Best of Tnooz last week – Rethinking UEX, Buying, Ass-pain, Doomsday, Parental guidance

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Imagine what Ryanair could do online if it REALLY cared about user experience and design
• TripAdvisor buys trip planning service Wanderfly
• Turns out, social media is a pain in the ass for destinations
• Why Priceline’s purchase of Booking.com was the most profitable travel deal of the 2000s
• EasyJet goes down the inspiration route for flight search
• It’s the end of the world as we know it – Expedia kind of hopes so
• Turning social media reaction into booking action for travel brands [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Could Booking.com be a good parent to the new .hotels domain extension?
• Foursquare takes restaurant bookings – how long until it locates late hotels and activities?
• Airlines need to take-off not face lengthy delays with innovation

Top five by comments:

• Turns out, social media is a pain in the ass for destinations
• Imagine what Ryanair could do online if it REALLY cared about user experience and design
• Australian distribution strategy could be template for other tourism boards
• Why Priceline’s purchase of Booking.com was the most profitable travel deal of the 2000s
• What do airlines really know about using social media in 2012?

How to:

• Stop talking and now do something about it – SoLoMo is a commercial win-win-win for travel
• Australian distribution strategy could be template for other tourism boards

TLabs Showcase:

• Travelmob, Asia’s version of Airbnb, passes Go, collects $1 million, and plots its future
• Cabforce looks to drive down cost of taxis across Europe via pre-booked model
• Block Avenue brings every block to the cloud

Data:

• Middle East hotel prices – September to November 2012

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – Types, Claims, Ranks, Assaults, Planning, Lates and Trippers

Coming up:

• Tnooz-Travelport FREE Webinar: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantage

THack @ SFO:

• Throw online gaming at a cruise trip? There is a hack for that
• Destinations, hotels, tours and activities – now groups can vote for their favourite on Facebook
• Travelport takes a tablet to combine the social graph of Facebook with activities, flights and hotels
• Trip planning for food and drink – a match and a hack made in heaven for travellers
• DataArt hacks away to bend your trip into something new
• The buzz of San Francisco Bay, taking off the rose-tinted specs, and seeing the Space Shuttle

Previous events:

• TnoozLIVE – AUDIO: Economy and consumer trends, how they hit tech, social and mobile
• Tnooz-PhoCusWright VIDEO: LIVE research with YOU as the subject
• 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 travelers
• Tnooz-ITB Academy webinar VIDEO: Hotels and mobile – What is next?

GDS news roundup:

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

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