Holiday Watchdog

Holiday Watchdog is a UK-based travel website that hosts user-generated content, primarily reviews and photos for lodging in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Caribbean and Asia including resorts in Magaluf, Ibiza, Ayia Napa, Benidorm, and Sharm El Sheikh. The site also offers an Internet forum where users can share information about travel-related experiences.

Holiday Watchdog
FoundedJanuary 2003 (2003-01)
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Founder(s)Chris Brown
Chris Clarkson
IndustryTravel
ParentTripAdvisor
URLwww.holidaywatchdog.com

History

The site was established in June 2002 by Chris Brown, who came up with the idea for a review site whilst working at lastminute.com. He taught himself computer programming from a £17 book. He then partnered with Chris Clarkson, who he met in a chat room, to develop the website and its business relationships.[1]

In 2006, the website began soliciting video clips.[2]

In January 2008, the website was acquired by TripAdvisor.[3] At that time, the website had 3 million unique visitors per month.[4] The sales price was in the multi-million pound range.[1]

In 2010, the website had turnover of £30 million.[1]

References
  1. McKeigue, James (December 9, 2010). "Chris Brown: The internet love affair that led to a fortune". MoneyWeek.
  2. Davies, Phil (November 6, 2006). "Capture your holiday disasters on video". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. Zacks, Rebecca (February 14, 2008). "TripAdvisor Acquires Holiday Watchdog". Xconomy.
  4. Butcher, Mike (February 15, 2008). "TripAdvisor buys Holiday Watchdog, reviews site M&A begins". TechCrunch.
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