Tnooz Nuggets – Wednesday 27 July 2011

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Momondo stopovers, Cleartrip monthly payments, Revinate analytics, Carsolize South Africa deal, Advertising Tryp.

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HomeAway introducing preferential vacation rental listings and Facebook integration

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HomeAway is in the process of rolling out tiered payments for listings for vacation rental owners, enabling them to pay higher fees to see their listings climb higher on the page.

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Travelport and Amadeus GDSs to get Frontier Airlines Stretch seats

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Travelport and Amadeus separately announced they reached full-content agreements with Frontier Airlines and will be working on giving their travel agency customers access to the airline’s optional Stretch seating.

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FairSearch-commissioned study: Google may have negative economic impact

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A study commissioned for FairSearch.org concludes that Google’s net impact on the U.S. economy may be “negative” because of the search engine’s “dominance and market power.”

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GOL builds sizeable lead over TAM – Top Brazil travel sites, July 23 2011

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Carrier GOL has secured over a third of all traffic to Brazilian airline websites, extending its lead over TAM from 3% to 8% this week.

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Students build truth finder technology to locate dodgy hotel reviews

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Researchers at a US university have developed software which they claim can identify fake hotel reviews by analysing its linguistic structure.

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Wimdu: Lack of innovation in travel, Airbnb and us poised to win

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While some think it outrageous that a marketplace can have the cheek to support competition, apartment rental site Wimdu thinks everyone including rival Airbnb can benefit.

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Disneyland and others enter charts – Top France websites, July 23 2011

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Pre-summer holiday browsing habits starting in France, as sites enter the top ten destination and accommodation category for the first time.

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Air New Zealand brings in The Hoff, inevitably scores YouTube hit

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Air New Zealand has run a moderately successful web video series for six months or so – featuring interviews with celebrities, hosted by the slightly odd airline mascot, Rico.

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Bang! Expedia jumps to number one – Top New Zealand websites, July 23 2011

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Sizeable leap by Expedia in New Zealand this week to take top spot and a significant lead ahead of arch rivals Hose of Travel and Webjet.

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