Best of Tnooz Last Week – Visually appealing, Engineering travel, Wiki-led hotelsNewsBy PhocusWire | January 29, 2012Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz last week? Top five by traffic:How rich visuals generate more travel bookingsGoogle Earth software engineer tracks flights, tours and treesWith Google, Apple and Facebook on the prowl, will hotels lose even more control of distribution?TripAdvisor analytics tools enable hoteliers to monitor the competitionIs it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?Top five by comments:Reputation management firm Olery seals $1m funding for further expansionHow rich visuals generate more travel bookingsIs it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?MyGuidie aims to bring hand-picked local activities and experiences to the massesZozi turns to celebrities to run travel experiences [NOT Charlie Sheen]What you missed on TLabs last week?Tripbox wants to show life remains in the online travel agency modelMyGuidie aims to bring hand-picked local activities and experiences to the massesNear2there brings alerts and ways to discover destinations to mobile devicesTnoozLIVE:TnoozLIVE – Episode #1: 2011 roundup and 2012 preview [VIDEO]Forthcoming events:Tnooz-Tealeaf FREE Webinar: Understanding the challenges of the multi-channel travel bookerTravel Technology Europe 2012What you missed before:Best of Tnooz Last Week – Global hotel play, Startup killer, Solving industry problemsGDS news roundup:GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – January 2012More Tnooz:Like Tnooz on FacebookFollow Tnooz on TwitterSign up to Tnooz daily email alertsGet in touch with Tnooz