TripAdvisor axes controversial Dirtiest Hotels PR campaign

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Perhaps another sign that TripAdvisor is moving into a new phase with the user review giant scrapping its annual and often controversial Dirtiest Hotels series.

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TripAdvisor goes public and Kaufer says scale dominates phony reviews

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Whether you love or hate TripAdvisor, which began trading today as a public company on Nasdaq, you can trace its origins, in a way, to a Mexico vacation and CEO Stephen Kaufer’s wife.

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Expedia feeling the heat from TripAdvisor spinoff

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Expedia or TripAdvisor? CEOs Dara Khosrowshahi of Expedia or Stephen Kaufer of TripAdvisor? Which company or CEO will be the new darling?

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It is a TRIP — Expedia stockholders approve TripAdvisor spinoff

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Expedia stockholders approved the TripAdvisor spinoff and the hotel review site should be trading on Nasdaq under the stock symbol TRIP around Dec. 21.

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TripAdvisor spinoff nears and Kaufer will not have to weigh options

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Expedia shareholders are slated to vote tomorrow on the proposed TripAdvisor spinoff — and at least one interested party will no longer have to wonder about his options.

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Expedia readies TripAdvisor spinoff citing hotel review reliability

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As Expedia shareholders get set to vote Dec. 6 on the TripAdvisor spinoff, Expedia is telling potential investors that travelers overwhelmingly find TripAdvisor’s user reviews to be reliable.

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Expedia sees hotel improvements, but still admires Booking.com from afar

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Expedia Inc. sold 16% more hotel-room nights in the third quarter, but it still has to stand back and admire Booking.com’s execution from afar.

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TripAdvisor warns of potential liability from reviews and comments

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It isn’t often that you get a lot of candor from TripAdvisor about the hazards of user-generated content, but parent company Expedia says TripAdvisor “faces potential liability” for content users post in reviews, blogs, comments and social media.

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Expedia rolls out new tech platform for Expedia UK hotels

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Expedia Inc. is in the process of putting Expedia UK’s hotels onto Expedia’s new global technology platform and can only hope that the results mimic the gangbuster manner in which Hotels.com has taken to the platform.

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TripAdvisor spinoff delayed until late 2011

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Expedia Inc.’s spinoff of TripAdvisor has been delayed “weeks, not months,” and should be completed before the end of 2011.

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