Web 2.0: Hotel ROOM review with TripKick.com

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Just ran across this on site on TechCrunch . Apparently Tripkick.com just launched yesterday on 13 May 2008. What's their unique selling point in this mass of web 2.0 travel portals?

"We prepare you with the little known facts about each hotel room so you can make an educated decision when choosing your perfect room."

That's right! Facts... about EACH HOTEL ROOM. Remember I talked about Web 2.0 increasing transparency? Well here is the microscope.

Out of the 250 hotels that they have information on, they happen to list one of our most popular hotel for online bookings - the Millennium Broadway Hotel New York:

Here is the listing details:


Underneath that are the following tabs:


With the default tab at "Rooms to Request", and it lists the following information on our rooms in the main building:


Our Premier Tower details are as follows:


This is all great stuff. There is tab for "your experience" which is user generated reviews; this currently has no feedback since the site was just launched. The next tab is "Compare Rooms" and here is what you see.


The "Room Basics" tab gives you this useful information. Man, I don't even have some of this info on MY OFFICIAL SITE. Sigh.....


I think this will be great. Just like Seatguru.com for the airlines!

BTW, if you click on the "Book now" button, it goes to Expedia. Are they an affiliate of Expedia? What's their business model? Get bought?