TripAdvisor Acquires Five Travel Communities

mtp51 · 05-09-2007, 07:46 AM

"The recently acquired companies are Smarter Travel Media LLC, operator of smartertravel.com and bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com; TravelPod.com; and Travel-Library.com. Terms are not being disclosed."

http://www.hotelmarketing.com/index...._communitites/

tdew · 05-09-2007, 09:15 AM

That's a shame. I use TravelPod to organize my trips beforehand and then to put them into a coherent format when it's over.
I like the fact that I can keep it private - or just available to those I select.
Hope it's not going to change.

Recently I've been trying to put past trips in - in an effort to bring up the percentage of the world it says I've seen. It's just at 6% - but it counts the USA as one percentage point and Luxembourg as 1 percentage point - hardly the same thing!

jfrenaye · 05-09-2007, 12:03 PM

This is kinda old. I think this happened in Feb and was announced in early April

mtp51 · 05-09-2007, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfrenaye

This is kinda old. I think this happened in Feb and was announced in early April

Then why the hell is it all over the news today? (mr. grumpy)

wrp96 · 05-23-2007, 09:27 AM

I just saw an announcement that Trip Advisor is also acquiring Cruise Critic and Independent Traveler.

05-09-2007, 07:46 AM	#1
mtp51 beegus ahoya Über Poster Member since: Jul 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,007 Rep Power: 205	TripAdvisor Acquires Five Travel Communities "The recently acquired companies are Smarter Travel Media LLC, operator of smartertravel.com and bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com; TravelPod.com; and Travel-Library.com. Terms are not being disclosed." http://www.hotelmarketing.com/index...._communitites/ __________________ marge only the mediocre are always at their best

05-09-2007, 12:03 PM	#3
jfrenaye Lanoisseforp Levart Super Duper Über Poster Member since: Feb 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD 21403 Age: 51 Posts: 12,001 Rep Power: 362	This is kinda old. I think this happened in Feb and was announced in early April __________________ Find me on the TRO Forums or MLMs and Travel: A Bad Mix or Single Parent Travel or Eye On Annapolis or ClientBaseHelp.com or even on Twitter!

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05-09-2007, 09:15 AM	#2
tdew Senior Member Über Poster Member since: Apr 2005 Location: Bergen Co, NJ Posts: 4,265 Rep Power: 278	That's a shame. I use TravelPod to organize my trips beforehand and then to put them into a coherent format when it's over. I like the fact that I can keep it private - or just available to those I select. Hope it's not going to change. Recently I've been trying to put past trips in - in an effort to bring up the percentage of the world it says I've seen. It's just at 6% - but it counts the USA as one percentage point and Luxembourg as 1 percentage point - hardly the same thing!

05-23-2007, 09:27 AM	#5
wrp96 Moderator Über Poster Member since: Nov 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 35 Posts: 3,118 Rep Power: 152	I just saw an announcement that Trip Advisor is also acquiring Cruise Critic and Independent Traveler.