Best of Tnooz Last Week - Glassy future, Bigging up data, Cruel tricks, New distribution, Loyalty

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Google Glass – the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?
• Browsing from mobile devices now a quarter of traffic to travel sites
• Big Data – how airlines should use it more effectively to boost ancillary revenue
• New airline distribution model? Ok, but not without recognition of agents’ value in the chain
• Which loyalty card is the best choice for travelers? [REPORT]
• Before and after in the world of Passenger Service Systems for airlines
• Hotels checking in with booking engines on Facebook and mobile – or maybe not
• Cruel trick in an airport using hidden cameras becomes YouTube hit [VIDEO]
• It’s a Captcha, but not as we know it
• IATA opts for Open AXIS as technical standard for NDC initiative

Top five by comments:

• Big Data – how airlines should use it more effectively to boost ancillary revenue
• Wikimedia and Internet Brands end their legal wrangling, but can Wikivoyage become relevant?
• Invasion of the privacy snatchers: How social media monitoring impacts consumer relationships [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Hotels checking in with booking engines on Facebook and mobile – or maybe not
• Google Glass – the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?

TLabs Showcase:

• Luxury segmentation arrives onto the airport car rental tarmac with Silvercar

What you missed before:

• Mergers, Social basking, Forum woes, Different focus

How to:

• Is your travel footage worthy of an Oscar or destined for a Razzie?

THack:

• Tnooz THack heads down under to Sydney

TData:

• Goodbye Air Canada, hello WestJet for top spot – Top Canada travel websites, January 2013
• Southwest shows airline rivals who is the daddy – Top US travel websites, January 2013
• Tour operators dominate during peak season – Top UK travel websites, January 2013

TCritic:

• EO Travel Roller: Some roll in there, but needs a little bit more to be a rock star
• Managing travel itineraries: Easier said then done even with digital tools
• Shaken, never stirred: ioSafe (REALLY) Rugged Portable Hard Drive

Coming up:

• Tnooz-Sabre FREE Webinar – Airline ancillaries: What is working in today’s marketplace (Feb 27)
• ITB - Berlin (March 6-10)
• Tnooz THack - Sydney (April 2-12)

Previous events:

• Tnooz-Monetate Webinar VIDEO: Transforming the supplier-driven travel booking experience
• Tnooz-WEX Webinar VIDEO: Success stories for e-payments in travel booking
• 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:

• Travel distribution news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – February 2013

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