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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer
The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…
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"Some hoteliers believe that TripAdvisor has gone beyond the neutral role of host through actions like sending e-mails highlighting “hotel horror stories” — in effect, endorsing those opinions.
"Other complaints are that TripAdvisor is unwilling to remove questionable reviews from the site, declines to retire older reviews (even when a property is under new management) and screens owners’ responses more vigorously than members’ comments."
Reputation management is what I used to do for a living, so I'd like to know: What do you travel writers think of all this?
Was this publisher a start up? I have only twice not been paid by publishers. One was a victim of the economy. I like him, but his magazine was launched at the end of high flying times and he got caught. The mag died before my piece ran. Fortunately, it was a department piece and not a lot of money.
The other is European based and had an investor pull out which has left it scrambling for cash flow. Again, my exposure is very small (the previous issue's work paid that month's living expenses). Fortunately, the owners are keeping in touch with freelancers and trying to get their financial house in order to pay us.
They have personal history and career experience behind them. But so many new start ups have nothing but dreams as a foundation.
I've launched start ups, so have a soft spot for them, but before I take on a new client, I want to know who they are, what their business is, if they have an actual business and experience. I can't afford to help just anyone. So I limit my exposure by doing only small assignments for the first few issues to see how well they handle my work and me.
Funny timing, I was just interviewed by a journalism student on start ups.
Am I naive?
Or are my friends in the travel writing biz doing something wrong?
Is this sort of thing really so prevalent today?
And if so, what are you doing about it?
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