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What Might Be Troubling TripAdvisor Currently?
TripAdvisor’s recent third quarter earnings showed that the company still has a long way to go before it starts showing signs of a turnaround in its persistently weak performance. The primary reason for the same has been TripAdvisor’...
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TripAdvisor’s Third Quarter 2016 Remains Dampened As It Keeps Waiting For Instant Booking’s Success
Following the cue of the last two quarters of 2016, TripAdvisor’s performance continued being dampened in the third quarter. Though its top line grew by a mere 1% year-on-year, its EBITDA declined by 12% year-on-year. The biggest reason for...
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TripAdvisor’s Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Preview
TripAdvisor is expected to release its third quarter 2016 earnings on November 9th. So far this year, TripAdvisor’s performance has not been promising owing to its continued investments across its platforms as well as its strategic acquisit...
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The New Group That Is Currently Dominating Business Travel And Its Implications
A new report called the Portrait of Business Travelers published by MMGY Global indicates that the millennials are the group predominating the set of business travelers currently. Their patterns of buying also varies distinctly from those of the...
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Here’s Why TripAdvisor Believes It Can Effect A Turnaround
TripAdvisor is currently going through troubled times. The continued investments across its platforms, as well as strategic acquisitions, are keeping the company’s performance dampened currently. In the second quarter, TripAdvisor’s t...
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Facebook’s New Travel Product Might Help OTAs With More Exposure
Now online travel agencies can push their products further to their potential clientele with the help of Facebook’s new Dynamic Ads for Travel . This feature has been launched in June on both Facebook and Instagram to help travel companies influ...
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Here’s How TripAdvisor Can Be Impacted By “Google Trips”
Editor’s Note: Do you have an analysis request? Feel free to email content@trefis.com ________________________________________________________________ According to our estimates, Unique Visitors To TripAdvisor’s sites per month is a key dr...
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This New Entrant In The Tourist Attraction Domain Might Adversely Impact Some Of The OTAs
Yesterday, Google launched a new smartphone application called Google Trips. Described as a ‘ personalized tour guide ‘ this application will help travelers to plan their vacation days with reservations, things to do, food and drink, ...
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How Is The U.S. Travel Industry Faring Currently?
According to the U.S. Travel Association’s Travel Trends Index report, domestic leisure travel in the U.S. is at its lowest growth level since December 2012. This might imply lower domestic travel spending as is evident by the year-on-year decl...
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TripAdvisor Acquires Citymaps To Further Boost Its Tours And Activities Platform
Even though it currently seems to be struggling under the burden of its investments, TripAdvisor – the world’s largest travel review website – had recently acquired New York-based Citymaps, a map-based guide for things to do in a city. ...
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Can TripAdvisor’s Quest To Emerge As A Booking Site Spell Doom For It?
We recently downgraded our stock price estimate for TripAdvisor by around 12% post the company’s Q2 2016 results . TripAdvisor’s continued investments across its platforms, as well as strategic acquisitions, are keeping the company&#...
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How Is TripAdvisor’s Top Line Trending?
TripAdvisor is currently growing its Instant Booking platform which is the main driver for its hotel segment, and it is aggressively investing in its non-hotel business as well. The Instant Booking platform now includes eight of the top ten globa...
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Reasons Behind Our 12% Downward Revision Of TripAdvisor’s Stock Price
We recently downgraded our stock price estimate for TripAdvisor by around 12% post the company’s Q2 2016 results . TripAdvisor’s continued investments across its platforms, as well as strategic acquisitions, is keeping the company...
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TripAdvisor’s Q2 2016 Results Remain Subdued But The Company Is Eyeing Long Term Growth
In line with expectations, TripAdvisor’s lackluster performance continued in the second quarter. The investments across its hotels, non-hotels, and most notably the Instant Booking platform kept the growth constrained in the first half of 2...
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TripAdvisor’s Q2 2016 Earnings Preview
TripAdvisor’s witnessed a lackluster first quarter in 2016 and the trend is expected to continue in the second quarter. This is because of the expenditures undertaken by the company to improve the Instant Booking experience, oth...
