Best of Tnooz last week – Mobile legals, Hotel fixes, NFC-loaded, Curiosity and cartoons

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Mars Curiosity rover leaves first TripAdvisor review – not a happy visitor, might be fake
• WebJet error offers seven-day Bali trip for less than price of a coke
• The truth about online hotel star ratings [CARTOON]
• Mobile travel apps: enjoy the opportunities but beware of the legal risks
• Singapore may become the world’s first NFC-enabled city this month
• Beyond social media – A rough guide to Employee Generated Content in the travel industry
• Travel writers and bloggers – what technology do they use on the road? [INFOGRAPHIC]
• United suffers major network outage, passengers hit as systems collapse
• Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints
• Marketing a destination mobile app – the sweat equity approach

Top five by comments:

• Travel writers and bloggers – what technology do they use on the road? [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints
• TripBirds swaps travel tips platform for social media-led hotel booking service
• The truth about online hotel star ratings [CARTOON]
• Young travellers get holiday advice from UK Foreign Office via app

How to:

• To increase scores and bookings, hotels must respond to guest reviews
• Marketing a destination mobile app – the sweat equity approach
• Beyond social media – A rough guide to Employee Generated Content in the travel industry
• Mobile travel apps: enjoy the opportunities but beware of the legal risks

Startups on TLabs:

• Yabbedoo seeks to disrupt with local deals and travel news service

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – Ecosystems, How to be nice, Fixing prices, Juicy tales, Bogus prodding

Coming up THIS WEEK:

• Tnooz-PhoCusWright FREE Webinar: LIVE research with YOU as the subject
• THack developer hackathon heads west – Silicon Valley here we come

Previous events:

• TnoozLIVE – VIDEO: Marketing to the new traveller in Asia
• Tnooz-Sabre webinar VIDEO: Technology and its massive impact on the travel experience
• Tnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: Rethinking airports for future connected travelersTnooz-ITB Academy webinar VIDEO: Hotels and mobile – What is next?
• TnoozLIVE – Episode Two [VIDEO]: Big Data Special, Mobile, Search and more

GDS news roundup:

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

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