I still can’t believe how much they got wrong in this particular review, including things that are quite obvious. They went out of their way to make a point of things they thought were lacking, but were so completely and obviously wrong, they lost a lot of credibility in the process.

Thanks for your comment. We continue to recommend Oyster as a great source for hotel information.

Best Wishes,

Rob
Beat of Hawaii

Not to worry – we are very much still here and not going anywhere. Any rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated. After massively increasing our coverage – Boston, DC and Orlando are on the way to the site over the next 60 days – we decided that it was time to slow down. There is no avoiding it that the economy – and specifically, the availability of expansion capital at reasonable prices – is a variable in our thinking.

If this were 2006, we’d be going faster. But despite our most optimistic hopes, 2009 is 2009 for a reason. But we are not going anywhere – we were and are still very well funded and we are committed to not only maintaining the excellent product we’ve already built but also improving it. We will expand again – we are hopeful that we will start covering European capitals during the late summer and fall of 2010. We are well financed to double down to win in the cities we’ve covered so far. But we are not financed to expand to a whole set of new markets. That’s the long and the short of it.

That being said, as with any travel guidebook, Oyster’s staff has fluctuated in the past – and will continue to fluctuate in the future based on the rate of new coverage.

Best,

Elie Seidman
CEO
Oyster Hotel Reviews