On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:29:44AM -0600, Little, Douglas wrote:
> Louis,
> Interesting discussion. Always fun to think about real world stuff.
Indeed.
> We have a similar problem for comparing hotel rooms.
> So the issue is that you aren't originating the data, just classifying it.
> I'd move toward a scheme where you reclassify the line marketing speak
> to common lay terms. You're trying to help consumers compare.
> Exactly what the marketers don't want them to do.
I'm leaning towards exactly that: letting the data settle, spot overlap
and general trends, reclassify.
> After all a silk purse is just a sow's ear without marketing.
> :)
True but cruise customers buy into that marketing and insist on those
slight distinctions between almost identical cabins.
It's all a question of status and it's what cruise lines sell.
Thanks,
