Professional hotel-review site Oyster.com has abandoned its more than year-old practice of serving as a hotel booking engine.
Expedia readies TripAdvisor spinoff citing hotel review reliability
November 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
As Expedia shareholders get set to vote Dec. 6 on the TripAdvisor spinoff, Expedia is telling potential investors that travelers overwhelmingly find TripAdvisor’s user reviews to be reliable.
TripAdvisor gets a boost from Yelp decision on consumer reviews
October 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
Hoteliers and restaurateurs anxious to sue TripAdvisor in the U.S. over travelers’ disparaging reviews may have to rethink their strategy following a legal decision involving Yelp.
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Google has Zagat and now Kayak gets Frommers and BudgetTravel reviews
October 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
Perhaps as a hedge against Google’s acquisition of Zagat, Kayak went ahead and added professional hotel reviews from Frommer’s and Budget Travel.
Oyster gives new (high) definition to panoramic hotel photos
September 23, 2011 By 3 Comments
Oyster.com just implemented panoramic hotel photos in a very big way.
TripAdvisor says Google threatened search lock-out
September 22, 2011 By 22 Comments
Officials from TripAdvisor and Yelp say Google threatened to shut them out of search altogether if they didn’t provide their content to Google Places.
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TripAdvisor begins handing out badges to reviewers
June 14, 2011 By 10 Comments
TripAdvisor began giving reviewers badges on all of its global websites.
Southwest Airlines officially adds TripAdvisor reviews and stealthily debuts inspiration pages
February 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Southwest Airlines announced improvements to its hotel pages, adding TripAdvisor ratings and reviews, and stealthily carried out a soft launch of the Southwest Getaway Finder, a themed search for destinations, hotels and flights.
GetThere introduces hotel reviews from Travelocity and business travelers
February 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
Business travel users of the GetThere corporate-booking tool, now have another way to choose hotels other than loyalty points and travel-policy prohibitions — namely user reviews.
Orbitz opens hotel reviews to nonbookers
October 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Even as the integrity of consumer reviews comes under fire, Orbitz has opened its hotel reviews to people who may — or may not have — stayed at the property.
