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Mary Yostos needs your advice.

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Too close to call. A review of several “worst of” lists suggests there’s a high concentration of awful hotels in the New York area, with one or two standouts outside of Gotham. The bad properties are also likely to be owned by one chain.

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nudist-beachI know this is a shameless exploitation of the words “naked and nude.” But, heck, bets are that this post will be one of the most read of the day; maybe the week. TripAdvisor announced these lists with unabashed seriousness. If you want to let it all hang out, these are the places to be.

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A new startup adds its reviews to the Internet. These reviews are conducted by paid journalists and claim to be totally independent. Will they make a difference. Time will tell.

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In the wake of the recent TripAdvisor rating scandal, two travel industry insiders are claiming reviews about their businesses have been faked, either by competitors or by themselves.

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Steve Kaufer is the founder and chief executive of TripAdvisor — a site that made headlines recently when it warned that some of its hotel reviews might have been manipulated. I asked Kaufer about the site, the credibility of user-generated reviews, and the future of social media.

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How do I boost my TripAdvisor rating? That’s the most common question I get from hotel executives. They insist that their TripAdvisor reviews are the be-all and end-all. Now, two of TripAdvisor’s most vocal critics, Beat of Hawaii with an assist from Arthur Frommer, have delivered a devastating blow to the Expedia-owned site.

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Travelers used to borrow a guidebook, talk to a travel agent, or talk to a trusted friend when they wanted information about a hotel. Not anymore.

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Anita Dunham-Potter Are the Royal Champions about to be dethroned? Based on the fallout from last week’s column about Royal Caribbean’s secretive group of cybercheerleaders, you might be forgiven for thinking so. Anita Dunham-Potter has the details.

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TripAdvisor is introducing a metasearch flight tool which will do a side-by-side comparisons of fares offered by Expedia.com, Hotwire and Travelocity.

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