Tripadvisor, Inc. Its namesake brand, Tripadvisor. In , Tripadvisor earned 25 percent of its revenues from Expedia Group and Booking Holdings and their subsidiaries, primarily for pay-per-click advertising. In April , Tripadvisor launched in China. In June , the company acquired holidaylettings. In December , Expedia completed the corporate spin-off of Tripadvisor into a public company. In February , the company changed its name from TripAdvisor to Tripadvisor, using a lowercase "a". The company also closed offices in downtown Boston and San Francisco.
On December 8, , China blocked apps, including Tripadvisor, from mobile app stores. The Cyberspace Administration of China stated that the apps were "illegal", and that public concerns were raised around "obscene, pornographic and violent information or fraud, gambling and prostitution". In December , the Tripadvisor.
Tripadvisor has been the subject of controversy for allowing unsubstantiated anonymous reviews to be posted about any hotel, bed and breakfast , inn, or restaurant. In May , Tripadvisor was criticized for allowing an offensive review to be posted about the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in which a visitor described bringing a baby to the gas chambers. Tripadvisor initially stated the review complied with submission guidelines but later removed it following backlash on social media.
Fake reviews are common and has led to criticism of the company. In September , consumer organisation Which? Its survey of nearly , reviews for the ten top-ranked hotels in ten popular tourist destinations around the world found that one in seven had "blatant hallmarks" of fake positive reviews.
In May , a fake restaurant was set up by a disgruntled businessman and reportedly had diners looking for the eatery in an alley filled with rubbish bins.
