Best of Tnooz last week - Types, Claims, Ranks, Assaults, Planning, Lates and TrippersNewsBy PhocusWire | September 30, 2012Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?Top ten by traffic:Traveller types based on social media and technology habits [INFOGRAPHIC]British Airways claims to have invented the flight check-in of the futureGoogle AuthorRank promises major changes for travel searchLatest assault on travel from Google: A virtual tour guide for mobilesSorry everyone – online travel planning still looks like it is brokenBusiness travellers love apps for maps and social media but shun the specialised travel stuffManaging the last-minute channel: the hotel perspectiveCan a road-tripper make his way around the US on $11-a-day using social media sites?HomeAway retires Holiday-Rentals brand, claims poor brand recognitionTUI Travel acquires MalaPronta, Brazil’s rising OTATop five by comments:Sorry everyone – online travel planning still looks like it is brokenCan a road-tripper make his way around the US on $11-a-day using social media sites?Google AuthorRank promises major changes for travel searchCrisis creates opportunity – how responsive design can help travel brands in bad economic timesTraveller types based on social media and technology habits [INFOGRAPHIC]How to:Google AuthorRank promises major changes for travel searchCrisis creates opportunity – how responsive design can help travel brands in bad economic timesData:Hotel prices in Asia – September to November 2012What you missed before:Best of Tnooz last week - Map ups and downs, Writing woes, Last-minute impact, Wireless HellComing up:THack @ WIT – Developers, come and show what you’re made of in SingaporeTHack @ SFO:Destinations, hotels, tours and activities – now groups can vote for their favourite on FacebookTravelport takes a tablet to combine the social graph of Facebook with activities, flights and hotelsTrip planning for food and drink – a match and a hack made in heaven for travellersDataArt hacks away to bend your trip into something newThe buzz of San Francisco Bay, taking off the rose-tinted specs, and seeing the Space ShuttlePrevious events:Tnooz-PhoCusWright VIDEO: LIVE research with YOU as the subjectTnoozLIVE – VIDEO: Marketing to the new traveller in AsiaTnooz-Sabre webinar VIDEO: Technology and its massive impact on the travel experienceTnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: Rethinking airports for future connected travelersTnooz-ITB Academy webinar VIDEO: Hotels and mobile – What is next?GDS news roundup:GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – September 2012More Tnooz:Like Tnooz on FacebookFollow Tnooz on TwitterSign up to Tnooz daily email alertsGet in touch with Tnooz