Gogobot, founded by Travis Katz and Ori Zaltzman in Menlo Park, California, has launched in private beta. Gogobot’s mission is to make trip planning more fun by making it easy to connect and share travel advice with friends. Gogobot connects users with friends and people like them for travel advice and links the advice they give in real-time with maps, pictures, pricing and descriptions.

Accor has chosen to partner with TripAdvisor to collect reviews from travelers after they return from their stay, thus taking advantage of TripAdvisor’s experience in collecting and moderating user-generated content.

Priceline.com announced the availability of its Hotel Negotiator hotel room booking app for Android devices. The iPhone-compatible version of Hotel Negotiator, which was released in 2009, is one of the most popular free travel apps on the App Store. The Hotel Negotiator app for Android features the Priceline Negotiator (William Shatner) and lets travelers use their Android devices to quickly find and book last-minute hotel rooms using priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price hotel service.

Orbitz has launched the first native application for the iPhone and Android mobile devices allowing customers to shop and book a broad selection of air, car rental and hotel options. In addition, the company announced the launch of a next generation mobile website (http://m.orbitz.com/) that enables consumers to access Orbitz from any web-enabled mobile phone. Orbitz optimized for the iPhone and Android phone is available to download for free. Visit www.orbitz.com/mobile for more details.

As part of a continued effort to use customer feedback as the key driver in product improvements and innovations, ARC has rolled out a new version of its Memo Manager product, MM3. This latest version of Memo Manager is built on a new platform that improves the efficiency and usability of the application. Customers will notice less clicking and pop ups, better groupings of memos and easier navigation between pages.

Preferred Golf launched the new Golf VIP Desk and Buddy Trips from Preferred Golf website, which enables friends to plan their next getaway quickly and efficiently without the hassle of trying to figure out who’s in, who’s paid, and who’s making the reservations. Simply choose a destination and Preferred Golf will handle the rest, from making reservations, setting up tee times, club rentals, luggage shipment and other golf getaway needs.