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.

Part Two of Four: TripAdvisor CEO explains link policy, feels the hotel love
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Part Two of Four: TripAdvisor CEO explains link policy, feels the hotel love
By Dennis Schaal | June 25, 2010
While some may refer to one aspect of TripAdvisor's Business Listings' practices as LinkGate, CEO Stephen Kaufer counters that TripAdvisor is "not selling any SEO juice." Read More
HomeAway and TripAdvisor ready to fight over lucrative land
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HomeAway and TripAdvisor ready to fight over lucrative land
By Kevin May | June 25, 2010
HomeAway hit back quickly today after seeing TripAdvisor become a new and potentially powerful rival on the European stage as well as in its back yard of North America. Read More
Part One of Four: TripAdvisor boss not sold on Google Travel
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Part One of Four: TripAdvisor boss not sold on Google Travel
By Dennis Schaal | June 24, 2010
Stephen Kaufer, the top guy at TripAdvisor, isn't ready to coronate Google as the king of online travel. Read More
TripAdvisor eyes European rental business, buys HolidayLettings in the UK
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TripAdvisor eyes European rental business, buys HolidayLettings in the UK
By Kevin May | June 24, 2010
TripAdvisor is making a serious and its first move into the European holiday rental business this week after confirming the acquisition of UK business HolidayLettings. Read More
Florida Gulf Coast vacation-rental property manager blasts media, thanks FlipKey, TripAdvisor
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Florida Gulf Coast vacation-rental property manager blasts media, thanks FlipKey, TripAdvisor
By Dennis Schaal | June 18, 2010
Jeanne Dailey, the owner of Newman-Dailey Resort Properties in Miramar Beach, Fla., chokes up when she recalls receiving an email from FlipKey, offering some help to get through the oil-spill crisis. Read More
TripAdvisor uses Facebook to create Trip Friends personalised tips engine
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TripAdvisor uses Facebook to create Trip Friends personalised tips engine
By Kevin May | June 14, 2010
TripAdvisor is to tap into the vast array of connections already in play via Facebook to launch its first personalised recommendation system for hotels. Read More
TripAdvisor defends link policy on Business Listings, not search engine-friendly
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TripAdvisor defends link policy on Business Listings, not search engine-friendly
By Kevin May | June 10, 2010
The core principle behind the paid-for Business Listing service on TripAdvisor is that it gives a hotel the chance to showcase its services to a wider audience. Read More
Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration
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Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration
By Kevin May | June 8, 2010
Tour operator Virgin Holidays is showing off plans this week to build a social media structure into its website, despite a network already existing within the group. Read More
Do consumers REALLY trust travel companies when they face such confusing information?
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Do consumers REALLY trust travel companies when they face such confusing information?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | June 4, 2010
Ask anyone, someone on the street, on Facebook, in private, if they trust suppliers and sellers in travel. Read More
A letter from Tnooz-TripAdvisor to hoteliers affected by the Gulf oil spill
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A letter from Tnooz-TripAdvisor to hoteliers affected by the Gulf oil spill
By PhocusWire | May 27, 2010
A PBS news report last evening on the massive and horrible BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico summed up the frustration: Read More
TripAdvisor offers free listings to hotels threatened by Gulf oil spill
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TripAdvisor offers free listings to hotels threatened by Gulf oil spill
By Dennis Schaal | May 26, 2010
TripAdvisor is offering free-advertising listings for three months to hotels, B&Bs, inns and vacation rental properties along the coastal region affected by the Gulf oil spill. Read More
Hotel guests can submit reviews with new TripAdvisor iPhone app
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Hotel guests can submit reviews with new TripAdvisor iPhone app
By Dennis Schaal | May 25, 2010
Travelers unhappy -- or happy -- with hotel service can ask the hotel worker or manager to wait a minute, pick up an iPhone and quickly dash off a review for TripAdvisor. Read More
HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
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HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010
When he talks about HomeAway's lead in vacation rentals and Booking.com's edge in the retail-hotel business in Europe and Asia, Expedia Inc.'s Dara Khosrowshahi offers a similar refrain. Read More
TripAdvisor says Asia-Pacific and B2B is where the growth will come
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TripAdvisor says Asia-Pacific and B2B is where the growth will come
By Kevin May | May 13, 2010
Shake-up of sorts at user review giant TripAdvisor as the company outlines where it sees long term potential to expand the business. Read More
Irony calls as Paris hotels lead drive for TripAdvisor Business Listings
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Irony calls as Paris hotels lead drive for TripAdvisor Business Listings
By Kevin May | May 7, 2010
There may now be 12,000 hotels featured in the TripAdvisor Business Listing scheme, but amazingly it now appears the growth is being spearheaded by eager hoteliers in the French capital, Paris. Read More
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