BWI: Tripadvisor Partners with Jet Airways, Offers Flying Rewards for Reviews

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: TripAdvisor Media Network
Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:54 PM IST (07:24 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Travel & tourism; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Hospitality, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 19762
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Tripadvisor Partners with Jet Airways, Offers Flying Rewards for Reviews
First of its kind Partnership in the Indian Online Travel Space

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- In the first promotion of its kind in the online travel space in the country, TripAdvisor, the world's largest and most popular travel community, has partnered with the country's leading full service airline, Jet Airways, to offer JPMiles to users for contributing hotel reviews on www.tripadvisor.in.

The promotion enables members of JetPrivilege, the frequent flyer program of Jet Airways, to get up to 1000 JPMiles by writing hotel reviews on tripadvisor.in and therefore, that much closer to availing of free flights on Jet. The promotion, which is on till June 12th, was recently launched on the www.tripadvisor.in site and with summer vacations around the corner the initial response from JetPrivilege members has already been enthusiastic.

"This partnership will reiterate our commitment to rewarding our community for sharing their opinions with millions of other travellers like themselves. We are pleased to have partnered with JetPrivilege and offered an exciting & relevant incentive to an audience that most certainly consists of frequent and enthusiastic travellers" said Sharat Dhall, Managing Director, TripAdvisor India.

About TripAdvisor Media Network

TripAdvisor® Media Network, operated by TripAdvisor, LLC, attracts more than 32 million monthly visitors* across 14 popular travel brands: TripAdvisor®, www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.frequentflier.com, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.onetime.com, www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.travel-library.com, www.travelpod.com and www.virtualtourist.com. TripAdvisor-branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 25 million monthly visitors*, 10 million registered members and 23 million reviews and opinions. Featuring real advice from real travelers, TripAdvisor-branded sites cover more than one million destinations, hotels, restaurants and attractions and operate in the U.S. (http://www.tripadvisor.com), the U.K. (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk), Ireland (http://www.tripadvisor.ie), France (http://www.tripadvisor.fr), Germany (http://www.tripadvisor.de), Italy (http://www.tripadvisor.it), Spain (http://www.tripadvisor.es), India (http://www.tripadvisor.in) and Japan (http://www.tripadvisor.jp). TripAdvisor® Media Network provides travel suppliers with graphical advertising opportunities and a cost-per-click marketing platform. Collectively, the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network have won hundreds of awards and accolades from press and industry worldwide. TripAdvisor and the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network are operating companies of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE).

TripAdvisor and TripAdvisor.com are registered trademarks of TripAdvisor LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.

©2009 TripAdvisor LLC. All rights reserved.

*Source: comScore Media Metrix, July 2008


CONTACT DETAILS
Nikhil Ganju, TripAdvisor, +91 9811299822, nganju@tripadvisor.com
Nidhi Mehra, 20:20 Media, +91 9819331654, nidhimehra@2020india.com
Lakshita Sogani, 20:20 Media, +91 9899200649, lakshita@2020india.com

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CONSUMER, TOURISM, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOSPITALITY, TECHNOLOGY

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