What’s the story? Tell 50 million+ travelers why your property is unique

A breathtaking view, recently-renovated bathrooms, or a particularly memorable turndown service: guests want to hear about your property’s unique qualities. The interesting details or little extras that define an establishment are often what draw guests to choose one over another of comparable price and quality.

A great way to make sure you highlight your property’s best and most memorable features is to enter some descriptive information into the “Hotel amenities” section of your business’ page.

Management Center now always within reach – literally

You may have noticed a couple of subtle changes this week to the links that connect you with your owner’s tools. In our latest improvement for registered business owners, we’ve made accessing your Management Center even easier by giving you two simple ways to get there from any TripAdvisor page.

TripAdvisor to enhance security with business representative verification

We are excited to introduce an enhancement to our security measures on TripAdvisor, aimed at helping us prevent fraud and further protecting the site’s integrity for travelers and businesses alike. Beginning in the next few weeks, all business representatives on TripAdvisor will need to complete a new identity and business affiliation verification process.  It’s straightforward, and we’re available to help if you have questions!

Forum roundup: Managing your account Q&A

We’ve addressed some of the questions that commonly come up in the Business forums around managing your account on TripAdvisor.

I’ve just discovered there are two listings for my property with slightly different names. How can I have them combined and all my reviews put under one listing?

 If your property has been listed on TripAdvisor more than once, you can request to have the listings merged and all the reviews from the duplicate listing transferred across.

New look for Business Listings information

We’ve made some changes to how Business Listings information is displayed on your TripAdvisor page to give your direct contact information greater visibility. This new look, which moves contact information closer to the top of your listing and uses attention-getting icons, was launched last week to increase the prominence of Business Listings data.  If you would like to learn more about subscribing, visit us at http://www.tripadvisor.com/BusinessListings.  

We’ll continue to provide updates on new site features and functionality in this space so stay tuned!

‘Things to Do’ page gets a facelift

In response to requests from the TripAdvisor community we recently changed our ‘Things to Do’ section of the site to make it easier for travelers to find the activities that interest them.

‘Things to do’ has been separated out into four tabs: Attractions, Tours, Nightlife and Shopping so for example, where in the past a business may have been ranked 23rd of all attractions,  it should now be ranked higher up in its specific category. In destinations with fewer than 20 “Things to Do” listings we have left them as they were.

The new categories are organised as follows:

Attractions (in a fixed location)

• Landmarks/ Historic sites.
• Entertainment and Amusement
• Museums , zoos and aquariums
• Spa
• Education sites and libraries
• Golf courses & Ski Areas
• Parks, gardens and nature
• Casinos
• Theater, art and performances
• Amusement/ theme parks/ arcades
• Religious Sites
• Factories, wineries, and breweries
• Geographic areas, like beaches, canyons, lakes

Tours & Water Sports

Nightlife

• Bars/Discos
• Theater, art and performances
• Casinos
• Comedy Clubs

Shopping

• Antique Shops
• Specialty Shops
• Art Galleries
• Factory Outlets
• Malls
• Street/Flea Markets

If you find a listing that is in the wrong place, please let us know at: http://www.tripadvisor.com/ContactUs?topic=how_to_alert_us_when_a_listing_is_incorrect