asian Cooking with Wokme.

Happy Jappy the Japanese travel guide soon followed to help make a holiday  to Japan less of a chore and more enjoyable. The team had several visits to Japan to research stories and to find hiden jems in this facinating and amazing country. Happy Jappy is now one of our most successful sites to date.

The very popular beer blog Hoppsy, random travel site Tripandom and transport blog Transeum soon followed.

Intown Entertainment purchased a Las Vegas travel website and rebranded it What’s hot in Vegas in late 2008 bringing the glitter of the popular US gaming city to the suite. After trips to Las Vegas the site has been expanded and vistiors are steadily growing.

For the 10th Anniversary of Intown Geelong we undertook a major overhaul of the site and launched a new look bringing with it the latest in technology and some great news stories to further promote Geelong and the region.

2011 saw the Intown network enter the social network with the suite of sites joining both Twitter and Facebook.  Intown also Geelong lauched the region’s first tourism site for smartphones.