5 New Travel Startups Putting Dining at the Center of Travel
Skift Take
Many would argue that it's easier for travelers to find the perfect meal while traveling. While that may be true, there are also many more options and types of dining available to the average traveler in 2016 that wasn't around a decade ago and there's a sweet spot for startups to learn about dining tastes to find the best possible meal for each traveler.
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Walk into any restaurant around the world and you'll notice -- in some more than others -- that the dining scene is more connected and high-tech than it's ever been.
Travelers play with their smartphones and pay for their meals through mobile apps and servers take orders and reservations on iPads. The dining experience extends far beyond the actual meal and travelers interact with technology throughout the courses, from reading Yelp reviews to taking photos of their dishes. Restaurant dining, however, is only one of many layers that travelers want to peel away to interact with a destination's food.
Many destinations' push towards food tourism, and people's growing ability to discover restaurants and make mo
