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Tripadvisor News

Tripadvisor is a travel website that provides reviews, ratings, recommendations, and bookings for various travel-related products and services, such as hotels, attractions, flights, and vacation rentals.

Tripadvisor offers a variety of services to travelers and businesses, such as:

Reviews and ratings: Tripadvisor allows users to share their opinions, experiences, and photos of various travel-related products and services, such as hotels, restaurants, attractions, etc. Users can also rate these products and services on a scale of 1 to 5.
Comparison and booking: Tripadvisor enables users to search for and compare prices, availability, and features of various travel-related products and services offered by third-party providers. Users can also book or reserve these products and services directly through Tripadvisor or its partners.
Trip planning: Tripadvisor helps users to plan their trips by providing recommendations, suggestions, guides, maps, forums, etc. Users can also create their own trip itineraries or browse through other users’ trips.

Tripadvisor brands include: Viator, Flipkey, Cruise Critic, Bókun, SeatGuru, and other smaller niche sites.

Online Travel

TripAdvisor acquires photo app and its team

TripAdvisor, with its apps and city guides, is focused on mobile, and obviously believes that the Tiny Post team can be a substantial contributor to its efforts.

TripAdvisor acquires photo app and its team

Media and PR

TripAdvisor targets Yelp as it dives deeper into restaurant data

Is TripAdvisor playing around with all of these products surrounding its hotel advertising business, or is the company becoming an all-purpose travel site? We suspect the latter.

TripAdvisor targets Yelp as it dives deeper into restaurant data

Hotels

Why verified hotel reviews won’t take off

Verified reviews from hotel guests are great, but they are mathematically challenged. TripAdvisor just notched 100 million reviews and opinions.

Online Travel

TripAdvisor report reminds everyone why travel agencies are screwed

The idea that Brits still use travel agents doesn't hold up against the data compiled by TripAdvisor and further confirms our view that these outdated institutions will soon be nothing more than a pile of bricks.

TripAdvisor report reminds everyone why travel agencies are screwed

Hotels

Hotel industry attitudes for 2013: North America Vs. Asia

We all knew a TripAdvisor study would point to the importance of reviews, but the reports of optimism by North American hoteliers despite likely weaker gains points to an enthusiasm that could help them overcome the odds.

Hotel industry attitudes for 2013: North America Vs. Asia

Hotels

TripAdvisor rolls out its own hotel metasearch to compete with Kayak

On a logical basis, TripAdvisor might be sitting in an advantageous position as Priceline-Kayak and Expedia-Trivago battle it out. But, there's always the chance that Priceline and Expedia may not follow the script.

TripAdvisor rolls out its own hotel metasearch to compete with Kayak

Hotels

How three companies are hacking the way to cheaper hotel stays

Technology is getting better to capitalizing on rate changes, but in turn, customers are encountering higher amenity fees on location whether or not they’ve used price-tracking and last-minute booking sites.

How three companies are hacking the way to cheaper hotel stays

Online Travel

Startup shorthands: “Tripadvisor of…” startups on AngelList

The best? "Tripadvisor for everything." Why think small, right?

Startup shorthands: “Tripadvisor of…” startups on AngelList

Hotels

TripAdvisor’s redesigned Tingo now searches for hotel upgrades

Known for its user reviews, TripAdvisor is getting further into hotel transactions through its Tingo site. Adding room upgrades as a possibility for guests is a nice twist, and it is probably being welcomed by hotels, as well.

TripAdvisor’s redesigned Tingo now searches for hotel upgrades

Hotels

Jetsetter sale finally nearing completion, announcement expected next week

For all its problems, Jetsetter is a market leader in hotel flash sales, and an acquisition at a bargain-rate sale price could help TripAdvisor inject some life into SniqueAway.

Jetsetter sale finally nearing completion, announcement expected next week