Articles tagged “reservations”

Food and Drink

Grubhub and OpenTable in Loyalty Partnership With Hotel Chain

Expect more travel brands to extend their reach into the dining experience going forward, especially since consumers have to eat every day and may only travel on occasion. And after all, the way to anyone's heart is through their stomachs, right?
Food and Drink

Reserve's COO Hire Signals Its Focus on Growth in a Competitive Market

I'm a fan of companies with a strong focus, especially in a crowded market. Reserve's challenge of scaling quickly while maintaining the personal feel of a human concierge is a big one, but this new hire signals the company's ambitions to continue to grow.
Food and Drink

Inside Yelp's Approach to Working with Restaurants

In a competition for high-quality restaurant partners, Yelp has the advantage of leveraging a company's success on its platform of highly searchable user-generated ratings and reviews.
Online Travel

Online Travel Gets a Woman CEO and a Rebrand

Toni Portmann inherits the distribution side of the Pegasus business, which formerly provided both hotel reservations services and distribution. In so doing, she will lead the healthier segment as the hotel reservations' portion has drastically given up market share over the last few years.