The Grand Resort Hotel Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee was the biggest loser in TripAdv

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The Grand Resort Hotel Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee was the biggest loser in TripAdvisor's ranking and a recent court ruling. The Grand Resort Hotel ranked # 1 on Tripadvisor's 2011 Dirtiest Hotels in America.
This year, the tarnished title of America s dirtiest hotel goes to Grand Resort europe hotel prague Hotel Convention Center , in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The southern belle hotel failed to charm TripAdvisor travelers; 87 percent of those who reviewed it recommended against staying there. The unpopular property elicited such hotel review titles as Worst Hotel Stay of My Life, Stay Anywhere Else But Here, and Absolutely Horrible!
The basis of the case was TripAdvisor's compilation of user generated reviews and ratings to create a "Dirtiest Hotels" europe hotel prague list. The hotel's lawsuit argued that TripAdvisor made an objective fact by claiming these hotels are the dirtiest in America after crunching the numbers for hotel cleanliness provided by consumer opinions from TripAdvisor user generated reviews. The ten dirtiest hotels were the hotels in TripAdvisor's europe hotel prague hotel database with the lowest numbers for cleanliness.
TripAdvisor's list is of the genre of hyperbole that is omnipresent. From law schools to restaurants, from judges to hospitals, everything is ranked, graded, ordered and critiqued. Undoubtedly, some will accept the array of "Best" and "Worst" rankings europe hotel prague as impenetrable maxims. Certainly, some attempt to obfuscate the distinction between fact and opinion as part of their course of business. For those that read "eat here," "sleep there" or "go to this law school" and are unable to distinguish measured analysis of objective facts from sensational "carnival barking," europe hotel prague compliance will be both steadfast and assured. Nevertheless, the standard, fortunately, is what a "reasonable person" would believe. A reasonable person would not confuse a ranking system, which uses consumer reviews as its litmus, for an objective assertion of fact. It does not appear to the Court that a reasonable person could believe that TripAdvisor's article reflected anything more than the opinions of TripAdvisor's millions of online users.
This court ruling may give some protection against defamation liability for websites who compile Best/Worst lists as long as the site makes it clear the list is based on user generated opinions, according to Eric Goldman, professor of law at Santa Clara University, California.
An interesting aside is the Grand Resort Hotel Convention Center is ranked #91 of 96 hotels in Pigeon Forge when I checked TripAdvisor today. europe hotel prague Apparently you can do worse booking a hotel in Pigeon Forge.
Ric Garrido , writer and owner of Loyalty Traveler, shares news and views on hotels, hotel loyalty programs and vacation destinations for frequent guests. You can follow Loyalty Traveler on Twitter and Facebook and RSS feed .
We went to Pigeon Forge a couple years ago and that hotel looked like a dump. Made sure to avoid that hotel as I read trip advisor. Got a decent hotel using PL bidding as I checked trip advisor, biddingfortravel better bidding sites before bidding. Did not want that dump at any cost.