Jay Karen, the president and CEO of the 2000-member Professional Association of Innkeepers International, acknowledges that there are mixed feelings among bed & breakfast owners over the fees for TripAdvisor’s new Business Listings, but he thinks owners should “throw $300 [the promotional rate] at this.”
For the first time, beginning Jan. 4, innkeepers and hotels can list their URLs, phone numbers and e-mails for a flat annual fee within their property displays on TripAdvisor so consumers can navigate directly to the properties’ websites.
The annual fee is $600 for properties with 10 rooms or less — meaning most B&Bs — but it is half that price for properties which sign up in by the end of January 2010.
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