Press & Awards

• Canadian Digital Executive Takes Senior Post at Facebook – The Globe and Mail (2016)
• TravelPod founder Luc Levesque departing Ottawa to take on “major initiative” at Facebook – Ottawa Business Journal (2016)
• Why Giving Feedback This Way Does More Harm Than Good – FastCompany (2015)
• Ottawa Executive Wins International Award for HR Strategies – International Business Awards (2014)
• Tobias Lutke ( CEO & Founder, Shopify ) Interviews Luc Levesque – AccelerateOtt (2014)
• To Make Your Management Style Clear, Create a User’s Manual – Inc. Managazine (2014)
• Luc Levesque of TripAdvisor, on Frequent Evaluations – New York Times (2013)
• How Luc Levesque Leads TravelPod & TripAdvisor to Focus on Being the Best – iDoneThis (2013)
• How to stop repeating time-wasting mistakes at work – Business Insider (2013)
• Keep your top talent by Giving Monthly Performance Evaluations – Business Insider (2013)
• Flashpackers prefer luxuries and high-tech electronics – Canada.com (2009)
• Top 40 Under 40 – Ottawa Business Journal (2008)

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• Epic Content Marketing (2013)
• “Best in branded entertainment” Finalist – DigiAward (2011)
• “Outstanding Achievement in Web Development” – WebAward (2011)
• TripWow on Steven and Chris TV (2011)
• “Cool Site of the Day” – Kim Komando (2010)
• “Don’t call it a slideshow, oh, it’s so much more than just a slideshow… most impressive” – Phocuswright (2010)
• “Game changer” – EverythingPR (2010)
• “nothing short of ingenious – a killer app” – Wickedgoodtraveltips.com (2010)
• Video review of TripWow – PalmBreezeCafe (2010)

• Interview with Luc on “The World” – NPR Radio
• “Why games can work for travel brands” – tnooz (2011)
• Excellence in Social Media Award – Canadian New Media Award (2008)
• “The Perfect Sponsored Widget” – OnlineSPIN (2008)
• “One of the most popular games on the Internet” – The Wall Street Journal (2007)
• “It’s totally addictive” – Johnny Jet (2007)

• Ranked #12 most popular blog on the Net – Technorati.com (2008)
• Ranked #24th most valuable blog – 24/7 Wall Street (2008)
• Best Travel Blog of the Net Award – The Guardian Newspaper (2007)
• “The best for inspiring wanderlust” – The Wall Street Journal (2006)
• Top 100 sites you can’t live without sites – PC Magazine (2005)
• Luc talking about TravelPod on TV
• More press about TravelPod (2000 – 2008)