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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’s Q3 income up 12 percent as international revenues grow fast

International is the big growth market for Tripadvisor as U.S. and UK matures, and its revenue numbers and growth shows that.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Rick Steves aghast at the power of TripAdvisor and booking sites over hotels

Rick Steves points out that TripAdvisor and online travel agencies such as Booking.com and Venere can have a negative impact on small hotels, but commenters come back at him pointing out that he can wield undue influence, as well.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor make City Guides Android app social with in-app photo sharing and check-ins

The sharing capabilities can be pushed to Facebook and Instagram making the city guides a comprehensive travel app -- even if TripAdvisor isn’t your social network of choice.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor has become really popular in Singapore this year

The number of users is growing throughout Asia-Pacific and the region now accounts for a sixth of the site’s unique visits each month.

Skift | 12 years ago

SkiftX

Survey of European travelers reveals that Britons are the worst at speaking foreign languages

Meanwhile, Americans let out a sigh of relief that this survey did not include them.

The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor: Too many reviews to verify

TripAdvisor's statement that there would be too many reviews to verify begs the question -- there would be fewer reviews to verify if the company only accepted reviews from real guests. Instead, Christine Petersen feels the volume of reviews provides accuracy -- and reinforces TripAdvisor's dominance.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

“Dirtiest Hotels” get scrubbed clean as TripAdvisor chooses to accentuate the positive

A nice and polite TripAdvisor is just not as appealing as its younger, let's say "dirtier," self.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor wins defamation suit over “Dirtiest Hotel” and Kwikchex

U.S. courts have steadfastly backed TripAdvisor and its user reviews on First Amendment grounds despite the undeniable fact that a portion of its reviews are fakes.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

TripAdvisor acquires Wanderfly to build out its social travel efforts

More of a tuck-in picking-up-assets acquisition for Tripadvisor as it ramps up its social travel efforts, as a layer on top of its giant behemoth of a machine.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor looks to add more mobile-only features to its smartphone app

TripAdvisor needs to integrate popular mobile services like check-ins and payments in order to make mobile connections between its enormous audience and the brand.

Skift | 12 years ago