The Week in Travel Tech - November 8 to 14 2009

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 8 November to Saturday 14 November 2009:

Top three most commented articles this week:

• Get Funded Show 2009 – all 18 pitches reviewed
• Tnooz live at TravelBlogCamp
• Google real estate is all commercial above the fold – problem?

And the rest (most recent first):

• Does Hostelworld-WRI purchase signify a return to normality?
• Tourabout aims to plug travel distribution gap by going social
• Amadeus warns off scraping iPhone app maker, reveals launch of own service
• eDigitalResearch: One in three have axed holiday plans in 2009
• Why the fuss over Twitter when Facebook is the place for travel?
• Choice Hotels-Expedia agree to new contract in blink of an eye
• Three easy changes to a travel website that will make users happy
• Round-up – Understanding and boosting ancillary revenue
• Will Gordon Wilson be Travelport’s next CEO?
• JetBlue gets more corporate with high-yield GDS distribution
• Will Daodao PLUS Kuxun EQUAL a good fit for Expedia in China?
• Survey – online travel, innovation and beyond
• Day Ten of Ten – Understanding and boosting ancillary revenue
• Google, Sabre see mobile ads as a moveable feast
• I Love TV Advertising troop expands, Skyscanner says Me Too
• Consumers, OTAs deal with car inventory gone missing
• US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End November 7 2009
• Priceline stealing share, planting seeds
• TravelRepublic victory gives hope to UK online travel startups
• Day Nine of Ten – Understanding and boosting ancillary revenue
• UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End November 7 2009
• PhoCusWright: ‘Bleak’ outlook for U.K. market, but online bookings growing
• Storytelling and destination marketing – not as easy as it looks
• Day Eight of Ten – Understanding and boosting ancillary revenue
• Travelzoo more like a media company every day as it expands ad network
• Day Seven of Ten – Understanding and boosting ancillary revenue

Previous Week in Travel Tech:

• November 1-7 2009
• October 25-31 2009
• October 18-24 2009
• October 11-17 2009
• October 3-10 2009

Top three most commented articles of all time on Tnooz:

• The internet is ruining travel journalism
• Lead technology supplier for Thomas Cook goes into administration
• Google helping TripAdvisor to maintain barrier to entry

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