Tripadvisor.com Biography & Web Analysis

Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American online travel company that operates a website and mobile app with user-generated content and a comparison shopping website. It also offers online hotel reservations and bookings for transportation, lodging, travel experiences, and restaurants.
Tripadvisor was founded by Stephen Kaufer, Langley Steinert, Nick Shanny, and Thomas Palka in February 2000. Kaufer has stated the original idea was not a user generated social media review site. 
In April 2009, Tripadvisor launched in China. Its headquarters are in Needham, Massachusetts.
In February 2020, the company changed its name from TripAdvisor to Tripadvisor, using a lowercase "a".
On April 28, 2020, Tripadvisor notified employees the company will be eliminating 600 jobs in Canada and the United States and 300 more in other countries as part of a 25 percent reduction in their workforce around the world.
On Dec 8th, 2020, China blocked 105 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 November 2021, Kaufer announced that he will retire in 2022. He remains in his position until the new CEO is appointed.