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The Case of Which? Versus TripAdvisor: A View You Should Read

2019-09-18 by Phil Butler

Which? versus TA

A BBC story the other day has cast a bigger shadow on the world’s most trusted travel review entity, TripAdvisor. The lead in to BBC’s coverage begins with “TripAdvisor has hit back at allegations that it is failing to stop a flood of fake reviews that artificially boost hotel ratings.” Here’s a dissenting view the […]

Tags: BBC, consumer advocate, fake news, fake reviews, hotel reviews, reviews, TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor reviews, Which?

MyGuestXP Provides Curative for Negative Hotel Reviews

2018-09-14 by Phil Butler

A new and innovative online platform I ran across is taking aim at mitigating negative hotel guest reviews. MyGuestXP connects any hotel Wi-Fi systems, allowing hotel management to step in before negative reviews hit websites like TripAdvisor.

Tags: Arday Ardayfio, Guest Satisfaction, hotel bookings, hotel reviews, hotels, MyGuestXP, PR, ROI, TripAdvisor

Booking.com Releases “Best of Booking’s Best”

2014-05-09 by Liliana Steffens

At Villa Meneghetti in Bale, Croatia - One of Booking's Best

Booking.com just revealed their “Best of Booking’s Best” – the accommodations according to some 20 million real, relevant and recent customer reviews. The list provides summer travelers with more insight into the best places to visit and stay in the world.

Tags: accommodations, Booking.com, hotel ratings, hotel reviews, World hotels

Sunshine.co.uk Buys RealHolidayReports

2014-04-16 by Phil Butler

Holiday and Hotel Reviews

RealHolidayReports has been purchased by UK holiday review site Sunshine.co.uk. The online travel agency says the acquisition was for better informing clients about holidays.

Tags: hotel reviews, review sites, travel tech, UK reviews, UK travel

How to Handle Fake Posts on Travel Review Sites

2013-02-21 by Federico Einhorn

Fake reviewer

Hospitality firms with online presence can introduce and sell their products not only to actual customers directly, but also to the networks reached by customer feedback. More people reading customer reviews means a wider market reach, as any people use travel review websites in planning trips and sharing travel experiences. It’s been shown that three quarters of online travelers use three or more travel review websites before final booking. But there’s a problem…

Tags: fake reviews, Hospitality marketing, hospitality rating, hospitality SEO, hotel reviews

Flip.to Adds Regional Reps to Hospitality Equation

2013-01-16 by Delia Gavrilescu

Flip.to landing page

Flip.to, an amplified word of mouth innovator that helps hotels gain conversions via guest spreading the good word, has announced adding more North America sales execs.

Tags: airline marketing, guest reviews, guest services, hotel marketing, hotel reviews, marketing, restaurant marketing, review service

GuestComment Fights Fraudulent Hotel Reviews

2012-08-21 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Guestcomment

GuestComment enables a genuine dialog between a hotel guest and management while the guest is still onsite.

Tags: GuestComment, hotel reviews, TripAdvisor

Tune Hotels Bags TripAdvisor Awards

2012-05-30 by Mike Wheatley

The runaway success of Tune Hotels, the world’s leading value hotel chain with properties across Southeast Asia and the UK, has been officially recognized by the world’s largest travel site, TripAdvisor, which has just awarded it with a Certificate of Excellence for its consistently outstanding user reviews.

Tags: Certificate of Excellence, hotel reviews, Pay-As-You-Use, TripAdvisor, Tripadvisor awards, tune hotel, Tune Hotel Westminster, Tune Hotels

RateTiger Enhancement Will Gauge Review Sentiments at a Glance

2011-11-21 by Mike Wheatley

Hoteliers will soon have a new tool at their disposal which will help them to quickly and effectively gauge the sentiments from its user reviews on sites on the web.

Tags: channel and revenue management, eReyMax, Global Hotel Exchange, hotel managers, hotel reviews, hotel technology, hoteliers, RateTiger, semantic search

TripAdvisor’s Fake Reviews Sickness Goes Critical

2011-09-02 by Phil Butler

TripAdvisor Joker

TripAdvisor, the leading online travel reviews site in the world, is now under investigation by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over concerns reviews from travelers may be illegitimate. A formal investigation has reportedly been launched on the heels of complaints TripAdvisor’s reviews problems have reached monumental levels.

Tags: Advertising Standards Authority, Amazon, Craigslist, David Streitfeld, Digital Point, Expedia, fake reviews, forums, G+, Google Plus, Google Travel, hotel reviews, Kwikchex, online reviews, online travel, restaurant reviews, SEO, Tnooz, TripAdvisor, trusted reviews

Good: Ness Takes on Restaurant Suggestion

2011-08-26 by Phil Butler

Ness takes lots of data and suggest best choices

TripAdvisor brought you reviews to help you make decisions about travel, Nileguide added depth of information, Stay.com added custom guides, now Ness is adding the personal touch. It seems the search for highly relevant search is not over yet, at least not in travel. Ness Search – Job One: Restaurants Ness Computing seems to have made good […]

Tags: apps, Corey Reese, guides, hotel reviews, iPhone, Ness, Ness Computing, Nileguide, restaurant reviews, restaurants, search, social apps, social graph, Stay.com, TA reviews, travel apps, travel technology, TripAdvisor

White Line Hotels – There In Black and White

2011-07-07 by Phil Butler

Town Hall London

Paris, London, New York, or even a Caribbean cruise, what’s the one thing all vacations have in common? The place a traveler stays after arrival, for one. Argo Travel News went far afield today in search of the extraordinary. After all, while we seek pattern and commonality in travel, many times – isn’t it the “unique” that is so often missing?

Tags: Aegean Suites Hotel, Croatia travel, France travel, Greece travel, Hotel Blaue Gans Salzburg, hotel marketing, hotel promotion, hotel reviews, hotels Europe, Inis Meáin, Ireland travel, Korčula, Les Pleiades, Lešić Dimitri Palace, Skiathos Island, Spain hotels, Tnooz, White Line Hotels, World hotels

Oyster Travel Reviews’ Latest Pearl – Oyster Shots

2011-06-30 by Phil Butler

Oyster image search

Oyster.com, one of the most innovative travel review entities in the world, announces what they term “Oyster Shots” – a first ever photo powered hotel search engine.

Tags: high def photos, hotel photos, hotel reviews, Oyster reviews, Oyster Shots, travel deals, travel photos, travel reviews, travel search, travel search engine, travel tools, travel websites




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