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Articles tagged “local”

Media and PR

LivingSocial likely to give up on Egypt, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates

With early investors backing out of Groupon and other sites re-evaluating their rapid expansions over the past two years, it's certainly not a good week to be in the local online coupon business.

Lebanon Daily Star | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Microsoft’s Bing chooses partnerships over acquisitions in battle over local

Microsoft/Bing's approach to content is indeed more open than Google's, and Bing has done a great job incorporating a lot of Yelp restaurant content on Bing.com without having to acquire the company.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing chooses partnerships over acquisitions in battle over local

Cruises

Cruise ships serve up local celebrity chefs and DJs

Taking a port city’s big attractions from land to sea is easy in a city like Miami, and it's a strategy cruise lines can adopt in more ports to engage residents and get them on more ships.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Google restaurant and hotel user review numbers don’t add up

C'mon Google: You shouldn't be using fuzzy math when boasting about your user-review numbers. You are better than that.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Maine’s congresswoman asks cruise ships to buy local lobsters to boost economy

Cruise ships could provide a huge boost to the local economies they visit by buying fresh local produce and seafood -- a boost that many cruise stops from Maine to the Caribbean islands desperately need.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Google uses Frommer’s and Zagat to solve its Yelp and TripAdvisor problem

With both Frommer's and Zagat in the fold, Google may be able to solve the problem that's plagued travel companies for the last decade: How to effectively bridge travel and local.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Brazilian startup GringoLocal exports local deals to foreign visitors

GringoLocal aims to save travelers money on local experiences by selecting deals from destination-specific resources; however, the established team of founders are already thinking of possible pivots should the idea not take off.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare to test users by testing mobile advertisements

How many times can a user see a "Promoted Updates" about Best Buy's weekend sale before hurling their smartphone across the room? We are about to find out.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

London’s Olympics get old-school Greek and crash Grindr’s servers

Oh the pageantry of the games, the patriotism, the thrill of competition, and the almost infinite possibilities of hooking up, thanks to a location-aware dating app.

Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare gives businesses a better way to communicate with check-in addicts

Crowley & co. may be able to turn this communication between merchant and loyal customer into a product they can monetize that won't anger anyone.

Skift | 12 years ago