Expedia Won’t Help TripAdvisor With Its Booking Problems
Photo Credit: TripAdvisor has had trouble recruiting major online travel agencies for its Book on TripAdvisor feature, shown above in its iOS app. Skift
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What a difference a couple of years makes. No longer sister companies, Expedia doesn't want to participate in TripAdvisor Instant Booking, and declines to do anything to help the brand that it is competing with, along with Booking.com, on TV in their competing commercials.
TripAdvisor has been trying to sign on major online travel agencies to handle direct hotel bookings within TripAdvisor's apps and soon on desktops, but it won't be getting any help from former parent Expedia.
"As far as TripAdvisor Instant Book, that's a product that's been out there for a couple of quarters now," said Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said during the company'
