Hotels that post fake reviews on Tripadvisor could face criminal prosecution according to an article published in The Times on Saturday. A new European directive comes into action next year that could also lead to naming and shaming by trading standards and extends to any businesses creating fake blogs/sites/posts that claim to be from a customer. Plenty of negative comments at The Times site, most of which I agree with. More thoughts on this over at this E-consultancy post.

Hotel Marketing, the leading magazine for online travel marketers has undergone a redesign. More details on functionality changes over at Hotel Blogs. Compare previous designs at the Internet archives, 2006, 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1998.

Trip Advisor have been adding new features over the last few weeks, including MyTrip functionality and the ability for users to upload their own videos. More info: ‘TripAdvisor quietly unveils video tools‘ and ‘TripAdvisor begins revamp with personalised tools‘ over at Travolution.