Tripadvisor News

As one of the most influential platforms in travel planning and user-generated content, Tripadvisor plays a critical role in shaping consumer behavior and digital strategy across the industry. PhocusWire tracks the latest Tripadvisor news, providing detailed coverage of its business evolution, product innovations, and strategic direction within the broader travel ecosystem.

Updates and insights on Tripadvisor’s role in global travel

Explore how Tripadvisor continues to adapt to changes in search, social media, and AI-driven personalization. Our reporting examines the company’s tech investments, its evolving marketplace model, and the shifting dynamics of online reviews and booking tools. From new B2B services to advertising partnerships and sustainability initiatives, Tripadvisor’s activity signals larger trends across the travel and hospitality landscape.

Email marketing for hotels - everything you should be doing (and more)
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Email marketing for hotels - everything you should be doing (and more)
By Viewpoints | March 6, 2017
Here is something that everybody in the hotel industry already knows (or should do): email marketing has become more important than ever. The cost of click and impression-based marketing on search Read More
TripAdvisor to close TravelPod travel blogging service
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TripAdvisor to close TravelPod travel blogging service
By Kevin May | March 3, 2017
TripAdvisor is to close the Travelpod platform - the second axing of one its consumer content brands in the space of two months. An official confirmed the fate of the 20-year-old company to Tnooz t Read More
Don’t be a dinosaur - activities evolve to avoid extinction
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Don’t be a dinosaur - activities evolve to avoid extinction
By Viewpoints | February 27, 2017
Think about it for a moment - over $600 million in capital has been raised in seven years by companies in the tours and activities sector. It is also seven years since Phocuswright published its de Read More
TripAdvisor prepares to splash out to plug leak
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TripAdvisor prepares to splash out to plug leak
By Martin Cowen | February 16, 2017
TripAdvisor is considering an even bigger brand marketing spend for 2017, admitting that it had been "too optimistic" gauging how quickly travellers would start using the site for booking. In a pre Read More
TripAdvisor tipped for takeover (if it has a successful year)
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TripAdvisor tipped for takeover (if it has a successful year)
By Kevin May | February 15, 2017
TripAdvisor could find itself as a viable acquisition target if its financial results this week point to an upturn in its fortunes and strategy. Financial analysts claim the company is "starting to Read More
TripAdvisor secures a tenth of all online travel traffic
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TripAdvisor secures a tenth of all online travel traffic
By Kevin May | January 30, 2017
TripAdvisor provides a regular metric about its global traffic - an eye-watering "390 million average monthly unique visitors" across 49 sites worldwide. But some of the deeper analytics behind its Read More
TripAdvisor overhauls premium listings, includes restaurants for the first time
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TripAdvisor overhauls premium listings, includes restaurants for the first time
By Kevin May | January 17, 2017
TripAdvisor is opening up what could be a significant new revenue stream: giving restaurants the same additional services on listings as it does for hotels. The launch of TripAdvisor Premium For Re Read More
Hilton joins the Instant Booking fray on TripAdvisor
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Hilton joins the Instant Booking fray on TripAdvisor
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
Some momentum in recent weeks for TripAdvisor and its Instant Booking service - with global hotel group Hilton finally joining the initiative. Hilton's portfolio of 13 brands will now be available Read More
TripAdvisor to close VirtualTourist travel guide site
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TripAdvisor to close VirtualTourist travel guide site
By Kevin May | January 6, 2017
VirtualTourist, one of the first brands focused on providing online guides to travellers, is being axed by its parent company. TripAdvisor subsidiary Smarter Travel Media, home to a number of high- Read More
TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia
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TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia
By Kevin May | December 20, 2016
Just over 12 months on from what was heralded as a major development in its drive to offer Instant Bookings for hotels, TripAdvisor has now inked a deal with Expedia Inc. The Priceline Group was th Read More
How Airbnb reckons it can change the traveller experience
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How Airbnb reckons it can change the traveller experience
By Viewpoints | December 19, 2016
There has been a great deal of discussion around what the launch of Trips means for Airbnb... and for travel more broadly (if anything). Commentary has come from all quarters, both within the compa Read More
TripAdvisor leads $5.2 million round in travel data specialist Traxo
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TripAdvisor leads $5.2 million round in travel data specialist Traxo
By Kevin May | December 13, 2016
Traxo has landed another sizeble investment round - this time a Series B injection led by TripAdvisor to the tune of $5.2 million. The user review giant joins existing backers Thayer Ventures, Adva Read More
Hafner isn't having it — Kayak's CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others
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Hafner isn't having it — Kayak's CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others
By Sean O'Neil | November 18, 2016
Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference. On-stage he says th Read More
Airbnb claims most significant development in its history - moving beyond accommodation
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Airbnb claims most significant development in its history - moving beyond accommodation
By Kevin May | November 18, 2016
It's big rhetoric time at Airbnb this week, with the home sharing giant claiming at its annual hoedown that it is going to "make travel magical again". The worst kept secret in recent months has se Read More
TripAdvisor sees hotel revenues fall, overall takings up just 1%
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TripAdvisor sees hotel revenues fall, overall takings up just 1%
By Kevin May | November 9, 2016
TripAdvisor has conceded that it is yet to show how it will turn around the company's recent downturn in financial performance. The review giant saw revenues increase by a slim 1% year-on-year to $ Read More
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