This week...mobile is the future of travel, cruise ship refit is on the web and the latest on Google’s Panda update.

Welcome back to 'This week'! In our latest instalment, we've taken our picks of the latest and most important developments in the worlds of travel and technology and put them all together in one place! You can also find out more about CWT Digital and read all about our Big 10 campaign. Enjoy!

CWT Digital news

The Big 10 continues... 18th April – Our Big 10 campaign continues to go from strength to strength. The winner of our first Big 10 prize is Escape Worldwide who will receive an online company rebrand courtesy of the CWT Digital design team. Plus, the competition for our SEO Audit prize is well under way and will close on the 22nd of April. Visit our Big 10 page for more information.

We’re giving away a cruise website! 18th April - As part of our Big 10 campaign and to coincide with the ACE Cruise Convention in May, we are giving away a cruise website to one lucky winner! The winner will receive a cruise website built on our leading Click2Cruise platform and will also benefit from bespoke design, £5,000 marketing budget courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line and three months free hosting. Find out more and enter to win!

Travel news

Cruise news: new programmes revealed, late bookings and focusing on the UK. 13th-15th April – TTG Live reports on this week's most important developments in cruise, including Paul Gauguin Cruise's 2012 programme, Carnival Cruises' focus on the UK market and the later booking trends reported by Royal Caribbean.

The Canary Islands sees a surge in popularity. 15th April - Breaking Travel News reports on the surge in popularity for holidays to the Canary Islands. Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria have all seen a significant rise in holiday bookings for 2011.

Grand Princess refit caught on camera. 13th April - Princess Cruises have launched a daily dry dock video diary to allow cruise ship fans a unique insight into the refitting process.

Technology news

Google claims that mobile in travel is 'happening fast'. 15th April - Google's Director for Travel has said there has been a 'huge growth' in mobile travel, and that mobile travel queries had grown from accounting for 6% of all travel queries in 2010 to 20% in 2011.

EasyJet wants support for ash cloud detector technology. 15th April - TNooz reports on EasyJet's call for the European Union to support aircraft technology designed to detect volcanic and dangerous dust particles in the air.

Google's Panda update: news and views. 15th April - Breaking Travel News reports on the impact of the latest algorithm update from Google, and TNooz has a great article on tips for ethical link building in line with the Panda update.

We hope you've enjoyed catching up on the latest news from CWT Digital as well as the travel and technology sectors. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for more news and updates throughout the week.