What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 27 June to Saturday 3 Β July 2010:
Story of the week:
- Google agrees to buy ITA Software for $700M in cash
- Google-ITA Software deal: official and very unofficial reaction
- Google-ITA Software deal: Industry battle played out World Cup-style
- Google-ITA Software deal: industry stays quiet, very quiet
- Google-ITA Software deal: expert analysis
- Google-ITA Software deal: What did Google get for its money?
- Google-ITA Software deal: Schmidt vague on whether flight metasearch is in the works
- Google-ITA Software deal: how the web reacted
- Google-ITA Software deal: the travel ecosystem as Google now sees it
- Google-ITA Software deal: full statement
Top most commented articles:
- Part Four of Four: TripAdvisor, HomeAway CEOs spar over vacation rental reviews
- Are consumers getting tired of travel websites?
- Part Three of Four: TripAdvisor boss sees competitive advantage growing
List of the week:
TLabs:
Stats:
- Six hours a month spent on Facebook, plus more wild social media data
- Google releases summer 2010 White Paper for travel
- Most popular US travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular UK travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular France travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular Canada travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular Singapore travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular New Zealand travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular Australia travel websites β June 26 2010
- Most popular Hong Kong travel websites β June 26 2010
And the rest (most recent first):
- New airline standards group, OpenAxis, would license Farelogix messages
- Everbread boss hints at groundbreaking things to come
- Expedia offers marketing support for Gulf state tourism boards
- If Google acquires ITA Software and disrupts online travel might Expedia buy Kayak
- GDS Bitesize β service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre
- Directline Holidays boasts traffic and sales jump
- Ten tips to protect data and devices when travelling
- Online travel agency group would bar cities and states from making intermediaries liable for hotel occupancy tax
- American Airlines and British Airways ramping up mobile and in-flight services
- Sabre enables electronic settlement of optional services for first carrier, Avior Airlines
- Stop Google movement emerges in ITA Software acquisition talks
- Points International gives UK Airmiles ability to buy, gift miles
- TravelRepublic blames Fabio Capello and England team for website crash
- Danish travel metasearcher has trains, planes and Southwest
- Google-ITA Software deal hits a snag, array of other interested parties
- VisitBritain hands TravelMuse exclusive content for trip planning tools
- Some airlines looking for standards alternative to Open Travel Alliance
- Virgin Atlantic adds ITA Software flight search
- Bing Travel in the UK? Donβt count on it just yet
- Socialnomics: Four vital social media tips for the travel industry
- Conferma upgrades Hotel Booker platform
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