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Can TripAdvisor hotel reviews be trusted?
If websites like TripAdvisor are riddled with fake reviews, where will the traveller go for authentic advice, asks Charles Starmer-Smith.
I used to wax lyrical about TripAdvisor. It represented citizen journalism at its best. Instead of glossy brochures and toned-down guidebook reviews, travellers suddenly had access to real warts’n’all accounts, from real people, paying real money. [...]
Hotel Rates are Back on the Rise
Average hotel prices in Europe for a standard double are 90 pounds in February 2010; three percent more than the previous month. This is the first increase in hotel prices since September 2009 when average rates became more favourable month after month. In comparison to February 2009, hotel prices are seven percent less. These are [...]
Confidence barometer 2010: Most hotel operators cautiously optimistic
Crisis-hit 2009 is over. The hotel sector felt the full force of the global economic collapse. However, it seems the worst is behind us, and confidence is growing in all quarters that 2010 will be a better year.
With this in mind, hotel.info, the free online reservation service for more than 210,000 hotels worldwide, conducted a [...]
TripAdvisor Honors World’s Top Hotels With 2010 Travelers’ Choice Awards
TripAdvisor®, the world’s most trusted source of travel advice, today announced the winners of its 2010 Travelers’ Choice® awards. With 719 properties winning awards this year, the eighth annual competition is the largest ever, including new categories such as trendiest hotels, best relaxation/spas and world’s top hotels by region.
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Booking volumes rise in fourth quarter; noticeable revival in international business
hotel.de AG, one of the leading worldwide online hotel reservation services, can report positive developments in its booking volumes for the fourth quarter of 2009. The initial trend towards recovery already seen in the domestic business in the third quarter was followed by a recovery in the international business as well in the fourth quarter. [...]
Threatened holiday destinations
In the wake of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, HolidayCheck draws a list of popular tourism destinations that are threatened by global warming and that are definitely worth a visit before it’s too late.
As one of the oldest cities in the world with an incredible array of architectural monuments, Athens is among the favorite cultural [...]
Priceline.com Releases Its Annual List of Top New Year’s Party Spots
Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today released its 6th annual list of top 50 destinations for ringing in the New Year. For the 5th year in a row, Las Vegas is the #1 destination for New Year’s revelers.
Priceline.com also reported today that the average published rate for a 3-star or higher hotel in the U.S. for New [...]
Online Hotel Booking Sites Experiencing Big Surge in Look-to-Book Ratios
Online travel shoppers are clicking their hearts out, but not many of them are actually booking hotel rooms, buying airline tickets or renting cars.All that looking — minus the booking — costs online travel companies additional server space and technology infrastructure. And it could get worse before it gets better.
Analysts say a combination of the [...]
AirAsia’s $3 hotel rooms target Phuket
TuneHotels.com, the Malaysian budget hotel venture affiliated with the no-frills carrier AirAsia, is making a debut in Thailand as part of its aggressive Asian expansion that could lead to more than 100 sites becoming operational by 2014.
The company announced yesterday a strategic partnership with Evolution Capital Plc (EC), a SET-listed real estate investment and management [...]
HolidayCheck launches its new site
HolidayCheck officially launches the enhanced .com site. Usability and design have been improved, making it even easier for users to submit hotel and cruise reviews, upload their own holiday pictures and videos and share their travel experiences with others.
“The launch of the new .com site is extremely significant”, says Friedrich Scanzoni, Managing Director of the [...]
