Hotwire Hotel: Help - new property in Venice, Italy?

[natetc]

Hi all, this forum is great and you are all so helpful!

I just wanted to get your feedback/ideas about a booking that I'm watching. I'm looking at hotels on HOTWIRE for Apr 25-27, 2010 in Venice, Italy.

4*, amenities are Comp Breakfast, Restaurant, Hi-Speed Internet, $144/night

Everything points towards the Best Western Premier Sant Elena, however the second screen shows:

Recommended in 90% of customer reviewers

20+ total reviews

Overall satisfaction 4.5

When I look up the hotel on TripAdvisor, it has 250+ reviews.

My question -- how up-to-date is that TripAdvisor rating on HOTWIRE? Is it reliable enough to assume that it's a different property?

I've looked up the other hotels on TA:

4* Hotel Saturnia and International - 90% recommend, 224 reviews

3.5* Hotel Ca' D'Oro - 84%, 108

3.5* Residenza Cannaregio - 94%, 409

Doesn't look like it's any of those, and given the low number of ratings, I'm thinking it's possibly a new property.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!!

[thereuare]

The number of reviews shown in the detail page is based upon feedback that HOTWIRE has received from their own customers... it is unrelated to the number of reviews shown at Tripadvisor.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know whatever you decide to do for this stay or if we can be of further help.