http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:12:38Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yapta http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/1/131517/880 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/22421/2009_09_28_HC___Yapta.jpg" class="top"><p>Apparently someone at <a href="http://www.yapta.com"><b>Yapta</b></a> heard that Orbitz has a Facebook application and, over the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/3/5252/30973/travel/No+Orbitz,+You+Didn%27t+Need+To+Develop+That+Facebook+Application">strong advice</a> of Hotelchatter sister site Jaunted, decided that they had to have a Facebook presence too. <p>The Yapta tool, like the Orbitz application, allows you to grab your travel deals on their site and then push them to your Facebook stream. We're frustrated by this kind of social media nonsense for the same reason we remain skeptical of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/15/13409/0160/hotels/Omni_Hotels_Builds_iPhone_App_To_Help_Customers_Do_Umm_Stuff_">hotel iPhone applications:</a> nobody uses <em>those things</em> for <em>that.</em> <p>Your average traveler books flight or hotel deals for themselves and their families. Occasionally - <em>occasionally</em> - they'll be traveling with a friend and they'll swap confirmation emails so everyone's on the same Omri 2009-10-02T13:01:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/23/112030/813 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/YaptaTrack.jpg" class="top"> <p>Airfares have any number of price-tracking engines, such as Kayak Buzz and Airfare Watchdog, but for far too long people seeking discounted room rates have had to play guessing games or the click-to-refresh shuffle with hotel booking websites. From the airfare-tracking pack emerges <b><a href="http://www.yapta.com">Yapta.com</a></b>, which has just added a fresh feature onto their hotel search: the "<b>track price drops</b>" button. <p>Similar to the Kayak Buzz system of airfare change notifications, Yapta asks you to subscribe with an email address, choose your dates and preferred hotels using filters like star rating and hotel brand, and it will track price drops and history over thirty days, which you can access in the "My Trips" area of the website&#151;as JetSetCD 2009-03-23T12:57:35-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/