Delfino Blu.................

[Jimbo]

Let's see how long that lasts! I think I know who posted it.

TA have still not responded to my email. So I may be next.

[Gavlah1973]

It's gone already!!! I've submitted a similar one lets see if it gets posted.
Definitely something fishy going on. I think all the other hoteliers in San Stef need this bringing to their attention.
Surely this is screwing their rating

[dibully]

Oh my god was reading it then it disappeared something not right there

[cabmufc]

Come on someone out there..you must have contacts in the media,surely this can be made aware to a bigger audience..it needs showing up as it could be happening more times to similar hotels in resorts like San Stefanos

[Dupnica]

Think I've missed something here,what's been happening?

[Jaxbubbles]

I read the review earlier, it wasn't really a review about the hotel but more about reviews being removed, it mentioned the Romanza review not being removed earlier which has nothing to do with DB.  At the bottom of each review there is an option to report the review if the reader thinks there is a problem, so maybe someone who likes going to the DB thought it unfair and asked for it to be removed.

[Big Boris]

Many years ago I had my first 'ménage-a-trios' with Irina and Tash in Casa Delfino. We never posted review. It's hot here in Albany,
Heh, heh, heh xx

[Jimbo]

Yes - That one has been pulled as well.

So there is something afoot.

[Big Boris]

Oh yes , it was pulled, yes it was pulled

"Afoot".....that is old Albany saying for..........oh, I can't remember now, I geeting old.

[Silverstar]

Can'tbelieve they have pulled another review!

Spoke to one of my SS friends this morning and he was very interested in this discussion and also told me that DB pays to advertise on TA and as such Kostas welds a certain amount of power in terms of negative reviews and can have them pulled - especially if it related to the restaurant and not the hotel... !

He has asked me to keep him informedas the accomodation owners in SS willbe interestedto hear about it.

I think we can safely assume now that Kostas is behind having both reviews pulled and therefore as far as I am concerned, the purpose (and integrity) of TA is both defunct and compromised.

Any views on what our next steps should be because I think we need to take this further.

Jimbo - as an ex-journalist what is your view?

[Gavlah1973]

Im marching on Corfu Town in the morning

[Jimbo]

My view is that I need to think carefully about how to expose this. I agree that it undermines TA's integrity.

We've now seen two examples of TA pulling things. In the second case, it make sense, because it wasn't a review. In the first case, it wasn't.

Do you have the text of your posting?

[Waspman]

A new "review" with searching questions on TA today, how long will it last? Maybe a couple of hours, Kostas must be glued to the TA website all day long!

[Rover]

Does not have to be Kostas?
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[Jimbo]

I know who posted the new one.

Actually, the owners get an email every time somebody posts about them.