The Week in Travel Tech - Do we still LIKE Google and Apple?

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 18 April to Saturday 24 April 2010:

Story of the week:

• Panic for most, joy for a few as rumour of Google-ITA Software deal intensifies

Top three most commented articles this week:

• Volcanic ash cloud and European travel - live blog
• Lonely Planet realises FREE is quite a good idea, claims three million downloads in a week
• Facebook Dislike, anyone? TripAdvisor gets in on the Like craze

Controversial topic of the week:

• Apple wants to be the ultimate travel assistant with iTravel

From TLabs:

• TLabs Showcase – BookingBug
• TLabs Showcase – AccessMyID

Stats:

• UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 17 2010
• US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 17 2010
• Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 17 2010
• Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 17 2010

And the rest (most recent first):

• British Airways blames computer system for complex ash ticket re-issuing
• Spirit Airlines now resolves the reclining-seat tussle
• Former Virgin Blue exec brings online travel agency Webjet to US
• Google puts user reviews and ratings into AdWords
• Is Google-ITA really a great fit?
• How some volcanic ash turned travel and data mashups into stars
• Market opportunity? Spirit Airlines debuts pre-reclined seats
• In pictures: How air traffic returned to Europe
• Alaska Airlines taketh and giveth
• KLM uses Facebook for social media luggage tag promo
• Air Asia on ancillaries, Facebook and mobile
• Fly.com, Vayama take metasearch into opaque fares from OneWorld, Star Alliance carriers
• No pain, no gain? Delta aglow with Northwest integration synergies
• What is take-up of TripAdvisor Business Listings product? [Updated]
• British Airways, Alaska Airlines, AirTran scoring points for Points.com
• Travelport pleads for transatlantic emergency task force after ash cloud drama
• Concur expense services goes the extra mile with Google Maps
• American Airlines details direct-connect plans, says user-pay model is urban myth
• Everbread scores early and signs major technology deal with Cheapflights
• Survey: Travel businesses lack perk push to customers
• AeroMexico to transition from HP to Sabre as new reservations-system provider
• Wall Street Journal online travel agency partner ceases operations
• Travolution Summit 2010 – live blog
• GDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre
• Way down upon the Yangtze River, Victoria Cruises opts for 3G Web connections
• TripAtlas Custom Trips tab enables agents to market vacations to consumers
• Amadeus IPO still on track despite European volcano ash crisis
• How social media came to the fore in the European ash crisis
• MyTravelGoogle nothing to do with Google, just cheeky opportunism
• JetBlue to continue free checked bags, airlines rule out carry-on fees
• So who is right in the airline merchandising row?
• TripAdvisor and Expedia face legal action in France over hotel listings

April 11 to April 17 2010

Notices:

• Tnooz #tcamp4 at the OpenTravel Advisory Forum
• Node biographies and articles