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Hotels ‘Held To Ransom Over Online Reviews’

Hotels ‘Held To Ransom Over Online Reviews’

Credits: Sky News Experts suggest ignoring the top and bottom 10% of user-generated online travel reviews if you want to get close to the truth. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.news.sky.com

‘Give us free meals or I’ll put a bad review on TripAdvisor’: Anger at blackmailers using online ratings website to extort free rooms and dinners from hotels and restaurants

‘Give us free meals or I’ll put a bad review on TripAdvisor’: Anger at blackmailers using online ratings website to extort free rooms and dinners from hotels and restaurants

Credits: Mail Oneline By: Sam Webb * Restaurants and hotels report rise in diners dropping website’s name * They threaten to post negative review if they don’t get free food or wine * One steak house owner says alarming trend ‘just isn’t right’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk/

Hotels ‘hostage to TripAdvisor blackmailers’

Hotels ‘hostage to TripAdvisor blackmailers’

Credits: The Telegraph By: Telegraph Staff ‘Guests warn staff they will post negative reviews on the website if they are not given better service, meals or upgrades’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.telegraph.co.uk/

Completely unstoppable & extremely influential

Completely unstoppable & extremely influential

Credits: Eat Out Magazine "Online reviews have been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. Allegations of sabotage and fake postings are rife leading the Advertising Standards Authority to launch an investigation into reviews of hotels and restaurants. Chris Emmins co-founder of KwikChex, tells us about t

Hotels call on third-party ORM firms

Hotels call on third-party ORM firms

Credits: HotelNewsNow.com By: Stacey Mieyal Higgins "It’s a relatively new phenomenon—customers actually shaping a brand by commenting and sharing experiences. Yet travelers rely so heavily on peer experiences that to not manage it, to not stay on top of guest comments, is to ignore one of the most important parts of y