Hotel stars falling due to internet reviews

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 11, 2007 ;     195 words ...Consumers' faith in the hotel star rating system is declining as people increasingly turn to internet reviews, according to a survey today. Six out of 10 people still rely on the traditional guide to hotel quality but almost as many (58...

Catch a falling star; HOTELS.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  June 11, 2007 ;     70 words ...Consumers' faith in the hotel star rating system is declining as people increasingly turn to internet reviews, claims a survey. Six out of ten people still rely on the traditional guide to hotel quality but almost as many (58 per cent) now...

Testing 1, 2 ... AOL's sounds of silence. (Through the Wire).(Brief...

Multichannel News;  April 28, 2003 ;     147 words ......difficulties. One intrepid Wire correspondent, listening in via Webcast, at first blamed the large blocks of silence on a bad Internet connection, but it turned out that the wireless mikes were the culprit. In the official transcript of the conference call...

A hip Internet roundup - on paper

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 30, 1997 ;     423 words ......first anniversary, and if you haven't checked it out, there's no time like the October issue. "The Ultimate Guide to the Internet" reviews 500 sites each month on a variety of topics from science to sports, sex and shopping. Even if you're not interested in...

Wales: School swaps hotel after strip club claim.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 14, 2007 ;     160 words ...PARENTS forced a school to change plans for a school trip after reading internet reviews claiming the hotel had a strip joint downstairs. Abertillery Comprehensive School, in South Wales, has now booked a different hotel...

School trip switched from 'strip joint' hotel.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 14, 2007 ;     207 words ...Byline: By Rhiannon Beacham Parents forced a school to change plans for a school trip after reading internet reviews which claimed the hotel had a strip joint downstairs. Abertillery Comprehensive School has now booked a different hotel for the...

Internet ratings beat star system.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 11, 2007 ;     165 words ...CONSUMERS' faith in the hotel star rating system is declining as people increasingly turn to internet reviews, according to a survey yesterday. Six out of 10 people still rely on the traditional guide to hotel quality, but almost as many...

ACCC levels bullying claims at local ISP.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  January 22, 2002 ;     192 words ......2002 (ZDNet.com.au ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has branded Dataline a bad Internet Service Provider. John Russell, the managing director of the company, has been accused of using bullying tactics in dealing...

THE `LAMESTREAM' MEDIA

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  September 15, 1999 ;     402 words ......in the case of our "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" major media, there is already an alternative. Yes, the big, bad Internet had the federal cover-up at Waco pegged way before the recent allegations finally broke in the "lamestream" media. For years...

GOOD MORNING SOMOA; Bo Donovan writes the novel of a lifetime

Boise Weekly;  January 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ...For an author who just published his first novel to several glowing Internet reviews, Bo Donovan is one self-deprecating motha'. "I'm no writer. No Wallace Stegner. I don't have any talent--I'm just very Irish...

GRANDMA MARKS PROGRESS WITH COMPUTER-LESS E-MAIL

Sun Publications (IL);  November 5, 1999 ;     454 words ...Just when you thought you had seen all of the bad Internet business ideas, along comes a company such as MailStation to provide a few laughs. According to a recent quarter-page sized ad...

Brouhaha erupts over a word in Newbery-winning 'Lucky'

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......month's column I mentioned that the 2007 Newbery Medal winner, "The Higher Power of Lucky," received negative Internet reviews by some school librarians. Now a heated debate has mushroomed. "The Higher Power of Lucky" by Susan Patron...

Glowing review 'Neon Bible' expected to elevate Arcade Fire from cult...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 16, 2007 ;     582 words ......nowhere in 2004 when Funeral (Merge), their proudly chaotic debut, groomed an audience by word of mouth and impressive Internet reviews. That album was both courageous and nerdy for attempting to summon rock god grandeur on an average Joe budget. Except it...

Lessons in e-survival with First Lady of the internet.

Sunday Business (London, England);  November 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......pioneer in the e-commerce revolution, combined with a healthy scepticism on the mind-blowing hype of the new economy . The bad internet start-ups deserve to go down. There is what I call the the 90% Club that are not going to make it and shouldn't have got...

AS SEEN IN ABUDHABI.

New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  March 26, 2008 ;     547 words ......deserves its own fashion week. If you're a busy follower of fashion, you could be filling your whole year just browsing internet reviews and runway shows. But which fashion week, out of the many that were on just now, actually deserves your attention? Ukraine...