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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-073297
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190311
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190313
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190313

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TripAdvisor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001526520
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		IRS NUMBER:				800743202
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35362
		FILM NUMBER:		19678271

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 1ST AVENUE
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781-800-5800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 1ST AVENUE
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): March&nbsp;11, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRIPADVISOR, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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name or former address if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17
CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(&#167;&nbsp;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;&nbsp;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective March&nbsp;11, 2019, the Board of Directors (the
&#147;Board&#148;) of TripAdvisor, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)&nbsp;voted to increase the size of the Board from eight directors to ten directors and appointed Betsy L. Morgan and Trynka Shineman Blake to the Board to fill the resulting
vacancies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Betsy L. Morgan is currently the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-founder</FONT> of Magnet Companies, a private
equity-backed company focused on media and commerce, and an associate professor at Columbia Business School and Columbia College.&nbsp;From February 2016 to July 2018, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan served as an Executive in Residence of LionTree, an advisory and
merchant bank firm specializing in technology and media.&nbsp;From January 2011 to July 2015, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan was the CEO of TheBlaze, an early multi-platform and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">direct-to-consumer</FONT></FONT> news and entertainment company.&nbsp;Prior to TheBlaze, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan was the CEO of The Huffington Post.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Morgan currently serves on
the Board of Directors of TheStreet, Inc., a financial news and information provider listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, as well as Trusted Media Brands, Chartbeat and TheSkimm.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Morgan has B.A. in Political Science and Economics from
Colby College, where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees for eight years, and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.&nbsp;She is also a contributor to Riptide, an oral history of journalism and digital innovation created by
Harvard&#146;s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trynka Shineman Blake currently serves on the Board of Directors
of Ally Financial, Inc., a&nbsp;leading digital financial services company currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and serves as a member of the Audit and Digital Transformation Committees.&nbsp;She is also a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Mass Technology Leadership Council. From March 2004 through February 2019, Ms.&nbsp;Shineman held positions of increasing responsibility with Cimpress N.V., and most recently was the Chief Executive Officer of its Vistaprint business.
Ms.&nbsp;Shineman has a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Morgan and
Ms.&nbsp;Shineman will participate in the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director compensation program. Pursuant to this program, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan and Ms.&nbsp;Shineman are eligible to receive the following
compensation, although such cash amount and equity award will be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pro-rated</FONT> for service commencing on March&nbsp;11, 2019 and through June&nbsp;11, 2019, the anticipated date of the Company&#146;s annual
meeting of shareholders: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">annual retainer of $50,000 for service as a Board member; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an award of restricted stock units with a value of $250,000 on the date of grant, to be fully vested on the first
year anniversary of the date of grant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Since the beginning of the Company&#146;s last fiscal year through the present,
there have been no transactions with the Company, and there are currently no proposed transactions with the Company, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which either Ms.&nbsp;Morgan or Ms.&nbsp;Shineman had or will have a direct or
indirect material interest within the meaning of Item 404(a)&nbsp;of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K.&nbsp;No</FONT> arrangement or understanding exists between either Ms.&nbsp;Morgan or Ms.&nbsp;Shineman and any other person
pursuant to which Ms.&nbsp;Morgan or Ms.&nbsp;Shineman was selected as a director of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>TRIPADVISOR, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>President</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Betsy Morgan and Trynka Shineman Blake Join TripAdvisor&#146;s Board of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NEEDHAM, Mass., March</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;13, 2019</B> &#151;&nbsp;TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) today announced that Betsy Morgan and Trynka Shineman
Blake were elected to TripAdvisor&#146;s board of directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TripAdvisor president and CEO Stephen Kaufer indicated that the appointments of
Ms.&nbsp;Morgan and Ms.&nbsp;Shineman will provide the board with additional industry, technology and marketing expertise to further the company&#146;s objectives. Kaufer added, &#147;Given the growth and diversification of our business, Betsy and
Trynka&#146;s backgrounds will strengthen TripAdvisor and its management team as we move into our twentieth year and beyond of serving the needs of travelers better than anyone.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We welcome Betsy and Trynka,&#148; stated Greg Maffei, chairman of the TripAdvisor board. &#147;Their knowledge of technology and media, supporting the
growth of large companies and growing <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">start-up</FONT> businesses, is the blend of expertise that will benefit TripAdvisor and its management team for years to come.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Trynka Shineman Blake </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trynka Shineman Blake
currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ally Financial, Inc., a&nbsp;leading digital financial services company currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and serves as a member of the Audit and Digital Transformation
Committees.&nbsp;She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mass Technology Leadership Council. From March 2004 through February 2019, Ms.&nbsp;Shineman held positions of increasing responsibility with Cimpress N.V., and most recently was
the Chief Executive Officer of the Vistaprint division. Ms.&nbsp;Shineman has a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Betsy L. Morgan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Betsy L. Morgan is currently the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-founder</FONT> of Magnet Companies, a private-equity backed company focused on media and commerce, and an associate professor at Columbia Business School and Columbia College.&nbsp;From February 2016 to July 2018,
Ms.&nbsp;Morgan served as an Executive in Residence of LionTree, an advisory and merchant bank firm specializing in technology and media.&nbsp;From January 2011 to July 2015, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan was the CEO of TheBlaze, an early multi-platform and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">direct-to-consumer</FONT></FONT> news and entertainment company.&nbsp;Prior to TheBlaze, Ms.&nbsp;Morgan was the CEO of The Huffington Post.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Morgan currently serves on the
Board of Directors of TheStreet, Inc., a financial news and information provider listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, as well as Trusted Media Brands, Chartbeat and TheSkimm.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Morgan has B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Colby
College, where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees for eight years, and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.&nbsp;She is also a contributor to Riptide, an oral history of journalism and digital innovation created by Harvard&#146;s
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About TripAdvisor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TripAdvisor, the world&#146;s largest travel site**, enables travelers to unleash the full potential of every trip. With 730&nbsp;million reviews and opinions
covering the world&#146;s largest selection of travel listings worldwide &#151; covering 8.1&nbsp;million accommodations, airlines, experiences, and restaurants &#151; TripAdvisor provides travelers with the wisdom of the crowds to help them decide
where to stay, how to fly, what to do and where to eat. TripAdvisor also compares prices from more than 200 hotel booking sites so travelers can </P>
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find the lowest price on the hotel that&#146;s right for them. TripAdvisor-branded sites are available in 49 markets, and are home to the world&#146;s largest travel community of 490&nbsp;million
average monthly unique visitors*, all looking to get the most out of every trip. TripAdvisor: Know better. Book better. Go better. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The subsidiaries and
affiliates of TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP) own and operate a portfolio of websites and businesses, including the following travel media brands: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bokun.io, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com (including
www.lafourchette.com, <U>www.eltenedor.com</U> and <U>www.restorando.com</U>), www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.housetrip.com, www.jetsetter.com, www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com, www.seatguru.com,
www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.vacationhomerentals.com and www.viator.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*Source: Jumpshot for TripAdvisor Sites, worldwide, December 2018
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">**Source: TripAdvisor internal log files, average monthly unique visitors during seasonal peak in Q3 2018 </P>
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