Articles tagged “restaurants”

Foodie tourism is on the rise worldwide. Spain’s distinct culture and strong country branding puts it at the top of many hungry tourists’ lists, creating a resilient sector within the country’s troubled tourism industry.

Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, Lima, and Singapore are a few of the non-European cities that have entrant in the top 50, but the Euro-centric list could learn a few things from rival Michelin's focus, as well as fellow upstart The Miele Guide.

Hotels will always be TripAdvisor's main course, but restaurants can serve as an ample second helping for its business.

Neighboring Peru has seen huge tourism success from celebrating its culinary specialties, and a similar much-need boom could come to Bolivia if the Noma co-founder succeeds in his mission of sparking a culinary movement.

Is TripAdvisor playing around with all of these products surrounding its hotel advertising business, or is the company becoming an all-purpose travel site? We suspect the latter.

Facebook's keen interest in restaurants and local search should be a major worry to Yelp regardless how much CEO Stoppelman tries to shrug off the threat.

TripIt, WorldMate and GateGuru focus on their itinerary management and flight-tracking specialties, but Google has given them all something to think about with its new search service for flight, hotel and restaurant reservations.

The cuisine offered in France, Spain, and Italy is enough to get tourists from around the world to book a ticket and lists like this serve to fuel future tourist’s plans.

Amusement parks perform better than national parks during an economic downturn, and Hershey’s established brand keeps visitor numbers higher than the industry average.