The Week in Travel Tech - Kayak swoons and bloggers are revoltingNewsBy PhocusWire | May 8, 2010Share This article was originally published on What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 2 May to Saturday 8 May 2010:Story of the week: Kayak buys German travel search site Swoodoo Top three most commented articles: Southwest Airlines tops Continental, United, Northwest in ancillary-fee revenueFacebook gives TravelMuse some back talkTripAdvisor eyes Amazon strategy and launches affiliate scheme Controversial topic of the week: British Airways targeting social media with first trip for bloggers From TLabs: TLabs Showcase – CruiseLabsTalking Travel Tech – Julien Laz of Cityzeum Stats: UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 1 2010US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 1 2010Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 1 2010Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 1 2010 And the rest (most recent first): In Frommers view of mobile, iPad pageviews are looking niceIrony calls as Paris hotels lead drive for TripAdvisor Business ListingsVideo: How airspace returned to normal after volcanic ash cloudExpedia US follows European lead and launches agent affiliate schemeTechnology sector appears unfazed by UK election drama and European money meltdownWolf of PhoCusWright chronicles online travel, mobile chaosSabre deal with British Airways exposes growing complexity of airport technologyGDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and SabreWhat are the top UK travel sites in Google when searching for hotels?United-Continental merger — is all lost for Amadeus?Travelport Q1 2010 results – bitesize summaryExpedia drops the blocks for debut Australia-New Zealand TV commercialConsultant: Airlines love fees, hotels will be infatuated tooGoogle unveils new search design, filters have a travel feel about themOrbitz Worldwide Q1 2010 results – bitesize summaryWith Carlson Wagonlit-WorldMate deal, itinerary management pairings emergeWAYN and Rummble unite for travel tips service, site back in the blackYapta: JetBlue, Alaska Airlines flights most frequently eligible for refundsHotels.com unveils wacky augmented reality projectApple acquiring Siri gives the iTravel project a major boostTravdex 2010 in Atlanta – exhibitor profilesAirlines Reporting Corp adds some pop to settlement toolLouisiana tourist board avoiding any oil slick talk on the web or social mediaUnited-Continental wasting no time with merger website Last Week in Travel Tech: Arizona Angst and the Google story that will not go away Notices: Explore the Tnooz TSoftware storeNode biographies and articles