Comments on: Elevator Talk http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/2009/12/18/elevator-talk-2/ Hotel Value for Frequent Guests Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oliver http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/2009/12/18/elevator-talk-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15014 Oliver Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:43:55 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/loyaltytraveler/?p=3113#comment-15014 I must have missed that great earthquake of 2006. Maybe I was out of town ;) I never really knew about oyster.com, which in a way I take as a sign that they spent a lot of money without really getting a lot of traction. Searching "hotel reviews" on Google returns them on the second page somewhere in the middle (I would have never gone to the 2nd page if I wasn't specifically looking for them). Looking at a hotel I just the other day booked for an upcoming weekend getaway to Hawaii, I did find them quite useful. It would be sad to see them go under, but the cost of creating the content must be huge in comparison to, say, tripadvisor (different model, I know...). I must have missed that great earthquake of 2006. Maybe I was out of town ;)

I never really knew about oyster.com, which in a way I take as a sign that they spent a lot of money without really getting a lot of traction. Searching “hotel reviews” on Google returns them on the second page somewhere in the middle (I would have never gone to the 2nd page if I wasn’t specifically looking for them). Looking at a hotel I just the other day booked for an upcoming weekend getaway to Hawaii, I did find them quite useful. It would be sad to see them go under, but the cost of creating the content must be huge in comparison to, say, tripadvisor (different model, I know…).

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