Singapore Changi is the first of 200 dedicated Airports pages coming to TripAdvisor.
The travel-related content and mega-review site TripAdvisor is expanding to include pages on 200 major airports worldwide.
The first airport page to go up on TripAdvisor is Singapore Changi; the site said it expects to add pages for New York JFK and London Heathrow in July.
“When travelers search for an airport on the site, they will be directed to a dedicated airport page with reviews, ratings, and other information about hotels nearby as well as restaurants and attractions in both public and transit areas. Amenities, including duty-free stores, boutiques, and airport lounges will also be listed on the page,” TripAdvisor said.
The airport pages will include user reviews of the places mentioned. For instance, the Singapore Airport page covers 16 airport hotels, 125 airport restaurants and 122 “things to do” in the airport. It also has a map as well as a fare search function for flights to that airport.
Related: What’s the world’s favorite airport?
TripAdvisor makes money by allowing airport business to advertise on the pages and participate in a GPS-enabled tool called ‘Near Me Now’ to locate amenities and restaurants nearby with their smartphones.
Until now, the only comprehensive airport ratings were the World Airports Awards produced by SkyTrax. Here’s a list of its top 10 airports this year– notably none in the U.S.
World’s top 10 airports according to SkyTrax
What do YOU think is the best airport in the world? Why? Please leave your comments below.
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Some of the airport ratings by SkyTrax seem a bit out of line. In Hong Kong it seemed I rode trains forever to get from gate to luggage pickup plus samething for boarding. UAL Global First Lounge was not anywhere near my gate. Security lines passport control was overcrowed and very slow.
Amsterdam is an old grungy airport with multiple security checkpoints along so my different lines for checking in the baggage.
London Heathrow clearly overrated. The secuirty lines even when traveling Club World to get through secuirty at T5 are long, crowded area and slow moving. Also, many flights out of T5 require riding a bus and walking up the steps to get onto a plane. Had to do this for a 777 to Nairobi and for a 767 to Frankfurt. Priority boarding is lost at that point as you are crammed on a bus with several people. Had the same problem when deplanning from Nairobi. Had to take a bus back to T5. Also, if you file in on an airline other than BA you have to take a bus to get to T5. It was a long ride from T2 United to T5.
I do agree with the rating on Munich. A great airport and easily preferred for connections in Germany compared to the monstrosity of Frankfurt.