Recognized as a Top Performing Business and Leisure Hotel as Reviewed by Travelers on the World’s Largest Travel Site
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Margaret Ghidorzi, Ghidorzi Hotel Group
margaretg@ghidorzi.com
715.571.1004
Wausau, WI, USA – May 28, 2015 – The Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott of Wausau, a Ghidorzi Hotel Group property, today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. Certificate of Excellence winners include accommodations, eateries and attractions located all over the world that have continually delivered a superior customer experience.
“Winning the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award is among the highest honors that a team like ours that is ever committed to guest satisfaction could receive,” said Pat McElroy, General Manager of the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott of Wausau, “Thank you to all the guests who take time to review our property on TripAdvisor.
When selecting Certificate of Excellence winners, TripAdvisor uses a proprietary algorithm to determine the honorees that takes into account the quality, quantity and recency of reviews and opinions submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period as well as business’s tenure and ranking on the Popularity Index on the site. To qualify, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, have a minimum number of reviews and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months.
“TripAdvisor is pleased to honor exceptional hospitality businesses that have received consistent praise and recognition by travelers on the site,” said Marc Charron President, TripAdvisor for Business. “By putting a spotlight on businesses that are focused on delivering great service to customers, TripAdvisor not only helps drive increasing hospitality standards around the world, it also gives businesses both large and small the ability to shine and stand out from the competition.”
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About the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott® of Wausau
The Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott of Wausau, a Ghidorzi Hotel Group property, ranks in the top 10% of all 692 Fairfield hotels nationwide for guest satisfaction. The property includes 87 fully renovated guest rooms and 4,800 square feet of conference space for meetings, wedding receptions and special events with an onsite chef for catering. The Fairfield Wausau Hotel is a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award winner.
About Ghidorzi Hotel Group
The Ghidorzi Hotel Group is greater Wausau’s largest and most resourceful hospitality team with four diverse properties totaling 291 rooms and 23,000 square feet of conference space, including the Courtyard by Marriott®, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott®, Howard Johnson Inn & Conference Center and Westwood Conference Center. The hotel group is part of Ghidorzi Companies, a real estate development, property management, design build construction, architectural and interior design firm that offers clients a single source of accountability for bringing their vision to life.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world’s largest travel site*, enabling travelers to plan and book the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from 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 340 million unique monthly visitors**, and more than 225 million reviews and opinions covering more than 4.9 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 45 countries worldwide. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.
TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages and operates websites under 24 other travel media brands: www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com (including www.lafourchette.com, www.eltenedor.com, www.iens.nl and www.besttables.com), www.gateguru.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.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, www.virtualtourist.com, and www.kuxun.cn.
*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, worldwide, December 2014
**Source: Google Analytics, average monthly unique users, Q1 2015
