Sadly, this appears to be your typical blogger rush to write a post to fill the space without actually verifying facts, evidence by un-cited references. The site sometimes has some useful insight and does use FT as a refeence for cheap deals etc, but ultimately it is a fancy website of a blogger and his girlfriend. Ott describes himself as one of the "world's leading travel experts", I'm assuming doesn't have any significant references such as awards and searching google news would suggest otherwise. As suggested, taking a pinch of salt with such stories is always healthy.