M&A Deal Summary

TripAdvisor Acquires IENS Independent Index BV

On January 8, 2015, TripAdvisor acquired internet software and services company IENS Independent Index BV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TripAdvisor’s 16th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is TripAdvisor’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-08
Target IENS Independent Index BV
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) TripAdvisor
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

IENS Independent Index BV

Amsterdam, Netherlands
website
IENS Independent Index BV provides restaurant reviews and content of 18.000 restaurants.

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Buyer

TripAdvisor

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees2,196
Revenue 1.5B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

TripAdvisor is a provider of trusted advice from real travellers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 260 million unique monthly visitors, and over 150 million reviews and opinions covering more than 3.7 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. TripAdvisor was founded in 2000 and is based in Needham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 24
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 16 of 23
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 22
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-14 Viator

San Francisco, California, United States

Viator, Inc. is an online booking service of destination activities, such as sightseeing trips, tours and airport transfers, for consumers and travel industry affiliates such as Travelocity, priceline.com, Intercontinental, Starwood and Wyndham.

Buy $200M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-02 ZeTrip

San Mateo, California, United States

ZeTrip, Inc. is the creator of Rove, a personal journal app that helps users log activities including places they have visited and photos they have taken.

Buy -