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 launches system for hotels faced with blackmail from guests
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TripAdvisor launches system for hotels faced with blackmail from guests
By Kevin May | January 28, 2013
It's been part of the user review story for years - hotels worried about customers holding them to ransom with the threat of a bad review unless they get a refund or an upgrade. Read More
Facebook: Travel is behind other sectors with social marketing, but some brands have nailed it
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Facebook: Travel is behind other sectors with social marketing, but some brands have nailed it
By Sean O'Neil | January 23, 2013
When Facebook speaks, many people in the travel industry (often reluctantly) listen. No longer that upstart social thing for young folk - it matters to one billion or so people globally. Read More
Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
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Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
By Nick Vivion | January 22, 2013
Following along from TripAdvisor's hotel meta search launch, TripAdvisor subsidiary SeatGuru has relaunched their website with a revamped look and flight planning tools. Read More
Proactively managing online reputation works for hotels - so here is how you do it
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Proactively managing online reputation works for hotels - so here is how you do it
By Viewpoints | January 21, 2013
Many hoteliers today view reputation management as a reactive discipline of monitoring reviews and social media and responding to reviews in a way that ensures customer know that they care. Read More
TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins
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TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins
By Kevin May | January 15, 2013
User review giant TripAdvisor is finally doing what pretty much everyone involved in the hotel sector expected it to do years ago - consumer metasearch for its vast portfolio of properties. Read More
KLM is at it again - combines the social graph, things-to-do and maps
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KLM is at it again - combines the social graph, things-to-do and maps
By Kevin May | January 15, 2013
Dutch airline KLM continually gets the attention of its peers around the industry, more often than not for simply doing things online that are more than just selling flight tickets. Read More
And then there were three - TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity suppliers
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And then there were three - TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity suppliers
By Kevin May | January 10, 2013
If tours and activities are the next big thing in online travel, then TripAdvisor is taking note - by adding a third supplier of products in recent weeks in the form of Viator. Read More
Booking.com extends vacation rental offering with partner properties, another new battle starts
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Booking.com extends vacation rental offering with partner properties, another new battle starts
By Kevin May | January 8, 2013
It shouldn't come as a surprise to observers of Booking.com (and the quest for global domination) as it now looks to be increasing its coverage of vacation rental properties. Read More
Google reaches a truce with US regulators on antitrust probe, dealing FairSearch a blow
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Google reaches a truce with US regulators on antitrust probe, dealing FairSearch a blow
By Sean O'Neil | January 3, 2013
Federal regulators closed a 20-month probe of Google’s search business without finding any antitrust violations. Read More
TripAdvisor sweeps aside Agoda et al for top spot - Top New Zealand travel websites, November 2012
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TripAdvisor sweeps aside Agoda et al for top spot - Top New Zealand travel websites, November 2012
By PhocusWire | December 17, 2012
Autumnal joy at TripAdvisor as it moves into prime position at the top of the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand for November. Read More
TipAdvisor or even StripAdvisor - TripAdvisor does not care who has a fondness for its name
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TipAdvisor or even StripAdvisor - TripAdvisor does not care who has a fondness for its name
By Kevin May | December 17, 2012
Picking names that are close to those of other brands often ends in tears (or at least lawyers trousering some money), but user review giant TripAdvisor appears to have a relaxed attitude to it all. Read More
Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
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Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
By Sean O'Neil | December 17, 2012
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites,... Read More
Tight grip: TripAdvisor maintains hold on reviews, doubling offsite views each month
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Tight grip: TripAdvisor maintains hold on reviews, doubling offsite views each month
By Nick Vivion | December 13, 2012
TripAdvisor continues to dominate the travel review game: in a little over a year, the company has effectively doubled the amount of offsite views their content receives on partner channels, going from... Read More
TripAdvisor closes in on top spot - Top Brazil travel websites, November 2012
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TripAdvisor closes in on top spot - Top Brazil travel websites, November 2012
By PhocusWire | December 11, 2012
Booking.com is in danger of losing its coveted prime position at the top of the leading travel websites in Brazil to user review giant TripAdvisor. Read More
TripAdvisor finds itself with a new controller: Liberty Interactive Corporation
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TripAdvisor finds itself with a new controller: Liberty Interactive Corporation
By Kevin May | December 11, 2012
What does $300 million buy you these days (apart from a minority stake in Virgin Atlantic)? It gets you Barry Diller's shares and voting control of TripAdvisor. Read More
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