Best of Tnooz Last Week – Tingo arrives, Groupon evolves, Cookies clutter, Bounties enjoyed

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• TripAdvisor launches money-back hotel booking site Tingo
• Fly.com: Google Flight Search is struggling, lagging and lacking
• Groupon takes tour operator route in France and Germany, OTA next
• Air France-KLM first up for Google-driven Affinity Search inspiration tool
• SilverRail captures $15M funding round, wants to make rail tickets as easy to book as air
• Ten things to know about fee-for-marketing services for destinations
• Cookies likely to cause indigestion come the end of May
• Room Key launches in new four markets, but Hotelicopter team start bailing out
• Suddenly, with MondoWindow, RouteHappy and SeatGuru, it is all about the flight
• Yes! Time to enjoy the bounty from the technology-led tour and activity sector

Top five by comments:

• TripFab raises additional funds ahead of launch, total so far hits $1.1M
• SilverRail captures $15M funding round, wants to make rail tickets as easy to book as air
• TripAdvisor launches money-back hotel booking site Tingo
• Yes! Time to enjoy the bounty from the technology-led tour and activity sector
• Groupon takes tour operator route in France and Germany, OTA next

What you missed on TLabs?

• Clique brings travel review and recommendation service for personal networks to mobile
• Zarpo claims online travel first by bringing private sales to South America
• Lookze brings history of buildings and destination content to mobiles
• TravelTriangle lets travellers find and pick deals from competing travel agents

What else?

• What Else? Hyatt in-room TV, British Airways self-tagging bagging, TripAlertz guarantees double
• What Else? Secret Escapes, VFM Leonardo, Vayama, Maxymiser, Seats2Meet, TripIt
• What Else? Doyle Collection, ID checks poor, Guernsey shore, MyTravel social, Groupon performance

Events:

• Tnooz-Amadeus FREE Webinar: Tech Power Tools – Changing the way we travel

TnoozLIVE and Webinars:

• Tnooz-Travelport Webinar VIDEO: The (R)evolution of Search
• Tnooz-Wright Express Webinar VIDEO: Practical ePayment applications for travel booking
• Tnooz-BCD Travel Webinar VIDEO: Getting in sync – Tools for communicating with business travelers
• Tnooz-Tealeaf Webinar VIDEO: Understanding the challenges of the multi-channel travel booker
• TnoozLIVE – Episode #1: 2011 roundup and 2012 preview [VIDEO]

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz Last Week – Google eyeing, R-T-Worlding, Future defining, Social numbering

GDS news roundup:

• GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – March 2012

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