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Greece’s Archaeological Museum of Pella Wins Travelers’ Choice Award

2020-10-06 by Argophilia Travel News

The Stag Hunt Mosaic

The Archaeological Museum of Pella has been awarded the 2020 Traveler’s Choice Award by the international travel site Tripadvisor.

Tags: Alexander the Great, Archaeological Museum of Pella, Greece attractions, Greek museums, Museums in Romania app, Pella, reviews, TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor reviews

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?

A Top Ten of Crete Stays from TripAdvisor

2018-01-16 by Phil Butler

With hundreds of choices as to where to stay on Crete, one of the best ways to choose is to read and compare reviews before booking. Given the swath of worldwide hotels reviewed by TripAdvisor, we thought we’d save readers and potential travelers a bit of time sorting things out for themselves.

Tags: Ammos Hotel, Avli Lounge Apartments, Casa Delfino Hotel & Spa, Casa Vitae Hotel, crete, Crete accommodations, Crete hotels, Heraklion hotels, Porto Veneziano Hotel, Rethymno hotels, reviews, Samaria Hotel, top reviews, TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor Crete, TripAdvsor reviews

TripAdvisor Taps Into Medallia® SaaS

2013-03-14 by Rhett Butler

TripAdvisor

SaaS Customer Service Management (CEM) leader Medallia® has just announced a partnership with TripAdvisor® for making a better engagement via the travel company’s review process.

Tags: CEM for Travel, OTA's, reviews, TA, travel reviews, Travel SaaS

Localeur – The Latest Shot At Nearby Travel Recommendations

2013-03-11 by Phil Butler

Best places at Localeur

With localized information and services finally coming to the forefront, Austin, Texas gets a brand new travel startup named Localeur that takes aim at Milennial travelers. The local recommendation service is powered by insiders on the ground, according to the news.

Tags: local recommendations, local reviews, local travel, localization, professional reviews, recommendation engines, recommended by locals, reviews

Will Expedia’s “Verified” Reviews Fly?

2012-01-02 by Phil Butler

Expedia losing ground

Last week, Danny King over at Travel Weekly hit the nail on the head with his assessment of Expedia’s so called “verified” review system. Expedia Verified Reviews attempts to qualify hotel reviews using “use” of Expedia as a criteria. Having pushed TripAdvisor from the OTA nest on its own, Expedia seems intent on milking the last drop from the user review teat.

Tags: Danny King, Expedia, Expedia stock, Google, Google flights, Google Travel, hotel finder, market, option monster, Priceline.com, reviews, stocks, travel reviews, Travel Weekly, TripAdvisor, verifiable reviews

Twigmore Puts People First in Travel

2011-11-27 by Phil Butler

Twigmore

A new startup called Twigmore is aimed directly at putting people and their real impressions of “places” in the correct order. Unlike many “geocentric” travel tools, this new entry tries to arrange for local review wisdom for your trip planning. At least this seems like the gist.

Tags: Facebook travel, Giulia Cozzolino, Google Travel, Muriel Devillers, opinions, Opinno, Orli Yakuel, reviews, TechCrunch, travel opinions, travel startup, travel tools

Google + and Really Refined Reviews – Coming Soon

2011-07-23 by Phil Butler

Bring it on Google, bring it on

The suggested Google Travel entity could be just around the corner. According to the news from Tnooz and Kevin May, Google unceremoniously yanked third party reviews from hotels on Google Maps and Google Places, a move May suggests puts Google’s review credibility down there with TripAdvisor’s. But what if?

Tags: Expedia, Google, Google ITA, Google Maps, Google Places, Google reviews, Google Travel, Kayak, Kevin May, Mashable, online travel, reviews, Sabre Group, TechCrunch, Tnooz, travel tools, TripAdvisor

Oyster.com Gets $10 million Boost from Travel Channel

2011-04-26 by Tavis J. Hampton

Oyster travel channel funding

The sun must seem a little brighter this week for folks at Oyster.com.  In its Series B funding round, Oyster raked in $10 million from the Travel Channel and Bain Capital, a previous investor. The Travel Channel chipped in $7.5 million of the funding, taking with them a minority stake in the hotel-booking website.  In […]

Tags: Bain Capital, funding, hotel booking, Oyster.com, Photo Fakeout, reviews, series B, Travel Channel, undoctored photos, website




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