TripAdvisor Suggests Trips Based On Your Friends Facebook Profiles

At first it sounds like TripAdvisor is repeat announcing things it already has on its Facebook page, but actually the travel application now makes more targeted suggestions by tapping into the social network's instant personalization platform.

TripAdvisor has had a presence on Facebook for a while now, but recently improved the way it makes travel suggestions based on friends’ profiles.

While the previous version of TripAdvisor’s page had a bit of this, users had to ask for suggestions and await answers from friends. The latest iteration taps into Facebook’s instant personalization platform to make recommendations in three different ways: you can see which types of travel are most popular in your circle, how your pals feel about specific destinations, and similarly, which

Visit TripAdvisor’s homepage on Facebook, and you see all of your friends’ travel maps overlaid onto your own, so you can see which destinations and activities are most popular among your crew.

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