Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Expedia's TripAdvisor Buys Travel Sites

TripAdvisor, the online travel information site owned by Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia, said this morning that it has acquired two online travel sites, VirtualTourist.com and OneTime.com. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. Both VirtualTourist.com and OneTime.com provide travel information, with VirtualTourist.com offering user-generated travel content, and OneTime.com offering travel booking comparisons. Both of the firms were based in Manhattan Beach, California.