October 20, 2006 | E-mail article link | m-Travel.com
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TripAdvisor goes for the "Ultimate Web 2.0 Travel Mashup"
TripAdvisor has launched a new mashup combining hotel popularity, price and availability with a dynamic mapping tool.
"The mashup of maps with TripAdvisor real traveler reviews, pricing and availability dramatically simplifies the travel planning process," said Christine Petersen, senior vice president of marketing for TripAdvisor.
"TripAdvisor and our 20 million passionate travelers changed the way people choose their hotel, and now the process is even easier, combining the power of customer opinions with the key ingredients: location, location, location," said Petersen.
At launch, TripAdvisor Maps covers U.S. hotels, and will add restaurants, attractions and international destinations in the coming months. Travelers will find links to the new maps throughout tripadvisor.com -- on each of hotel overview pages for 32,000 featured U.S. cities and towns, 17,000+ pages covering U.S. attractions, 135,000+ pages covering U.S. restaurant.
Mashup (web application hybrid) is a website or web application that
combines content from more than one source.
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Comments
I used to like the idea of trip adviser a whole lot more a few years ago, but now it really seems that they are trying to sell you something at every stop. Seriously sometimes you see more adds that user driven content.
When I want to know about a place I check a number of other Travel Mashups, like Travature.com or some of the other ones that Programmable Web mentions on their site.
Bottom line they have a great idea but I feel that I am on a site that cares more about shoving ads down my throat than the traveler's experience.
Posted by: Richard | Oct 12, 2007 11:46:05 PM
