TripAdvisor

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TripAdvisor is a free travel guide and research website that offers reviews and information TripAdvisor operates sister sites in other countries (the UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Ireland, Japan and India).

Apart from the obligatory reviews of hotels and other attractions, TripAdvisor has some nifty features. Users can quickly and easily post their vacation videos and travel marketers can showcase their properties by featuring their videos on TripAdvisor for free. They also offer a personalization tools allowing users to save hotel, restaurant, or attraction reviews to personal “My Trips” folders. Travelers can customize and expand their plans by adding maps, photos, their own notes and travel plan details. Also with TripAdvisor’s “Check Rates”, users can check hotel pricing and availability across multiple vendor commerce sites.

TripAdvisor is part of the Expedia Network which in turn is part of IAC .

Milestones

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• Acquired Kuxun for $12M. (10/09)
  Posted 11/2/09 at 1:47am
• Invested in FlipKey. (8/20/08)
  Posted 8/20/08 at 5:26am
• Acquired FlipKey. (8/20/08)
  Posted 8/7/09 at 1:49am
• Acquired airfarewatchdog.com. (4/08)
  Posted 3/21/09 at 4:00pm
• Acquired Holiday Watchdog. (2/1/08)
  Posted 3/27/09 at 2:31pm
• Acquired The Independent Traveler. (5/23/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 3:08am
• Acquired Smarter Travel Media. (2/28/07)
  Posted 10/7/09 at 2:56am
• Stephen Kaufer, President and CEO added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:34am
• Marc Charron, Managing Director, Europe added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:34am
• Robin Ingle, Senior VP, Advertising Sales added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:34am
• Christine Petersen, Senior VP, Marketing added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:35am
• Eric Rosenzweig, Senior VP, Strategic Development and Sales added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:36am
• Ken Surdan, Senior VP, Technology added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:36am
• Tyler Young, VP Finance and Administration added.
  Posted 1/1/08 at 2:37am
• David S. Chang, Director of New Products added.
  Posted 7/22/09 at 1:35am

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TripAdvisor

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Traffic Analytics

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Sources

1. TripAdvisor Buys Up Chinese Travel Site Kuxun; Will Invest $50 Million In China Expansion (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. TripAdvisor Acquires Majority Stake in FlipKey (triphow.com) [edit]
3. Expedia (EXPE) Buys Airfarewatchdog.com (streetinsider.com) [edit]
4. Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology (masshightech.com) [edit]
5. TripAdvisor Acquires IndependentTraveler.com (independenttraveler.com) [edit]
6. TripAdvisor Acquires Four Travel Media Businesses, Strengthening User-Generated Content Lead in Travel (tripadvisor.com) [edit]
7. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]