What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 6 June to Saturday 12 June 2010:
Story of the week:
Top three most commented articles:
- Social media sites overtake search engines: travel must adapt quickly
- Great way to search yet five big challenges for door-to-door site Zoombu
- iPhone 4: What does an upgraded handset do for travel
Controversial topic of the week:
List of the week:
TLabs:
- Calling all travel entrepreneurs: Tnooz and WIT unite for Singapore Bootcamp
- FourSquare shows more potential, PlanetEye sees an intriguing use for travel
- TLabs Showcase β Trazzler
- TLabs Showcase β MeetOnCruise
Stats:
- Most popular UK travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular France travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular Canada travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular New Zealand travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular US travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular Australia travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular Singapore travel websites β June 5 2010
- Most popular Hong Kong travel websites β June 5 2010
And the rest (most recent first):
- Western retro β Utah running out of printed maps, travel guides
- Google teams with South African Tourism in World Cup maps mashup
- Will BP social media and public relations efforts appease worried hoteliers?
- Johannesburg airport gets aircraft technology upgrade in time for World Cup
- iProblem was AT&T flaw β Feds open iPad security breach investigation
- United, Continental continue merger work as countdown continues
- Apple kicks Google out of iPhone advertising β travel advertisers will have to make new friends
- Workflow interruptus βContinental delays Wi-Fi installations
- GDS Bitesize β service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre
- Expedia deploys Google Streetview for new hotel search system
- TripWare introduces ad-free website with air booking fee
- Audi takes car travel to the next level with new technology called Travolution
- JackRabbit Systems raises $1.3 million for hotel search engine
- Given a platform, founder of Rearden Commerce takes umbrage at booking tool label
- First Choice creates pre-trip customer web portal
- Highs of social media and lows of distribution in the Long Tail of travel
- Cloud search expert Exalead acquired by Dassault Systemes
- Travelport targets agents of any persuasion with new leisure portal
- Orbitz CFO to retire, company cites outside board commitments
- Cruise website takes The Daily Show approach to online marketing
- Nokia extends Ovi location-aware hotel search into US and UK via Expedia
- PhoCusWright charts future of ancillary services β and it ainβt pretty
- Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration
- US travel agency pushes into Canada with Avoya Travel website
- Easyjet, Ryanair make major gains in web user experience poll
- Bing Maps opens to outside developers, BestParking.com finds a space
- Casa Velas Hotel offers decadent spa treatments and Twitter lessons
- Seniors wants iPads, like Facebook, will read Frommers destinations guides
- Turning hotel search on its head
- Stelios of EasyJet mulls new online travel agency in Europe
- Beware of competitions on the web, nowhere to hide for Zugu
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