Best of Tnooz last week - Social nowhere, Marketing Big Data, Bouncing agents, Long Tail leapNewsBy PhocusWire | October 28, 2012Share This article was originally published on What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?Top ten by traffic:Friends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhereAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud hiccup takes down Airbnb, Foursquare, and other startups for hoursOnline travel content – now is the time to take it REALLY seriously. With bloggers. PleaseWhat every marketer needs to know about Big Data in the travel industryOffline travel agents are bouncing back because web is bewildering [says travel agent group]Quirky travel mapping application allows travelers to visualize trip planningApple debuts iPad mini, moves to dominate mobile ad market — challenging travel companiesBig tech alert: Long tail markets may leapfrog traditional travel retailersWhy your website should have lots of blueGuiomatic says its white-label travel guides are supersizing OTA conversion ratesTop five by comments:Online travel content – now is the time to take it REALLY seriously. With bloggers. PleaseWhat every marketer needs to know about Big Data in the travel industryEleven tips when picking the best channel management technology for hotelsBig tech alert: Long tail markets may leapfrog traditional travel retailersFriends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhereTLabs Showcase:Villij, a tool for friend-sourcing recommendations, talks businessGuiomatic says its white-label travel guides are supersizing OTA conversion ratesQuirky travel mapping application allows travelers to visualize trip planningHow to:Eleven tips when picking the best channel management technology for hotelsWhat every marketer needs to know about Big Data in the travel industryTHack:A one-click business trip and friendly reviews via Facebook win THack @ WIT SingaporeTalking Travel Tech blog:What’s on the travel brain today: Personalization, trust, interoperability, and coopetitionData:GOL surges to take top spot from TAM – Top Brazil travel websites, September 2012Expedia loses ground to Wotif and Webjet – Top Australia travel websites, September 2012What you missed before:Best of Tnooz last week - Social coups, No harm done, Falling to Earth, New distributionComing up:Tnooz-Amadeus FREE Webinar: How to market and sell unbundled travelFREE Webinar: The mobile traveler experience by Tnooz and Tealeaf, an IBM CompanyPrevious events:Tnooz-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 – 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