TripAdvisor Announces Leadership Transition for Attractions Business as Barrie Seidenberg Resigns Following 11 Years of Innov...
November 17 2016 - 4:05PM
TripAdvisor®
, the world's largest travel
site*, today announced that Barrie Seidenberg, Viator CEO, is
resigning from TripAdvisor to pursue opportunities outside the
company. TripAdvisor will expand Dermot Halpin’s role to serve as
president for both its global vacation rentals and attractions
divisions. In this newly-consolidated executive role, Halpin will
continue to report directly to Stephen Kaufer, president and CEO of
TripAdvisor.
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Seidenberg joined Viator in 2005, establishing the company as
the leading global online resource for travelers to book tours and
activities before spearheading the sale to TripAdvisor in 2014.
Under her leadership, Barrie and her team at Viator helped enable
thousands of attractions and previously offline tour operators to
become bookable online and via mobile devices, enriching the
experiences of millions of global travelers. She will continue with
the company over the next few months to ensure a smooth
transition.
“Viator has been a stand-out acquisition for TripAdvisor and I
want to thank Barrie for her leadership throughout the successful
integration of Viator into the TripAdvisor family over the past two
years,” said Stephen Kaufer, president and CEO, TripAdvisor. “The
Viator team and the TripAdvisor Attractions business is
well-positioned for future success thanks to Barrie’s dedication to
our company and leadership in our industry. I’m confident that
under Dermot’s direction, we will continue our success of building
an innovative and large global attractions marketplace.”
Halpin joined TripAdvisor in 2011 to build and lead the
company’s vacation rentals division. Under his leadership,
TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals transformed from a small
subscription-based business into one of the world’s leading
vacation rental sites. Over the course of his tenure, Halpin has
led the business through four acquisitions, grew revenue by 400%
and oversaw a 300% increase in inventory.
Halpin has extensive experience building high growth businesses.
Before joining TripAdvisor, Halpin served in a number of senior
leadership roles at Expedia, rising to the role of President of
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). During his time
at Expedia, Halpin led this division through a period of
extensive international growth under his leadership, which included
the Expedia, Hotels.com and Expedia Affiliate Networks
businesses.
“This is an incredible opportunity to continue to make
TripAdvisor the total planning and booking site for travelers
around the world,” said Dermot Halpin, president, attractions and
vacation rentals, TripAdvisor. “With thousands of highly-rated
bookable attractions, we look forward to bringing our consumers new
in-destination experiences that will help them unleash the full
potential of every trip.”
“I want to thank Steve and the entire TripAdvisor team for
advancing our shared vision of helping travelers find and
book amazing experiences,” said Barrie Seidenberg, outgoing
CEO of Viator. “I will always be cheering on
the Viator and TripAdvisor teams as they
continue to drive innovation in the attractions category.”
About TripAdvisorTripAdvisor® is the world's
largest travel site**, enabling travelers to unleash the potential
of every trip. TripAdvisor offers advice from millions of travelers
and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with
seamless links to booking tools that check hundreds of websites to
find the best hotel prices. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the
largest travel community in the world, reaching 390 million average
monthly unique visitors, and reached 435 million reviews and
opinions covering 6.8 million accommodations, restaurants and
attractions. The sites operate in 48 markets worldwide.
TripAdvisor: Know better. Book better. Go better.
TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP), through its subsidiaries,
manages and operates websites under 24 other travel media brands:
www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.citymaps.com,
www.cruisecritic.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com,
www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com (including www.lafourchette.com,
www.eltenedor.com, www.iens.nl, www.besttables.com and
www.dimmi.com.au), www.gateguru.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk,
www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.housetrip.com,
www.independenttraveler.com, www.jetsetter.com,
www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com,
www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com,
www.tingo.com, www.travelpod.com, www.tripbod.com,
www.vacationhomerentals.com, www.viator.com, and
www.virtualtourist.com.
*Source: TripAdvisor log files, average monthly unique visitors,
Q3 2016
**Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites,
worldwide, July 2016
Media Contact:
Brian Hoyt
TripAdvisor
brhoyt@tripadvisor.com
+1 781 800 5568
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