Tripadvisor News
Egan appointed to leadership position with TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor has announced the appointment of Helena Egan in the role of director, industry relations. In this newly created role, Egan will lead industry relations’ efforts within TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism sector with free marketing tools and resources.
PATA renews partnership with TripAdvisor
The Pacific Asia Travel Association has announced the extension of its strategic partnership with TripAdvisor. The strategic partnership will facilitate further engagement on joint initiatives in publishing, research, surveys, events and advocacy.
TripAdvisor integrates app with Uber services
TripAdvisor has announced a new feature for its smartphone app and mobile website that allows travellers to easily reserve a ride with Uber to restaurants, attractions and hotels in more than 40 cities worldwide. TripAdvisor is one of the first sites to integrate Uber functionality into its mobile experience by using the new Uber API.
TripAdvisor completes Viator acquisition
TripAdvisor has announced it has finalised the acquisition of Viator, a leading resource for researching and booking destination activities around the world. Viator features more than 20,000 bookable tours and attractions and more than 600,000 reviews, photos and videos submitted by travellers.
VisitEngland to share star ratings on TripAdvisor
In a new partnership with TripAdvisor, VisitEngland’s official star ratings will now be displayed on the TripAdvisor property pages of participating accommodation providers in England. VisitEngland now joins organisations such as the AA as providers of official star ratings for TripAdvisor. This partnership forms part of a raft of projects by VisitEngland aimed at supporting tourism businesses to engage with digital platforms.
TripAdvisor strikes $200m deal to buy Viator
TripAdvisor has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Viator, a leading resource for researching and booking destination activities around the world, for $200 million. Viator features more than 20,000 bookable tours and attractions and more than 600,000 reviews, photos, and videos submitted by travellers.
TripAdvisor launches new offline features for smartphone app
TripAdvisor has announced the launch of a new offline feature for its smartphone app, which allows travellers to download TripAdvisor reviews, photos and city maps before they go and then access this information on their trip when no data connection is available. At launch, the feature includes more than 300 city maps worldwide, with more to follow
TripAdvisor announces new offline app feature
TripAdvisor® today announced the launch of a new offline feature for its smartphone app, which allows travellers to download TripAdvisor reviews, photos and city maps before they go and then access this information on their trip when no data connection is available. At launch, the feature includes more than 300 city maps worldwide, with more to follow.
TripAdvisor app reaches 100m download milestone
TripAdvisor has announced it has reached the mobile milestone of 100 million downloads for its free app for iPhone and Android. The number of downloads more than doubled in the past year and is up six-fold from 2011.
Brits holiday spending set to fall
TripAdvisor, today announced the results of the third instalment of TripBarometer, the world’s largest accommodation and traveller survey. This biannual study, conducted on behalf of TripAdvisor by independent research firm Ipsos, highlights country, regional and global travel trends, according to more than 61,000 travellers and hoteliers around the world, with over 5,000 respondents from the UK.
TripAdvisor is now the world’s most popular travel app
TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced it has reached the mobile milestone of 100 million downloads for its free app for iPhone and Android. The number of downloads more than doubled in the past year and is up 6x from 2011.
Sabre signs up TripAdvisor for Red App
Global travel technology company Sabre has partnered with TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, to bring the most in-depth, up-to-date seat and in-flight amenity information to agents via a new Sabre Red App. The world’s first B2B application store for the travel industry, the Sabre Red App Centre provides an open platform and marketplace for developers to build and promote unique applications that can be integrated into the Sabre Red Workspace, expanding the environment in which travel agents shop, book and manage travel.