Holiday Watchdog

Travel website

Holiday WatchdogFounded| January 2003; 21 years ago (2003-01)[1]

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Headquarters| London, UK[1]
Founder(s)| Chris Brown
Chris Clarkson[1]
Industry| Travel

Holiday Watchdog was a London-based travel website and review site.[1]

## History

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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 after the owners received a "multi-million-pound offer".[3] At that time, the website had 3 million unique visitors per month.[4]

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

In July 2020, Tripadvisor sold Holiday Watchdog to Hopjump.[5][6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f 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.
5. ^ Schaal, Dennis (July 17, 2020). "Tripadvisor Is a Media Business So Why Did It Unload These 8 Brands?". Skift.
6. ^ Maffei, Lucia (July 16, 2020). "Tripadvisor sells eight brands to Cambridge travel firm". American City Business Journals.