Best of Tnooz last week - All about Priceline-Kayak, more tours, semantic, global pages and maturityNewsBy PhocusWire | November 11, 2012Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?Top ten by traffic:Priceline buys Kayak for $1.8 billionTravel dreamers beware: Fake Instagram accounts offering free flightsPriceline-Kayak deal: Marketing expertise and global footprint at heart of $1.8 billion takeoverThe next big travel technology opportunity: a mobile-only booking giant for tours and activitiesSemantic search will be standard across online travel by 2020What do Global Brand Pages on Facebook mean to travel? [Hint: quite a lot]5 top travel trends in the next 5 years include smart TVs and Lamborghini Hotels, says studyWill airlines step up and provide a better hotel booking experience?Where are you on the Social Media Maturity scale?Rihanna previews her flirtatious, adventurous campaign for Visit BarbadosTop five by comments:Priceline buys Kayak for $1.8 billionThe next big travel technology opportunity: a mobile-only booking giant for tours and activitiesWill airlines step up and provide a better hotel booking experience?Semantic search will be standard across online travel by 2020RFID wristbands are so last year – social media-loving hotel connects fingerprints to FacebookTLabs Showcase:Traverie helps you tap Facebook friends for travel ideasWanderu aims to be the Kayak of intercity rail and bus travelHow to:What do Global Brand Pages on Facebook mean to travel? [Hint: quite a lot]Ten more tips for picking the best channel management technology for hotelsWhat you missed before:Best of Tnooz last week - All about tours, ancillaries, mobile, blacklists, Adwords and mapsTCritic:Shaken, never stirred: ioSafe (REALLY) Rugged Portable Hard DriveComing up:Tnooz-Datalex FREE Webinar – Traveller experience: bridging divide between merchandising and loyaltyPrevious events:Tnooz-Tealeaf webinar VIDEO: The mobile traveler experienceTnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: How to market and sell unbundled travelTnooz-Travelport webinar VIDEO: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantageTnoozLIVE – AUDIO: Economy and consumer trends, how they hit tech, social and mobileTnooz-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 – November 2012GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – October 2012Tnooz in other places:Like Tnooz on FacebookFollow Tnooz on TwitterWatch Tnooz and other videos on YouTubeConnect with Tnooz on LinkedInTnooz essentials:Sign up to Tnooz daily email alertsGet in touch with TnoozMedia pack