Originally Posted by
izzik
So the takeaway is that these bloggers are in cahoots with hotels (and credit cards, airlines, etc).. shocker!
Excuse me but I think these so called "bloggers" that you refer to require more dignity and respect than that! For one thing they'd like to be referred to as "media influencers". They're also independent enough not to have their opinions swayed by mere promises of interviews with the execs at hotel/airline chains. No, no, no, they require comp'ed stays and cash-mollah in their piggy banks for them to be influenced!
In all honesty, I suspect we're starting to enter peak payola territory with some influencers
-James