Best of Tnooz Last Week - Farewell old search, Hello QR, Ponder Big Data

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top five by traffic:

• Ryanair seizes the moment after Gerard Depardieu toilet saga
• How hotels can use QR Codes for marketing and customer service
• Time to wave goodbye to intermediaries in travel brand search results?
• Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, now travel games can really begin
• Ten reasons why Big Data will change the travel industry

Top five by comments:

• Five views from the travel startup coalface
• Why the belle has no clothes at the rental marketplace ball
• Is there anyone out there who really loves the customer?
• Time to wave goodbye to intermediaries in travel brand search results?
• Airbnb tries to get house back in order, guarantee scheme now effective

What you missed on TLabs:

• TLabs Reprise – CruiseLabs 12 months on
• MileWise unveils travel search engine with a loyalty scheme twist
• Five views from the travel startup coalface
• TLabs Reprise – Hipmunk 12 months on
• Guidefabrik puts QandA service in the hands of tourism websites
• Flat-Club targets trust factor in buzz around short-term lettings

Event:

• Tnooz THack heads to Boston

Tnooz Nuggets:

• Tnooz Nuggets – Thursday 18 August 2011
• Tnooz Nuggets – Monday 15 August 2011

GDS news roundup:

• GDS news: Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – August 2011