Articles tagged “restaurants”

Online Travel

Menu app NoChains steers users clear of restaurant chains with NYC launch

NoChains differentiates itself from Yelp and MenuPages by completely removing chains from the equation, but stays broader than specialty sites by putting any locally owned restaurant on its app.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Memphis barbecue will keep its global renown despite death of restaurant chain’s founder

Delta may have abandoned Memphis, but its blues and barbecue will attract visitors and generate pride forever. Don Pelts helped export Memphis barbecue around the world.

Adrian Sainz , Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Popular Las Vegas restaurant closes after food poisoning hits 200 people

The restaurant has a 4.5 star rating on Yelp, which notes that it is temporarily closed. Lax health code enforcement was evident in that after the incident inspectors wrote up the restaurant for 44 violations.

Michelle Rindels, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Mumbai’s Parsi cafe culture is a blend of people and cuisines

In these Parsi cafes in Mumbai, you are sampling the region's history and cultures, and that's what travel and life are all about.

Rosie Birkett , The Guardian | 11 years ago

Tourism

Forget the Spanish sun, tapas and wine brought in 5.6 million tourists last year

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.

Skift | 11 years ago

SkiftX

The best 100 restaurants in the world are mostly in Europe

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.

Bloomberg, Richard Vines | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Five travel startups hack roaming fees, restaurants and hotel bookings

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor’s expands gluttonous menu with Australia restaurant reservations

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

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Noma co-founder could spark culinary tourism in Bolivia with local venture

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.

Dan Collyns, The Guardian | 11 years ago

Media and PR

TripAdvisor targets Yelp as it dives deeper into restaurant data

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.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago