Revelation! I love it.
I don’t always have stuff hit me, but it hit me today.
So I hadn’t figured out why Tripadvisor’s Restaurant Reviews had recently, so vigorously, taken off. For those of us in hospitality who are aware of our brands online, it was hard to miss. It is vital to stay on top of all conversation, reviews, and mentions, and whether through Google Alerts, or a random internet search… you noticed restaurants began to get reviews on Tripadvisor. It’s not really a surprise, and it is a completely natural direction for a travel site like TA. But, where there wasn’t even an option to review or add (more…)
I imagine this is one of the first mash ups of a live-twittered conference? If not the first, one of the only ones because this was massively, overly, insanely, time-consuming. I do think what came of it was worthwhile, and I hope this sort of serves as a testament to all we spoke about and considered during Eye for Travel SM SF 2010. First thing: I am not going to list contributor names here – I assume this is mostly for those who (more…)
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The rest that is cut off (hey I am a hotel guy, not a HTML guy) says “($42/month), would you?” You can take the survey yourself right here: TripAdvisor Survey for Owners.
I will let the pic speak for itself. I know it’s just a survey, but I assume some (more…)
Tags: ethics, hotel management, hotel philosophy, Social Media, social travel, tripadvisor, UGC, UGR, user generated content, user generated reviews, web 2.0, yelp