A new name for a new concept: the TravelShark pivot

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The company formerly known as Swiftrank comes back with a new name and entirely new concept. Now known as TravelShark, the company is on a mission to redefine reviews.

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How to respond to hotel reviews (hint: not too much)

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The recent paper from Cornell’s Center for Hospitality Research has garnered much attention in our industry because it demonstrates for the first time, with hard numbers, the positive impact of online reviews upon hotel performance.

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Tight grip: TripAdvisor maintains hold on reviews, doubling offsite views each month

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TripAdvisor continues to dominate the travel review game: in a little over a year, the company has effectively doubled the amount of offsite views their content receives on partner channels, going from 150 million monthly views in 2011 to over 300 million today.

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TrustYou partners with TripAdvisor to monitor and analyse reviews for hotels

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TrustYou is accessing the TripAdvisor hotel database via an API following a partnership enabling the reputation management specialist to track reviews

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Why companies should not hide from bad reviews

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Most of the stuff you read about negative reviews tends to be advice from marketing agencies on how to listen, react and turn dissenters into ‘brand advocates’ blah blah

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TripIt logs 5 billion miles … next stop Pluto [INFOGRAPHIC]

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TripIt users were going places in 2011.

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Part Two of Two: Social media in travel 2012 – Beyond reviews

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Part One focused on thinking beyond reviews and ratings and the benefits of setting up forums and discussion boards within your website.

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Social media not important for 40% of holidaymakers

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The power of the online crowd has little impact on almost 40% of holidaymakers according to research released today.

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TripAdvisor spoof-profiles fictional hotel, sponsored links just in case

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The fictional hotel, Schrute Farms in Honesdale, Pa, boasts of hundreds of reviews on TripAdvisor.

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TripAdvisor finally unveils mobile version of website

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TripAdvisor, considered by many one of the busiest sites to read on a desktop let alone a mobile device, has launched a version for smartphones.

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