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.

Tripadvisor's Instant Booking and Book on Google: compare and contrast
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Tripadvisor's Instant Booking and Book on Google: compare and contrast
By Viewpoints | November 7, 2016
This past year, Google and TripAdvisor revolutionised the travel industry by launching Book on Google and Instant Booking respectively. Comparing one with the other will help us understand them both. Read More
TripAdvisor invests in social dining service EatWith
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TripAdvisor invests in social dining service EatWith
By Kevin May | November 3, 2016
TripAdvisor is putting its money behind EatWith as part of an investment round that will see "social dining" added to restaurant listings. Greylock Partners is joining the undisclosed level of fund Read More
Hostels remain outsiders (but staying the course) in chaotic accommodation world
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Hostels remain outsiders (but staying the course) in chaotic accommodation world
By Kevin May | November 2, 2016
"Alternative accommodation" is a title that has been banded around for a years now, primarily as a tool to separate hotels from everyone else. The umbrella term has come to prominence in particular Read More
TripAdvisor delves into traveller types and booking trends
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TripAdvisor delves into traveller types and booking trends
By Linda Fox | October 25, 2016
TripAdvisor is the latest to put travellers into groups according to behaviour. As part of the company's ongoing TripBarometer, it commissioned Ipsos to identify different traveller profiles. The r Read More
Rumours versus reality (with a bit of mischief thrown in) for travel search
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Rumours versus reality (with a bit of mischief thrown in) for travel search
By Kevin May | October 21, 2016
Even before the latest in a Long Line Of Unsubstantiated Rumours about Skyscanner materialised, many were pondering the fate of the travel search sector this week. The trigger, somewhat inevitably, Read More
Didi and TripAdvisor China talk the full service ecosystem talk
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Didi and TripAdvisor China talk the full service ecosystem talk
By Martin Cowen | October 21, 2016
In the wider scheme of things, TripAdvisor doing something with 100 hotels wouldn't blip the radar. Unless those hotels are in China, and TripAdvisor is doing something with Didi, China's biggest t Read More
Book on Google - answers to hoteliers' questions
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Book on Google - answers to hoteliers' questions
By Viewpoints | October 14, 2016
Google has burst onto the hotel transaction scene via Book on Google, awakening plenty of curiosity and questions about the real interest Google has with this move. NB This is a viewpoint by Pablo Read More
TripAdvisor scraps bookings for hundreds of attractions featuring animals
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TripAdvisor scraps bookings for hundreds of attractions featuring animals
By Kevin May | October 11, 2016
After months of discussions with lobbying groups, TripAdvisor will stop selling tickets for attractions and tours that do not meet guidelines for animal welfare. The change in policy will affect bo Read More
TripAdvisor's The Fork invests in Eatigo
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TripAdvisor's The Fork invests in Eatigo
By Martin Cowen | October 4, 2016
Eatigo, a restaurant tech start-up operating in Thailand and Singapore, has secured a Series B round from TripAdvisor's The Fork. While the size of Tripadvisor's investment is not known, reports sa Read More
In online reviews who responds and length of response are important
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In online reviews who responds and length of response are important
By Linda Fox | October 4, 2016
There is little doubt that online reviews play a big role in the travel purchase decision for many consumers. But what of how businesses respond to reviews left by consumers? Is there money to be m Read More
TripAdvisor's WeChat account victimized by zombie influencers [UPDATED]
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TripAdvisor's WeChat account victimized by zombie influencers [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil | September 30, 2016
WeChat, the messaging service mainly used in China, has more than 700 million monthly active users, according to monitoring service QuestMobile. But not all of them are real. WeChat creator and Read More
Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
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Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
By Martin Cowen | September 16, 2016
SimilarWeb has found that the most-expensive desktop keyword in travel is "restaurants near me", averaging $3.78 per click. "Cheap hotels" comes next, averaging $3.35 per click. Not surprisingly Read More
TripAdvisor offers attractions content for partners
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TripAdvisor offers attractions content for partners
By Linda Fox | September 14, 2016
TripAdvisor and its tours and activities brand Viator are providing an attractions content tool to hotels and travel companies. The technology enables the travel partners to offer local tours and e Read More
TripAdvisor redesign puts activities front and centre alongside hotels
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TripAdvisor redesign puts activities front and centre alongside hotels
By Kevin May | September 7, 2016
More evidence that TripAdvisor has moved a long way from its original hotel review offering - with a redesign and strapline that shows how important bookings have become. The new site, officially r Read More
TripAdvisor and Booking.com take half of luxury hotel reviews on the web
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TripAdvisor and Booking.com take half of luxury hotel reviews on the web
By Kevin May | September 5, 2016
It is probably no surprise that TripAdvisor commands such a large portion of online hotel reviews - but Booking.com is chasing its tale. At least this is the case of hotels identified in the "luxur Read More
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