Is Tripadvisor Really the Best Ticket to Ride the Recovery?

Online Travel This Week Bold words from Richard Clarke, managing director of financial firm AllianceBernstein, who argues in an investment report that Tripadvisor is "both the best stock to play the release of pent-up demand but also an attractive long-term business transformation story as it diversifies away from under-pressure Metasearch." Based largely on Tripadvisors' experiences, dining reservations, display advertising, Plus subscription service, and new trip-planning Reco features, Clarke argued that while the analyst consensus forecasts that Tripadvisor revenue in 2023 will fall below 2019 levels, he believes it will be around 9 percent greater. "We increase our Target Price to $40, 14% potential upside and rate it Outperform," Clarke wrote. Tripadvisor is certainly transforming itself in a process that has been under way for several years. But I'm skeptical about whether Tripadvisor has