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Old Apr 25, 2018 | 7:10 am
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epiahtles
 
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Maldives Resorts vs. Reviewskeptic.com

The review skeptic claimed that it has an ability to spot the fake hotel reviews with 90% accuracy while normal person do no better than flipping coins. I normally don't bother to check the reviews nor the ratings, but I find that claim is interesting. So I crawled the top 20 reviews (sorted by "Most relevant") of each Maldives properties from Google Maps, and run those comment on reviewskeptic.com. And these are the results.

Amilla Fushi Resort (4.8/5.0 ratings, 65 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort (4.8/5.0 ratings, 219 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas (4.8/5.0 ratings, 114 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Angsana Velavaru (4.8/5.0 ratings, 100 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Atmosphere Kanifushi Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 113 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 2 bad reviews) / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru (4.7/5.0 ratings, 141 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 2 bad reviews) / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Cheval Blanc Randheli Maldives (4.9/5.0 ratings, 52 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 9 of 19 resulted "Truthful"

Coco Privé (4.7/5.0, 29 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 7 of 11 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review)

COMO Cocoa Island, The Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 89 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

COMO Maalifushi, The Maldives (4.9/5.0 ratings, 51 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 8 of 11 resulted "Truthful"

Constance Halaveli Maldives (4.8/5.0 ratings, 145 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 2 bad reviews) / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

Constance Moofushi Maldives (4.9/5.0 ratings, 175 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (4.8/5.0 ratings, 288 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Dhevanafushi Maldives Luxury Resort Managed by AccorHotels (4.5/5.0 ratings, 54 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 6 of 12 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review)

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru (4.7/5.0 ratings, 135 reviews)
- 10 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 10 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa (4.7/5.0 ratings, 108 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

Gili Lankanfushi Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 93 reviews)
- 11 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 9 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Hurawalhi Maldives Resort (4.8/5.0 ratings, 183 reviews)
- 14 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 6 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Huvafen Fushi Maldives (4.6/5.0 ratings, 22 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 4 of 7 resulted "Truthful"

JA Manafaru (4.6/5.0 ratings, 105 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

Jumeirah Vittaveli Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 171 reviews)
- 14 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 6 of 20 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

Lily Beach Resort & Spa at Huvahendhoo (4.8/5.0 ratings, 194 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Milaidhoo Island Maldives (4.9/5.0 ratings, 63 reviews)
- 12 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 8 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Naladhu Private Island Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 53 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 7 of 12 resulted "Truthful"

Niyama Private Islands Maldives (4.9/5.0 ratings, 108 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

One & Only Reethi Rah (4.7/5.0 ratings, 97 reviews)
- 14 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 6 of 20 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

OZEN By Atmosphere at Maadhoo Island(5.0/5.0 ratings, 95 reviews)
- 12 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 8 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa (4.7/5.0 ratings, 113 reviews)
- 14 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 6 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa, Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 196 reviews)
- 17 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 3 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Six Senses Laamu (4.8/5.0 ratings, 328 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Soneva Fushi (4.8/5.0 ratings, 91 reviews)
- 9 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 11 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Soneva Jani (4.3/5.0 ratings, 79 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 11 of 18 resulted "Truthful" / 7 of 18 resulted "Deceptive" (including 1 bad review)

The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort (4.7/5.0 ratings, 105 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 179 reviews)
- 15 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad reviews) / 5 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

Vakkaru Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 18 reviews)
- not enough data point (i.e. # of English reviews < 20)
- among the English reviews, 3 of 3 resulted "Truthful"

Velaa Private Island (4.7/5.0 ratings, 87 reviews)
- 13 of 20 resulted "Truthful" / 7 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

W Maldives (4.7/5.0 ratings, 154 reviews)
- 16 of 20 resulted "Truthful" (including 1 bad review) / 4 of 20 resulted "Deceptive"

However, I find the claimed 90% accuracy is very questionable, well at least in Google Maps reviews for Maldives resorts. Because there are multiple very suspicious reviews (e.g. multiple 5-star reviews coming from different authors that include 4-6 identical sentences) that resulted in "Truthful" (or vice versa) and some reviews are not an actual review but the expression of their hope (e.g. "I want to be in your hotel but I don't because of money problem.....but from Images I will said that u r best in Maldives.....") or completely irrelevant side talks (e.g. "Need a job from there").
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