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Bed and breakfast owners urged to help fight malicious and fake reviews

6th March 2015

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Credits: TravelMole B&B owners are being urged to share their experiences of negative and fake reviews as part of a major Government probe. The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into online review sites to check the information posted is ‘genuine, relevant and trustworthy’. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.travelmole.com

TripAdvisor under fire for ‘fake’ reviews on China site

19th March 2014

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Credits: Travel Mole TripAdvisor has removed at least 10,000 reviews from its Chinese website daodao following complaints that they were fake. Online reputation management company KwikChex is now calling for the site to be suspended until a “very thorough audit” can take place and new systems installed to better detect fraud. It claimed that the […]

KwikChex Member Dexby Townhouse featured in TravelMole

20th March 2013

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Credits TravelMole “Even singer Charlotte Church’s parents, who run a B&B in Cardiff, were almost reduced to tears by the harsh criticism of fellow participants when they appeared on the show in 2011.” Above excerpts and read the full article on www.travelmore.com/news

Leading travel review site exposed by advertising watchdogs

8th November 2012

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Credits: TravelMole.com By Linsey McNeill ‘An investigation by advertising watchdogs into a leading airline and airport review site found it was unable to back up several of its claims, including that reviews on its site were posted by genuine passengers.’ Above excerpts and read the full story on www.travelmole.com

TripAdvisor bows to pressure over new ratings system

5th March 2012

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Credits: Travelmole By: Bev Fearis ‘TripAdvisor has decided to remove its new ratings system following criticism from hospitality businesses. The review website introduced a new scoring system out of five last week but the initiative immediately came under fire. KwikChex thanked TripAdvisor for its swift action in removing the ratings system.’ “We believe that the […]