The Week in Travel Tech - Google's evolving ecosystem, new tech PR world, and moreNewsBy PhocusWire | July 10, 2010Share This article was originally published on What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 4 July to Saturday 10 July 2010:Story of the week: Google-ITA Software deal: Google quietly adds new rival to travel ecosystem chart Top most commented articles: Are travel writers shills for the cruise lines?Three quarters of consumers use Google Suggest to begin their travel searchEverbread secures funding in region of $85M from Bessemer Venture PartnersControversial article of the week:Should travel PR companies stop trying to woo Old Media and switch to travel retail sites?Google-ITA Software latest:Google-ITA Software deal: Part of recent Google shopping behaviorGoogle-ITA Software deal: Google expects Justice Department will handle inquiryGoogle-ITA Software deal: Justice Department silent on antitrustTLabs:Students create handy mash up of travel content from Twitter, Flickr and othersTLabs Showcase – WazzambaTLabs Showcase – VayantTLabs Showcase – TourRadarTLabs Showcase – TripTwitStats:Most popular UK travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular US travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular France travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular Canada travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular Singapore travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular New Zealand travel websites – July 3 2010Most popular Australia travel websites – July 3 2010And the rest (most recent first):GDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and SabreThe Lebron James hunt — and the travel angleAmerican Airlines to begin distribution of optional services exclusively through FarelogixBMI bans competitors and swearing on site Twitter feed, everything else goesThomas Cook will use Travelport for new European online travel agency, sorry AmadeusEasyJet tantalising close with Facebook bookings, but still not thereFacebook goes talent shopping, acquires assets of travel recommendation site NextstopAmerican Airlines proceeds with plans for HP Jetstream reservations systemContinental-Travelport extension — Will 2011 airline distribution talks be a tame affair?Man who used Twitter to travel the world goes Old School, writes a bookTrekAmerica creates spin-off social network, claims a revolutionTripAdvisor turns into Cannes Lions with advertising competitionSabre acquires flight crew management solutionMishandled baggage — Netanyahu’s bodyguards add to American Airlines statisticsVolaris signs Accertify for online travel fraud protectionDiscover Anywhere launches self-guided mobile toursTravelport unveils major airfare partnership for RussiaThelma and Louise female social travel site finds a new roadFly.com launches multi-city search, mulls national TV advertising campaignTravelzoo changing of the guard — Chris Loughlin becomes CEONew chief marketing officer at Orbitz is algorithmic kind of guyAmadeus to trial new ancillary services platform through CorsairFlySunshine.co.uk continues travel domain land grab, secures top Spain URLLufthansa Systems gets a new CEO but challenges remainLast Week in Travel Tech:Fantastic startups, iPad advice and THAT deal in fullNotices:Calling all travel entrepreneurs: Tnooz and WIT unite for Singapore BootcampExplore the Tnooz TSoftware storeNode biographies and articlesTnooz on a Map