Best of Tnooz last week – Social coups, No harm done, Falling to Earth, New distribution

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Lowcostholidays scores a social media coup, while Thomas Cook scrambles to respond
• Booking.com says it isn’t harming hotel owners by putting canceled rooms up for resale
• Six marketing lessons from Red Bull and the man who fell to Earth
• Industry speaks out as IATA lifts lid on open standards distribution plan
• Booking.com enables Passbook via its iPhone app
• Unprofitable Jetsetter is up for sale
• How to innovate: Lessons learned the hard way by Travelocity founder Terry Jones
• Social travel site Trippy may have hit turbulence
• TripAdvisor’s Show Prices tool is open to hotel owners
• A one-click business trip and friendly reviews via Facebook win THack @ WIT Singapore

Top five by comments:

• Booking.com says it isn’t harming hotel owners by putting canceled rooms up for resale
• Lowcostholidays scores a social media coup, while Thomas Cook scrambles to respond
• Industry speaks out as IATA lifts lid on open standards distribution plan
• Six marketing lessons from Red Bull and the man who fell to Earth
• Is this how Facebook fan pages work – beg then hurl abuse to get likes?

TLabs Showcase:

• CasaHop uses social graph to create trust in the home swap experience
• Want Me Get Me pulls back the velvet rope on VIP hotel stays
• MyVR brings bespoke website design and seamless marketing to independent property owners

How to:

• Getting the skinny on mobile in a one size does not fit all world
• Considerations for leveraging loyalty across mobile, web and in person

• A one-click business trip and friendly reviews via Facebook win THack @ WIT Singapore

Talking Travel Tech blog:

• Six marketing lessons from Red Bull and the man who fell to Earth
• Is this how Facebook fan pages work – beg then hurl abuse to get likes?

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – SEO games, Birthdays all round, Haters, Instant bookings, Walk-Ins

Coming up:

• Tnooz-Amadeus FREE Webinar: How to market and sell unbundled travel

Previous events:

• Tnooz-Travelport webinar VIDEO: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantage
• 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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