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- Poll shows Brits go online to find alternatives to Celebrate places --
- Paris Hilton named as least trusted star to plan your trip in town --

London, October 17, 2007: The influence of celebrity lifestyle on our social life is wearing thin, according to a national poll conducted by community reviewers TrustedPlaces.com site. The website, which allows users to discover and share reviews of places to socialize, announced the survey results together with the perfect celebrity antidote: The Alternative Hot-List. The list, compiled by Trusted Places usersâ € ™ nominations, reveals hidden gems â € "from clubs and bars to restaurants and shops â € "which is the uka € ™ s preferred alternatives to celeb hang-outs like Mahiki, Cipriani and indie haunt, The Hawley Arms.

Main results
* 34% of Britons would be less inclined to visit a new location after reading about a celebrity Party â € "60% said it wouldnâ € ™ t change their election, only 6% would be more likely â €" indicates that we prefer to find our own favorite places than trust in celebrities

* Voters also picked their most and least trusted stars, George Clooney, who comes out on top as the celebrity we would most trust to plan a night out, getting more votes than his two closest rivals combined. Tabloid favorite Paris Hilton was chosen as the least trusted celeb to choose restaurants and bars on our behalf.

* When it comes to reliable sources of information, we are most likely to turn to our friends (71%) or Internet-reviews (45%), rather than glossy magazines and regular paparazzi haunts (24%)

The Alternative Hotlist

Restaurants

Celebrity Spotlight: Cipriani, London - Who: P Diddy, Victoria Beckham
The Alternative: Fabrizio, Clerkenwell, London

Celebrity Spotlight: Milgi, Cardiff - Who: Charlotte Church & Gavin Henson
The Alternative: Troy Ocakbasi, Cardiff

Celebrity Spotlight: Bibis, Leeds - Who: Chelsy Davy
The Alternative: The Reliance, Leeds

Celebrity Spotlight: The Corinthian, Glasgow - Who: Ewan McGregor, Robbie Coltrane
The Alternative: Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow

Pubs, Bars & Clubs

Celebrity Spotlight: The Hawley Arms, London - Who: Sadie Frost, Amy Winehouse
The Alternative: The Charles Lamb, Angel, London

Celebrity Spotlight: Mahiki, London - Who: Harry and William, Kate Middleton
The Alternative: Favela Chic, Old Street, London

Celebrity Spotlight: Cuckoo Club, London - Who: Rihanna, Christina Aguilera
The Alternative: Shunt Vaults, London Bridge, London

Celebrity Spotlight: Lulu, Edinburgh - Who: Vernon Kaye, Girls Aloud
The Alternative: Ecco Vino, Edinburgh

Celebrity Spotlight: Sugar Lounge, Manchester - Who are: Coronation Street cast, Premiership Footballers
The Alternative: Grinch, Manchester

Celebrity Spotlight: Sky Bar, Brighton - Who: Jordan and Peter Andre
The Alternative: The Grays, Brighton

Hotels

Celebrity Spotlight: The St Martina € ™ s Lane Hotel, London - Who: Paris Hilton, Shakira
The Alternative: Dukes Hotel, St James, London

Shops

Celebrity Spotlight: Twenty8Twelve, London - Who: Peaches Geldof, Rhys Ifans
Alternative: Absolutely Vintage, Brick Lane, London

Trusted Places, which has over 8000 global reviews, allowing users to write and share reviews of their favorite hot spots and create lists where they are going next. Users can also take a Taste Matcher study to get personalized recommendations, find out what other users best suit their own preferences and will be most likely to recommend places theyâ € ™ ll like. Users who write good reviews about places in a particular part of the country may be local experts and earn reward for their contributions.

â € œWeâ € ™ re plenty of options when it comes to cool places to go out in London, said, â € Samantha Sigler a user of the Trusted Places from London. â € œTrustedPlaces is great for finding new recommendations from friends and from people who have the same taste of my own. Iâ € ™ m really happy that Charles Lamb Pub is featured in Alternative Hot-List, itâ € ™ s just one example of some of the fantastic sites that havenâ € ™ t been discovered by the celebrities just yet! â €

â € œItâ € ™ s really encouraging to see that people put their trust on friends and Online reviewsâ € said Sokratis Papafloratos, CEO of Trusted Places. â € œSome of the regular celebrity hang-outs are great, but there are so many more places that are just as good or better and word of mouth is still the best way to discover them. With Trusted Places we want to do sharing recommendations about where to go and what to do as easy and enjoyable as possible.â €

About Trusted Places
With reviews from over 450 cities in 40 countries, Trusted Places, allows people to discover and share online all the latest information on where to go through reviews and recommendations from Trusted Places community of passionate individual assessments.

With unique content continuously updated by its members, Trusted Places aims to become uka € ™ s largest online resource for independent reviews of local businesses. In July, listed the company's Guardian as one of the â € ~ Top 10 dotcoms to watchâ € ™ recognition of growth and potential of location-focused social network. Founded in 2006 by Papafloratos Sokratis and Walid Al Saqqaf in London, UK beta site launched in February 2007 as Trusted Places also secured a £ 500k funding from HOWZAT Media.

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About the Author:

Walid Al Saqqaf is the co-founder and COO of TrustedPlaces

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - ‘the Alternative Hot-list’ – Trusted Places Reveals Uk’s Greatest Hidden Gems

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