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.

Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?
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Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?
By Stephen Joyce | December 22, 2015
For the past year or more, Expedia has been working behind the scenes quietly re-engineering the platform that powers its Local Expert brand. At the Expedia Conference earlier this month in Las Veg Read More
TripAdvisor on experiences, rates, destinations and more in 2016
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TripAdvisor on experiences, rates, destinations and more in 2016
By Viewpoints | December 15, 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, everyone in the travel industry is focused on understanding next year’s trends and patterns and how best to capitalise on them. NB: This is an analysis by Helena Egan, glo Read More
Homeaway joins Airbnb and TripAdvisor in debuting Apple TV apps
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Homeaway joins Airbnb and TripAdvisor in debuting Apple TV apps
By Sean O'Neil | December 9, 2015
No hotel brand is there yet. No airline or OTA yet either. But Airbnb and TripAdvisor have debuted apps for Apple TV and now HomeAway has joined the trend. At this stage, the apps are pretty basic. Read More
Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
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Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
A few announcements kicking about this week to illustrate how it's not all about the big chains when it comes to the evolution of hotel distribution. The year has largely been dominated by the move Read More
TripAdvisor finds a home for the Rove platform - on its app
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TripAdvisor finds a home for the Rove platform - on its app
By Kevin May | November 23, 2015
Lots of companies are often swallowed up whole by larger players in the travel sector, never to be seen or heard of again. But for every Ruba (Google, May 2010), Zoombu (Skyscanner, January 2011) o Read More
Why TripAdvisor excels at product
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Why TripAdvisor excels at product
By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2015
It's self-evident that TripAdvisor excels at product development. Since its start in February 2000, the company has become what is probably the world’s most-visited travel platform, reporting more tha Read More
Peek’s review system to be investigated by TripAdvisor
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Peek’s review system to be investigated by TripAdvisor
By Kevin May | November 20, 2015
Tours and activities brand Peek is under investigation by TripAdvisor for suggesting a system it has could be used by owners to ensure only positive feedback appears on review sites. UPDATE (5pmET) Read More
TripAdvisor CEO warns against dodgy optimisation companies
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TripAdvisor CEO warns against dodgy optimisation companies
By Kevin May | November 16, 2015
Steve Kaufer has written a strongly worded letter to owners of hotels, restaurants and other services to warn them of attempts at fraudulent activity on TripAdvisor. The president and CEO of the us Read More
TripAdvisor dominates web visits, so no wonder everyone is scared
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TripAdvisor dominates web visits, so no wonder everyone is scared
By Kevin May | November 10, 2015
It is nearly three years since TripAdvisor started its shift away from being solely a review site (with lots of display and link advertising). When the site introduced its first, tentative steps in Read More
TripAdvisor is pausing its TV campaign
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TripAdvisor is pausing its TV campaign
By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2015
It seems that the brand-building benefit that TripAdvisor's big spend on television advertising was meant to bring to the company was not enough to continue it in 2016. The company will be putting Read More
Airbnb, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Booking, and Rented talk vacation rentals
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Airbnb, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Booking, and Rented talk vacation rentals
By Nick Vivion | November 2, 2015
The mainstreaming of vacation rentals, regional consolidation, regulation and technology-driven operational efficiency were themes at the closing session of the annual Vacation Rental Managers Associa Read More
It's all about the good vibes on TripAdvisor (apparently)
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It's all about the good vibes on TripAdvisor (apparently)
By Kevin May | October 29, 2015
Three quarters of people writing reviews on TripAdvisor do so because they want to share a good experience, rather than rant about it. The user review service carried out a study with Phocuswright Read More
TripAdvisor says learning as it goes along with instant booking
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TripAdvisor says learning as it goes along with instant booking
By Kevin May | October 26, 2015
TripAdvisor's foray into Instant Booking for its hotel metasearch had been motoring along reasonably well until just a few weeks ago. And then it signed an agreement to have the Priceline Group bra Read More
Fear, loathing, and category killers: A chat about hotel distribution and merchandising
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Fear, loathing, and category killers: A chat about hotel distribution and merchandising
By Valyn Perini | October 20, 2015
The past month has been a "wow" moment for hotels, at least when it comes to distribution and merchandising. Last week, Priceline Group abandoned its resistance and signed up to provide its hotel i Read More
Tripadvisor-registered businesses get access to new analytics
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Tripadvisor-registered businesses get access to new analytics
By Martin Cowen | October 19, 2015
TripAdvisor has launched Review Performance, a free analytics dashboard which gives hotels, restaurants and attractions access to a range of data, trends and insight. The product is designed for bu Read More
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