Best of Tnooz Last Week - Conversions, Zombie startups, Blackmail, Kissing and TestingNewsBy PhocusWire | March 17, 2013Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?Top ten by traffic:Expedia quietly starts testing new website designs – hello big images!Five tips from Expedia on how hotels can convert OTA traffic into bookings in 2013Black(mail?) cards are not welcome at hotelsTime to feed the zombie travel startups to the lions (aka The Successful Ones)Four travel APIs to quickly change the way you interact with your customers onlineTravelport and American Airlines kiss and make up, litigation over and distribution deal returnsConcur continues spending spree, acquires ConTgo for location-based servicesLastminute talks lean innovation strategy, plans Tripbod integration after email trialExpedia completes Trivago investment dealTravel blogger makes it to a TED stage [VIDEO]Top five by comments:Lastminute talks lean innovation strategy, plans Tripbod integration after email trialTime to feed the zombie travel startups to the lions (aka The Successful Ones)Not all is rosy in the world of new breed car rental services: RIP WhipCarTravel blogger makes it to a TED stage [VIDEO]Black(mail?) cards are not welcome at hotelsTLabs Showcase:Loco2 brings European rail bookings to UK marketCapitaine Train is France’s first well designed website for booking European rail ticketsTravelNerd promises to do all airport related homework for youWhat you missed before:Best of Tnooz Last Week - Urgency, Feeds, Sign-ins, Context, Graveyards, NFC and moreTHack:Tnooz THack heads down under to SydneyTCritic:EO Travel Roller: Some roll in there, but needs a little bit more to be a rock starManaging travel itineraries: Easier said then done even with digital toolsShaken, never stirred: ioSafe (REALLY) Rugged Portable Hard DriveTnoozLIVE:TnoozLIVE VIDEO – February 28 – Mergers, NDC, activities, Glass, always connected, meta marriageComing up:Tnooz THack - Sydney (April 2-12)Previous events:Tnooz-Sabre Webinar VIDEO – Airline ancillaries: What is working in today’s marketplaceTnooz-Monetate Webinar VIDEO: Transforming the supplier-driven travel booking experienceTnooz-WEX Webinar VIDEO: Success stories for e-payments in travel bookingTnooz-Sabre Webinar VIDEO – App explosion: how B2B apps reinvent travel and create new servicesTnooz-Datalex Webinar VIDEO – Traveller experience: bridging divide between merchandising and loyaltyTnooz-Tealeaf webinar VIDEO: The mobile traveler experienceTnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: How to market and sell unbundled travelTnooz-Travelport webinar VIDEO: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantageGDS news roundup:Travel distribution news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – March 2013Tnooz in other places:Like Tnooz on FacebookFollow Tnooz on TwitterWatch Tnooz and other videos on YouTubeConnect with Tnooz on LinkedInTnooz essentials:Sign up to Tnooz daily email alertsGet in touch with TnoozMedia pack