Best of Tnooz last week – All about crunching, new directions, challenges, testing and new owners

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Data crunching to find the cheapest airline in the world
• Airbnb moving in to tours and activities? An obvious strategy to continue its disruptive model
• Managing travel itineraries: Easier said then done even with digital tools
• How real are challenges to dethrone Google as king of hotel distribution?
• TripAdvisor finds itself with a new controller: Liberty Interactive Corporation
• After early hype and a quiet year, Everbread says it has something baking in Singapore
• Top ten tips for hotels to improve their search engine presence
• Travelocity sells Asia-Pacific agency Zuji to Webjet for $25 million
• Google tests Flight Explorer platform to bring inspiration into the search equation
• Big data – where it’s coming from, where it’s headed [INFOGRAPHIC]

Top five by comments:

• Airbnb moving in to tours and activities? An obvious strategy to continue its disruptive model
• How real are challenges to dethrone Google as king of hotel distribution?
• Data crunching to find the cheapest airline in the world
• Managing travel itineraries: Easier said then done even with digital tools
• Wifi not a deal breaker when it comes to recommending a hotel

TLabs Showcase:

• Experience Flight brings sky-high tours and activities back down to earth

How to:

• Top ten tips for hotels to improve their search engine presence

The Scan:

• Booking.com told to stop using display ads that lack real-time rates, and more news

Data:

• Jetstar and Qantas swap places, Virgin falls back – Top Australia travel websites, November 2012
• TripAdvisor closes in on top spot – Top Brazil travel websites, November 2012
• Hotel prices in Asia – December 2012 to February 2013
• Thomson loses crown to Expedia – Top UK travel websites, November 2012

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – All about killing competition, marketing evolution, sauce, guides and PR

TCritic:

• Managing travel itineraries: Easier said then done even with digital tools
• Shaken, never stirred: ioSafe (REALLY) Rugged Portable Hard Drive

Coming up:

• ENTER 2013 – Innsbruck (January)
• Travel Technology Europe 2013 – London (February)

Previous events:

• Tnooz-Sabre Webinar VIDEO – App explosion: how B2B apps reinvent travel and create new services
• Tnooz-Datalex Webinar VIDEO – Traveller experience: bridging divide between merchandising and loyalty
• Tnooz-Tealeaf webinar VIDEO: The mobile traveler experience
• Tnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: How to market and sell unbundled travel
• Tnooz-Travelport webinar VIDEO: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantage

GDS news roundup:

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

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