TripAdvisor for Business joins the Twitterverse

We’re excited to announce the launch of @TripAdvisor4Biz, a Twitter handle geared specifically towards hospitality businesses. As we increase our focus on helping tourism businesses promote themselves, we’ve decided to launch @TripAdvisor4Biz to deliver the most relevant content and to help hospitality businesses make the most of their presence in front of TripAdvisor’s 40 million […]

TripAdvisor Offers Business Owners Free “What’s Nearby?” Widget

Web Tool Enhances Travel Planning with a Map of Top-Rated, Local Attractions, Hotels and Restaurants TripAdvisor®, the world’s most trusted source of travel advice, today announced a no-cost  “What’s Nearby?” widget that enhances business and tourism websites with a map of nearby attractions, hotels and restaurants that are recommended by travelers on TripAdvisor. The Web […]

Call for Out-of-the-Ordinary Travel Tales

Have you had a travel experience so extraordinary that you’re still telling the story weeks, months, or even years later?  If so, we want to hear it!  We’re collecting out-of-the-ordinary travel tales, and will select our ten favorite to include in one edition of TripAdvisor’s Member Update, our weekly newsletter to TripAdvisor members.  We’ll also […]

TripAdvisor is to travel as…..

      You may have heard that TripAdvisor is the world’s largest and most popular travel community, but what exactly does that mean?  We thought we’d add a bit of context with some fun travel facts.  Enjoy! -More than 27 million unique visitors come to TripAdvisor from around the world to plan travel every month – […]

To scan or not to scan…..

In the wake of the thwarted terrorist incident on Northwest’s Christmas Day Amsterdam to Detroit flight, there’s a renewed interest among many governments in putting more full body scanners to work at airport security checkpoints.  The scanners take x-ray-like pictures of passengers, exposing objects that are hidden beneath clothes.  The suspect in the Northwest incident […]

More Insiders’ Tips for the City of Light

As part of TripAdvisor’s partnership with UNESCO and our Paris trip giveaway sweepstakes, we invited our Facebook fans and Twitter followers to give us some insiders’ tips on the city of light.  We asked ten questions, and they answered with some fantastic suggestions.  We showed you the first five last week (http://bit.ly/8MoodT), and the remaining […]

Insiders’ Tips for the City of Lights

As part of TripAdvisor’s partnership with UNESCO and our Paris trip giveaway sweepstakes, we invited our Facebook fans and Twitter followers to give us some insiders’ tips on the city of lights.  We asked ten questions, and they answered with some fantastic suggestions.  Here are the first five questions, with our favorite tips.  Enjoy, even […]

Steve Kaufer on…Why the ads? And why not Twitter?

Why is there so much advertising on the site? I was looking for a hotel in Portland, Maine recently and I got a lot of ads “above the fold.” I don’t care about the ads – I just want to find a hotel.  We try to be really sensitive to how much, and what kind, […]

TripAdvisor’s CEO on the popularity index & UGC

Can you explain how the popularity index works? I can’t figure out why my property is ranked like it is. Our popularity index works on a proprietary algorithm.  We don’t disclose the specifics – no doubt our competitors would be interested, also! — but I can tell you that the quantity, quality, and timeliness of […]

What would Steve Kaufer say? Well, since you asked…

Last week, we invited people to submit questions through Twitter for TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer.  This week, we’ll post two questions and answers each day on the blog.  Thanks for all of your submissions! Why doesn’t TripAdvisor have a mobile option? I love your site and am really surprised that you haven’t come out with anything […]