The Week in Travel Tech - April 4 to April 10 2010NewsBy PhocusWire | April 10, 2010Share What you missed on Tnooz - Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 April 2010. What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 4 April to Saturday 10 April 2010:Biggest story of the week:Top three most commented articles this week:Controversial topic of the week:Lists of the week:From TLabs:Stats:And the rest (most recent first):Last Week in Travel Tech:Notices:Tnooz #tcamp4 at the OpenTravel Advisory ForumNode biographies and articlesWhat you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 4 April to Saturday 10 April 2010:Story of the week: Who will make money from mobile in travel and how will they do it?Top three most commented articles this week:Did Spirit Airlines get carried away with carry-on fees?Lonely Planet raises the iPad flag [follow-up 1 and follow-up 2]Hacker claim by ResponsibleTravel just a marketing wheezeControversial topic of the week: Set phasers to stun – Davidson accused of warped logix about airline industryFear and loathing in the airline industry, innovation on hold?Lists of the week:Ten reasons why 2010 is NOT the year of the mobile in travelSix of the big questions around travel merchandisingFrom TLabs:TLabs Showcase – MyTripGuruTLabs Showcase – EverbreadStats:UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 3 2010US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 3 2010Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 3 2010Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 3 2010And the rest (most recent first):Bangkok – when travel, social media and politics collideHouse committee may probe US airlines on Ryanair pay-toilet schemeYourTour to drive trip planning channel for National-Citer car rental siteNo Internet Explorer was a drag so Gliider drops Mozilla-only premiseGDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and SabrePassengers railing about airline fees? Amtrak on record ridership paceGoogle has high hopes for upper-funnel AdWordsWhy Social TV was born to be in the hotel industryTUI showing faith in media revenue as Cheqqer expansion across Europe beginsHomeAway adds holiday home sales alongside rentalsTraditional guidebook publisher and newbie, Frommers and NileGuide, trade contentTravelport extends IBM agreement through 2014 with zTPFTeletext Holidays latest to single out social media as key channelConcur completes $287M note offering, eyes acquisitionsAir Asia claims social media victory, admits huge resources needed to manageWill American Airlines make travel agents, corporations pay for content?All Nippon Airways chooses Savvis for IT infrastructure servicesOrbitz makes white-label push through iSeatz distribution dealBritish Airways completes full house of GDS deals, Sabre signs agreementeBay India tries the travel booking route, signs deal with YatraAnyone remember the Kindle? Amazon and Michelin doGoogle Topeka logo highlights challenges for second-tier DMOsRoyal Caribbean builds cruise app to track kids and plan activities – but with a twistHello Delta — Southwest-WestJet codeshare snafu more than SabreSonic issueAwardWallet illustrating growth of ancillary sites as Expedia and others joinTravelocity trying every conceivable channel as Roaming Gnome hits ChatrouletteMuch to admire, still more to do, with boredom-fixing Goby iPhone appKayak, Mobiata size up the iPad transition and like the design freedomLast Week in Travel Tech:March 28 to April 3 2010Notices:Tnooz #tcamp4 at the OpenTravel Advisory ForumNode biographies and articles