The Week in Travel Tech – TripAdvisor LinkGate, iPhone 4, Social-Search Battle

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 6 June to Saturday 12 June 2010:

Story of the week:

• Thomas Cook wants to be a top online travel agency, so who might it buy?

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:

• TripAdvisor defends link policy on Business Listings, not search engine-friendly

List of the week:

• Five tips to get that travel technology job application noticed

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 – Trazzler
• TLabs Showcase – MeetOnCruise

Stats:

• Most popular UK travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular France travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular Canada travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular New Zealand travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular US travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular Australia travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular Singapore travel websites – June 5 2010
• Most popular Hong Kong travel websites – June 5 2010

And the rest (most recent first):

• Western retro — 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 — Feds open iPad security breach investigation
• United, Continental continue merger work as countdown continues
• Apple kicks Google out of iPhone advertising — travel advertisers will have to make new friends
• Workflow interruptus –Continental delays Wi-Fi installations
• GDS Bitesize – 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 — and it ain’t 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

Last Week in Travel Tech:

• Facebook Agents, Devilish Apple and Ironic Aussies

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