tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post2748442039420469325..comments2023-06-23T07:45:28.484-04:00Comments on Dennis Schaal Blog: Hotel-Review Dilemma: Expedia's TripAdvisor Gives Notice, Expedia.com Mum, But...Dennis Schaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073829623151186628noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-10172288197076572432011-09-10T01:13:14.661-04:002011-09-10T01:13:14.661-04:00Hi all...
Nice information! Hotel reviews and rat...Hi all...<br /><br />Nice information! Hotel reviews and ratings often show you the condition and value of customer service at various hotels. Higher rated hotels are often more expensive, but may offer several other features that other hotels do not. Thanks.Hotels in Bhubaneswarhttp://www.thecrown.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-23194121657114783632009-06-17T12:11:35.136-04:002009-06-17T12:11:35.136-04:00As long as money is involved such information will...As long as money is involved such information will always be up for maniplation. I myself prefer to check a number of sites to see the opinions about a hotel, but still take all the posts with a grain of salt. One persons view really depends on many factors from how was his flight, what time he arrived, who happened (or not) to be at the front desk, what room he /she got, etc etc. Id note that tour operators are much more popular in europe than in the usa (probably due to the distances) and a personal view from an agent who has been on the site and/or sent many clients to a hotel is priceless.Bilety lotniczehttp://www.letsfly24.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-75667048791701746042009-06-16T17:53:37.964-04:002009-06-16T17:53:37.964-04:00I'd rather have it there than not. People sho...I'd rather have it there than not. People should read several reviews and form their own opinions.<br /><br />Some people do very little when they go into a hotel. They check in, sleep, get up, check out. If their room was done by a maid who did a better job than the maid on another floor, they would have a different experience.<br /><br />There is not an easy way to allow the public to comment without it being skewed somewhat.<br /><br />I know of places I've stayed that has horrible internet, and read reviews where people have said "great internet". I've gone to places where it was just fine, and had people complain of unending problems. It happens, we have to be able to interpret these things.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364630559603896449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-16259157330444889422009-06-16T11:26:25.101-04:002009-06-16T11:26:25.101-04:00It is a shame hotels try to manipulate the system ...It is a shame hotels try to manipulate the system resulting in misleading information and in a way false advertising.<br /><br />I for one have never used TripAdvisor as a reference source and would not recommend it as such.<br /><br />Non-quantified references, as provided by TripAdvisor, not only leads to misinformation such as good reviews provided by the hotel being reviewed, but bad reviews for the hotel's competition<br />....if you get my drift!Christine Kordahttp://www.shesconnected.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-40297995595707368262009-06-16T10:51:59.727-04:002009-06-16T10:51:59.727-04:00Tripadvisor used to link to the Reviews on HotelDe...Tripadvisor used to link to the Reviews on HotelDesigns which are written as design critiques.However in June last year they stopped linking to any external sites, removing any hope of moderating influence on their own site. <br /><br />Or did they?Patrick Goffhttp://www.hoteldesigns.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307132730056862398.post-31807203844786718492009-06-16T10:50:33.696-04:002009-06-16T10:50:33.696-04:00As I mentioned in a comment to another post, I thi...As I mentioned in a comment to another post, I think part of the answer to this problem is implementing a Wikipedia-like model where a user community is responsible for gatekeeping all user generated content. Does a review sound fishy? The community will flag it.<br /><br />"One option would be to ban the display of hotels that are caught incenting guests or enticing employees to write fraudulent reviews." I'm not sure how this would be implemented without the introduction of an International Review Police that travelled the world monitoring hotel-employee-guest communications ;)<br /><br />This would introduce another problem--some people (maybe from competing brands) would claim to TripAdvisor that they were incentivised to write positive reviews. Then that hotel would be de-listed for a period, to the benefit of every competing hotel. What's the value of getting your #1 competition REMOVED from TripAdvisor? Huge!<br /><br />I definitely prefer to base my decisions on the opinions of 544 reviews rather than just 38. If 10 of those 544 reviews are fake, so be it, I don't really care. If 100 of those reviews are fake, then we have a problem. Is there any data to suggest either scenario?Jeff Talajichttp://twitter.com/jefftalanoreply@blogger.com