KwikChex, an online reputation solutions provider based in UK, is threatening to file a series of defamation lawsuits from 700 of its frustrated hotel and travel agency clients against tripadvisors.com, the world’s most powerful travel advisory portal with 40 million reviews posted by travellers. KwikChex is asking TripAdvisor to meet three demands: remove erroneous accusations, [...]

No brand is immune from changes in consumer demographics, the economy and trends. Club Med is no different. Instead of catering to adventurous, hedonistic and carefree singles, the 60-year-old brand is increasingly targeting the aging, less mobile baby boomers who used to be the adventurous, hedonistic and carefree singles. Looking at the median age of [...]

Like something out of a juicy corporate spy movie, Starwood is suing Hilton for corporate espionage, double dealing and poaching related to an ex-employee credited with building up the W brand. We think ‘W’ is over-rated. But it did bring a breath of fresh air to the staid corporate hotel category. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0606-hotel-wars-20100606,0,7573460,full.story what is a [...]

Three years ago, we stayed in a Tree House Hotel in Oregon http://www.treehouses.com/treehouse/treesort/prclst.html. But that unique experience doesn’t even come close to the latest invention from France – a Hamster Hotel.  You not only sleep like a hamster, but you could eat and dress like one as well as shown in the picture below. I wonder, how [...]