Articles tagged “thefork”

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Tripadvisor’s Potential Sale: Apollo Still a Suitor and a Financing Deadline

There will be a lot of moving pieces over the next few months if indeed a sale of Tripadvisor gets done.

Dennis Schaal | 1 week ago

Tripadvisor’s Potential Sale: Apollo Still a Suitor and a Financing Deadline

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Tripadvisor Isn’t as Dependent on Its 2 Biggest Advertisers Anymore

As Tripadvisor's decade-old bet on Viator is paying off, Tripadvisor has become less reliant on advertising from Expedia and Booking.com.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Tripadvisor Isn’t as Dependent on Its 2 Biggest Advertisers Anymore

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Tripadvisor Expects First Profits for Viator and TheFork As Potential Sale Looms

A potential buyer could decide to break up Tripadvisor's parts, including Viator, TheFork, and metasearch, under the theory that the parts are worth more than the whole.

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

Tripadvisor Expects First Profits for Viator and TheFork As Potential Sale Looms

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Tripadvisor Laid Off 4% of Its Workforce

You can see Tripadvisor's priorities crystal clear in where its restructuring occurred. The Tripadvisor Core segment took the heaviest hit, and Viator was impacted the least.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Tripadvisor Laid Off 4% of Its Workforce

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Viator Drives Tripadvisor’s Revenue Growth as Experiences Platform

Viator's growth as a tours and activities platform both lifts and exhausts Tripadvisor's revenue, in a seemingly relentless pursuit of brand strength through performance marketing spend.

Selene Brophy | 9 months ago

Viator Drives Tripadvisor’s Revenue Growth as Experiences Platform

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Tripadvisor Tests AI-Based Experiences and Dining Planner

Tripadvisor's generative AI entry is playing to its strengths — tours and activities, and restaurant reservations. Hotels? Maybe they'll get added later.

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Tripadvisor Tests AI-Based Experiences and Dining Planner

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Tripadvisor CEO’s New Strategy Comes Into Focus

In football or soccer — pick your sport/analogy — sometimes it takes a new coach to get momentum. Under its new CEO, Tripadvisor is making significant changes to its core products.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor CEO’s New Strategy Comes Into Focus

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Tripadvisor Names Appointees to Fill Out Reorganization of Its Core Business

Tripadvisor filled in the blanks, naming two executive appointments to flesh out a reorganization of its core business that the company disclosed during its fourth quarter earnings call a week ago. Sanjay Raman, who had previous stints at Airbnb, Greylock and Google, starting working in January as chief product officer, a new position within Tripadvisor's…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

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Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business

Tripadvisor sees its future as providing differentiated trip-planning, in-destination tools and personalized recommendations for travelers. That isn't wholly different from that of its prior regime, and would be tough to achieve.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business

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Tripadvisor Execs Suggest Viator and Hotel Auction Will Be Key to New Strategy

The most important thing about Tripadvisor's exercise in formulating a new strategy will be how it reconfigures priorities. Answers to that question won't be divulged until 2023.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor Execs Suggest Viator and Hotel Auction Will Be Key to New Strategy