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.

RIP IgoUgo - the review site Travelocity wanted to compete with TripAdvisor
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RIP IgoUgo - the review site Travelocity wanted to compete with TripAdvisor
By Kevin May | November 19, 2013
Remember IgoUgo? Back in the days of pre-social travel and before TripAdvisor became the beast it is now, IgoUgo was the OTHER user review service on the web. IgoUgo was in some ways unnervingly si Read More
Dear Mr Huston, some advice as you become new CEO of Priceline
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Dear Mr Huston, some advice as you become new CEO of Priceline
By Viewpoints | November 18, 2013
New CEOs always have big shoes to fill, but when you're the incoming boss of Priceline you have the biggest shoes to fill in the travel world. Under your predecessor, Jeff Boyd, Priceline went from Read More
Factoid overload - Sixty things you should know about social media in travel
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Factoid overload - Sixty things you should know about social media in travel
By Viewpoints | November 7, 2013
Here’s a selection of mostly social media tips that I picked up from World Travel Market in London this week. NB: This is a contributed article by Julie McNamee from Webnwords. Social media’s "D Read More
Social media wins for keeping in touch on trips, mobile used mostly for maps and info
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Social media wins for keeping in touch on trips, mobile used mostly for maps and info
By Karthick Prabu | November 5, 2013
Some three out of five travellers now use social media such as Facebook as a cheaper tool to contact people when on trips. A recent TripAdvisor TripBarometer Mobile and Social trends survey of UK t Read More
Books not blogs for trip planning but TripAdvisor comes out top
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Books not blogs for trip planning but TripAdvisor comes out top
By Linda Fox | November 4, 2013
Consumers still like a good old print guidebook when it comes to trip planning and researching holidays according to a study published today. The World Travel Market 2013 Industry Report shows 55% Read More
Do the sums: travel reviews + data analysis = better experiences
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Do the sums: travel reviews + data analysis = better experiences
By PhocusWire | October 30, 2013
The data from travel reviews is powerful stuff; not only for hoteliers who want to manage their hotel’s reputation, but also for destinations, OTAs, metasearch players and other travel websites. Da Read More
A rough guide to the Circle of Trust with hotels and social media
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A rough guide to the Circle of Trust with hotels and social media
By Viewpoints | October 30, 2013
If asked to define your "Circle of Trust" you would likely come back with a select handful of your closest combination of family and friends. People who you probably consider your confidants. If yo Read More
Lack of knowledge holding mobile advance back for hotels
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Lack of knowledge holding mobile advance back for hotels
By Linda Fox | October 29, 2013
Hoteliers says their lack of knowledge is preventing them from optimising for mobile according to TripAdvisor's latest TripBarometer. The study of mobile and social trends shows 38% don't optimise Read More
TripAdvisor says no plans to become an OTA, happy to remain booking facilitator
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TripAdvisor says no plans to become an OTA, happy to remain booking facilitator
By Karthick Prabu | October 24, 2013
TripAdvisor has moved quickly to reassure quite possibly the entire hospitality sector and world of intermediaries that it has no intention of becoming an online travel agency. CEO Stephen Kaufer m Read More
Goodbye data roaming fees, hello lucrative niche markets in travel?
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Goodbye data roaming fees, hello lucrative niche markets in travel?
By Viewpoints | October 18, 2013
Moves to scrap mobile data roaming charges have been swift and this is (or should be) a wake up call for the travel industry. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for EyeforTravel.... Read More
Five reasons TripAdvisor TripConnect will rob Google of hotel ad spend
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Five reasons TripAdvisor TripConnect will rob Google of hotel ad spend
By Viewpoints | October 17, 2013
Hotels will shift a portion of their online search marketing budgets from Google to TripAdvisor's new TripConnect, a new metasearch auction bidding tool. NB: This is a guest post from Craig Stewart Read More
12 questions about TripAdvisor TripConnect you were too embarrassed to ask
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12 questions about TripAdvisor TripConnect you were too embarrassed to ask
By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013
TripAdvisor, the giant review site, has launched an advertising bidding tool called TripConnect. For the first time, independent hotels and bed and breakfasts worldwide can bid directly in auctions Read More
TripAdvisor's TripConnect lets hotels bid for traffic and bypass Google ads
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TripAdvisor's TripConnect lets hotels bid for traffic and bypass Google ads
By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013
Last July, Tnooz was the first to report that TripAdvisor, the user-reviews giant, planned to let independent hotels and B&Bs participate in its metasearch pricing display. Today, TripAdvisor l Read More
Oyster is the latest to sell up as TripAdvisor continues acquisition spree
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Oyster is the latest to sell up as TripAdvisor continues acquisition spree
By Linda Fox | October 15, 2013
TripAdvisor has acquired hotel review service Oyster with terms of the deal undisclosed. New York-based Oyster will continue to operate out of the city and be incorporated into Smarter Travel Media Read More
How one user review site filters out dodgy content [VIDEO]
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How one user review site filters out dodgy content [VIDEO]
By Karthick Prabu | October 11, 2013
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqi-jjbEKcs" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Good-and-bad.jpg"] Online user revie Read More
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