Best of Tnooz This Week - Startup despair, Channel switch, Commission queryNewsBy PhocusWire | August 14, 2011Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?Top five by traffic: Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problemsTravel analyst Harteveldt leaving Forrester to form Atmosphere ResearchTravel site cuts Google spend after success of Facebook as a new channelSocial media strategy: Expedia apologizes and engagesDealBase, Expedia, Kayak, Travelocity, Orbitz sued for patent infringementTop five by comments:Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problemsAre online travel agency hotel commissions reasonable?Travel analyst Harteveldt leaving Forrester to form Atmosphere ResearchHow airlines use Twitter – July 2011 [infographic]Social media strategy: Expedia apologizes and engagesWhat you missed on TLabs:TLabs Reprise – Discover Anywhere Mobile 12 months onPointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manageTLabs Reprise – Globetrooper 12 months onTracks.io pictures a new way to organise travel images on a mobileEvent:Tnooz THack heads to BostonTnooz-TripAdvisor FREE webinar: Reputation management and beyondTnooz Nuggets:Tnooz Nuggets – Thursday 10 August 2011Tnooz Nuggets – Tuesday 9 August 2011GDS news roundup:GDS news: Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – August 2011