Tripadvisor Stands Up for Free Speech and 10 Other Top Travel Stories This Week
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In travel news this week, Tripadvisor went to bat for an American expat reviewer who was tossed in jail for a review he wrote about a hotel in Thailand, JetBlue said it was seeking partner to help it launch into the short-term rentals business, and a vote by the citizens in Key West to ban big ships could be have ramifications in other port communities across the globe.
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Tripadvisor Struck Back at Thailand Hotel That Had Reviewer Jailed A Thailand hotel filed criminal charges, now dropped, against a review writer. But it's now the hotel itself that will get penalized because its placement on Tripadvisor's pages will get demoted for 90 days.
JetBlue to Debut Short-Term Rentals as Part of Its Growing Non-Air Offerings JetBlue has a strong brand and plans to curate the short-term rental inventory it offers
