What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 7 February to Saturday 13 February 2010:
Top three most commented articles this week:
- In a stunner, Travelport pulls IPO
- The Big Chill: American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets and pillows
- Lukewarm response to iPad in Facebook survey of travellers
Controversial topics of the week:
Tip of the week:
And the rest (most recent first):
- Why travel technology standards should not be a snooze
- TSA funds explosive detection devices through jobs stimulus program
- Earth.org enters the great Black Hole of the web
- Eurostar promises smartphones for drivers and better use of social media
- Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 6 2010
- Toyota recalls put brakes on Hotwire car rentals
- CEO-generated content: Expedia leader says no IPO in store for TripAdvisor
- Ebookers may restart expansion plan, about-turn from 12 months ago
- US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 6 2010
- Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 6 2010
- HotelClub gets new president as Orbitz ups fight with Booking.com, Venere
- PerfectPlaces to buy vacation rental sites from Weather Channel Interactive
- South Africa DMO strikes six-figure advertising deal with TripAdvisor
- UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 6 2010
- In private sales, Rue La La offers Gucci watches, Armani sunglasses, hotel stays
- In cunning move, Tripwolf adopts freemium model for iPhone
- HolidayAutos driving forward with full-scale redesign
- Rolling bitesize job news – latest appointments, moves, restructures
- WorldMate battles TripIt for LinkedIn hearts and minds
- Sabre’s GetThere, BCD Travel in distribution agreement
- Viator heads to Scandinavia with four new country sites
- HomeAway gets huge thumbs up for online strategic support for Super Bowl ad
- Google Maps provides more latitude for trip-planners with Nearby Places
- Cap and rave: GuestCentric Systems offers ceiling on booking engine, social media tools
- GAP Adventures turn for dream job-picture-trip online competition
- Travelzoo heads email charts, but are figures representative?
- Look what WAYN online travel network is up to now – dating product to launch
- HotelsCombined adds TUI and HRS to European partners
- Super Bowl ads: Homeaway yes, Google probably, Kayak no
Previous Week in Travel Tech:
- January 31-February 6 2010
- January 24-30 2010
- January 17-23 2010
- January 10-16 2010
- January 3-9 2010
- December 27-January 2 2010
- December 20-26 2009
- December 13-19 2009
- December 6-12 2009
- November 29-December 5 2009
- November 22-28 2009
- November 15-21 2009
- November 8-14 2009
- November 1-7 2009
- October 25-31 2009
- October 18-24 2009
- October 11-17 2009
- October 3-10 2009
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