What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday March 21 to Saturday 27 March 2010:
Top three most commented articles this week:
- Google Maps adds hotel search and pricing, panic and confusion assured
- Expedia alums at NewTravelco acquire TravelPost from Kayak
- Why mobile is about to change how travel companies use social media
Controversial topic of the week:
Lists of the week:
- Top ten technology gadgets for the modern cruise ship
- Online travel reboots – Seven companies from bosses coming back for more glory
- Six critical issues to consider with social media in travel
From TLabs:
Stats:
- UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 20 2010
- US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 20 2010
- Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 20 2010
- Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 20 2010
And the rest (most recent first):
- Oyster.com makes play for travel agents, slaps Fodors, online travel agencies
- TripAdvisorPro – premium service for hotels? Not so fast
- How Google made search sexy again in one week
- What do developers at Kayak do on a slow week?
- TRX be nimble, TRX be quick
- Not to be outdone by Google hotel maps, TripAdvisor debuts maps with vacation-rental pricing
- FlightMemory, FlugStatistik — Challenges of tweeting across cultures, languages
- Lonely Planet CEO – more integration, premium content works, mobile push
- Ryanair – we will not engage in social media
- With InterContinental onboard, Google launches remarketing and ad-targeting from YouTube
- GDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre
- China Lodging Group IPO shines light on Ctrip supplier strategy
- With Amadeus IPO plans now public will Travelport try again?
- WestJet to sell seat assignments through Travelport
- New website for TravelFusion, plots Twitter streams and trip scoring system
- Day Ten of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel
- Why mobile itinerary planning and sharing is starting to get very interesting
- Travelocity takes on Priceline, Hotwire with Top Secret Hotels
- NileGuide iPhone app features multisource content, many destinations
- TripAdvisor finally unveils mobile version of website
- Day Nine of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel
- NewTravelco — Breakwell, Slyngstad, Sunhil, Barton and the telephone guy
- Amadeus 2009 results – top-line summary
- NewTravelco by Expedia alums raises $9.8 million from 25 investors
- In a blur, Expedia Egencia expands corporate travel into seven more countries
- Will car rental firms finally put a brake on customer no-shows?
- SideStep ex-CEO thinks Kayak math adds up
- Day Eight of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel
- Airline discovers why you need balls to mess with FIFA
- Day Seven of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel
Housekeeping:
Previous Week in Travel Tech:
- March 14-20 2010
- March 7-13 2010
- February 28-March 6 2010
- February 21-27 2010
- February 14-20 2010
- February 7-13 2010
- 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
Notices:
- Tnooz #tcamp4 at the OpenTravel Advisory Forum
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