The Week in Travel Tech - January 3 to January 9 2010

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 13 to Saturday 19 December 2009:

Top three most commented articles this week:

• Should airline boarding passes look like this?
• TSA issues new security directives for all flights inbound to the U.S.
• New TSA security measures mean long-term changes for air travel

Controversial topic of the week:

• Build-your-own package holiday on Thomas Cook and you actually go with Expedia

And the rest (most recent first):

• Kayak gets clubby with exclusive hotel deals
• After soft launch, Travelocity set to unveil desktop app and other deal tools
• Doubts emerging over airport body scanner reliability
• Carnival Cruise Lines still considering social-media policy changes
• Thomson the ugly duckling over online consumer protection notice
• US Travel Association redesigns website 1 year after merger
• New Expedia tagline could change during global roll-out
• Will travel firms take the French approach over untamed Google Suggest tool
• TripAdvisor relaunches AirFareWatchdog brand
• How Expedia handled the crisis, took ‘air out of the competition
• Expedia’s Khosrowshahi: Metasearch forever
• SideStep is still close to our hearts says Kayak
• Open letter to all airports in 2010
• Skyscanner turn into geeks for first ever TV commercial
• Amadeus in-sources customer tech support, Sabre lands LAN
• Should there be balance between air safety and efficiency? NBTA thinks so
• EveryTrail secures funding round, gets thumbs up for new iPhone app
• Check the technology of a travel company before applying for a job
• Western online travel firms need to think differently when they come to China
• New Expedia branding – why taglines are more than just a few words
• US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End January 2 2010
• Ex counter-terrorism official labels TSA rules ‘criminal negligence’ and calls for tech solutions
• Five travel tech IPOs for 2010
• UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End January 2 2010
• Rolling bitesize job news – latest appointments, moves, restructures
• Augmented Reality – oh really?

Previous Week in Travel Tech:

• December 27-January 2 2010
• December 20-26 2009
• December 13-19 2009
• December 6-12 2009
• November 29-December 5 2009
• November 22-28 2009
• November 15-21 2009
• November 8-14 2009
• November 1-7 2009
• October 25-31 2009
• October 18-24 2009
• October 11-17 2009
• October 3-10 2009

Predictions 2010:

• Tnooz predictions for 2010 – the biggest and best list in travel tech

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