“Ollie Awards” Given to Most Prolific
Reviewers from Community of Over 120 Million TripAdvisor
Members
TripAdvisor®, the travel planning and booking site, today announced
the winners of the Ollie Awards, which recognize the individual
TripAdvisor members who made the most contributions to the site in
the past year. The company named individual winners across eight
different award categories, with awards given to travelers at a
world, continent and country level.
This year, the eight Ollie award categories include Review
Contributor of the Year, Traveler of the Year (given to individuals
who reviewed experiences from the most number of destinations in
the past year), Restaurant Expert of the Year, Attractions Expert
of the Year, Hotel Expert of the Year, Explorer of the Year (given
to individuals who were among the first reviewers of the most
establishments in the past year), New Contributor of the Year, and
Forum Poster of the Year.
Bernardo Famorca from New York City is named the world’s Review
Contributor of the Year, having submitted more than 2,000 reviews
in the past year. He also won four U.S. categories of Review
Contributor of the Year, Traveler of the Year, Restaurant Expert of
the Year and Attractions Expert of the Year. Below are other U.S.
winners.
U.S. Ollie Award Winners
Category |
U.S. Winner |
Review Contributor of the Year |
Bernardo Famorca: New York, New York |
Traveler of the Year |
Bernardo Famorca: New York, New York |
Restaurant Expert of the Year |
Bernardo Famorca: New York, New York |
Attractions Expert of the Year |
Bernardo Famorca: New York, New York |
Hotel Expert of the Year |
George Capen: Canyon Lake, California |
Explorer of the Year |
George Capen: Canyon Lake, California |
New Contributor of the Year |
Norma Waters: Melbourne, Florida |
Forum Poster of the Year |
Tom McDonald: Ely, Minnesota |
“As our TripAdvisor community continues to grow each year, the
competition for these awards was tougher than ever,” said Barbara
Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “Every single
winner of an Ollie award has dedicated an incredible amount of time
and energy to their reviews. It is their efforts, and those of
millions of reviewers like them, that help improve the travel
experience for the wider community. They fully deserve their moment
in the spotlight.”
Meet Some of the TripAdvisor Community Award
Winners
World Review Contributor of the Year:
811bernardf, Bernardo Famorca (2,353 reviews)Based in New York
City, Bernardo often travels two to three times a week. He uses
TripAdvisor as a resource to find fun things to do and to read
honest reviews of what other travelers enjoy in their cities. “My
favorite travel destination, and a new city that I was able to
cross off my list, from the past year has been Stockholm,” said
Bernardo. “The city is compact and easy to get around, the people
are friendly, the food is good, and it’s fairly inexpensive
overall.”
U.S. Explorer of the Year: kauaibiztraveler,
George CapenHaving recently moved from the East Coast to the West
Coast, George, a self-proclaimed “opportunist traveler,” made it
his mission to experience his new locale by using TripAdvisor as
his resource. “To me, TripAdvisor is the gold standard,” said
George. “People might think of TripAdvisor as a website or app for
international travelers, but it’s also great for exploring your own
backyard. Finding local reviewers will give you the real scoop,
outside of the must-see tourist attractions.”
2016: The Year in Reviews
2016 saw a huge increase in the number of reviews and opinions
posted on TripAdvisor, with a community of over 120 million members
posting more than 280 contributions a minute to the site.
TripAdvisor now features more than 435 million reviews and
opinions, spanning 6.8 million businesses and properties in more
than 135,000 destinations.
With so much content contributed to the site, here are five fun
facts from the past year:
- TripAdvisor reviewers shared experiences of
3,438,633 different locations around the
world
- London received just over 1
million reviews – more than any other
city in the world
- Silver Legacy Resort and Casino in Reno,
Nevada was the most reviewed hotel in the world
- The most reviewed attraction was the Basilica of the
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona – with over 32,000
reviews
- Pasteis de Belem, a specialist bakery in
Lisbon, received over 10,000 reviews from hungry travelers this
year – more than any other eatery in the world
Note to Editors:
Data based on traveler contributions submitted to TripAdvisor
from November 11, 2015 – October 11, 2016.
The Ollie Awards get their nickname from the TripAdvisor mascot
Ollie the Owl and were formally called the “TripAdvisor Community
Awards.”
World or continent winners are available upon request.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site**, enabling
travelers to unleash the potential of every trip. TripAdvisor
offers advice from millions of travelers and a wide variety of
travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking
tools that check hundreds of websites to find the best hotel
prices. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel
community in the world, reaching 390 million average monthly unique
visitors*, and reached 435 million reviews and opinions covering
6.8 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites
operate in 49 markets worldwide. TripAdvisor: Know better. Book
better. Go better.
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www.citymaps.com, www.cruisecritic.com,
www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com
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www.besttables.com and www.dimmi.com.au), www.gateguru.com,
www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com,
www.housetrip.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.jetsetter.com,
www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com,
www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com,
www.tingo.com, www.travelpod.com, www.tripbod.com,
www.vacationhomerentals.com, www.viator.com, and
www.virtualtourist.com.
*Source: TripAdvisor log files, average monthly unique visitors,
Q3 2016
**Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites,
worldwide, July 2016
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