Articles tagged “yelp”

Business Travel

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

It's good that these companies are stepping up to back their women employees' right to choose.

Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson, Reuters | 9 months ago

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

Online Travel

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Superapps and connected trips would take a hit if Google were forced to self-immolate. However, competition would flourish if authorities curtail Google bias.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 months ago

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Online Travel

Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Poses Threat to Airbnb, Tripadvisor, Google and Yelp

The liability protections that online travel businesses such as Airbnb, Google and Tripadvisor enjoy under the Communications Decency Act could be collateral damage in President Trump's effort to go after Twitter and Google for what he views as "censorship" or biased coverage.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Poses Threat to Airbnb, Tripadvisor, Google and Yelp

Online Travel

A Peddler of Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor Gets Jail Time

TripAdvisor hopes that jail time will scare off the dishonest folks creating fake reviews. We hope so, too.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

A Peddler of Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor Gets Jail Time

Online Travel

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Yelp's efforts to see tighter regulation of Google's business practices could have more success this time around than several years ago, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped the ball. European Union regulators have really cast the previous U.S. effort in a shameful light, and the Trump team may be more sympathetic than the Obama administration.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Food and Drink

Chefs+Tech: Hospitality Lessons From Waffle House

The recent hurricanes have put Waffle House's opening hours (24/7/365) back into the spotlight, but it's the restaurant's logistics and enduring hospitality practices that deserve the story.

Kristen Hawley, Chefs+Tech | 6 years ago

Chefs+Tech: Hospitality Lessons From Waffle House

Food and Drink

Chefs+Tech: Eat24 Sale Could Signify Yelp’s Focus on the In-Restaurant Experience

With several other restaurant-facing product offerings, Eat24 was the one that didn't fit into the Yelp puzzle. By ceding delivery to former competitor, Grubhub, Yelp is free to focus on the other parts of its business that certainly benefit from its robust consumer network.

Kristen Hawley, Chefs+Tech | 6 years ago

Food and Drink

Chefs+Tech: The Rise of the Grocerant

The addition of restaurants to retail has been a big shift in U.S. dining habits and one that finds plenty of antecedents around the world.

Chefs+Tech | 6 years ago

Chefs+Tech: The Rise of the Grocerant

Media and PR

Yelp Says Election Blues Helped Reduce Its Expectations for 2017

It makes sense to branch out into on-demand services, in the vein of its Eat24 product, and away from advertising, which it has struggled to grow over the last year.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor Expands Subscription Business Into Restaurants

While investors and observers are rightfully focused on how TripAdvisor's transition to a hotel booking site will work out, the company has some meaningful hedges in the form of vacation rentals, tours and activities, and restaurants. Collecting monthly and annual fees is a very material part of the overall business and will likely become even more so.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

TripAdvisor Expands Subscription Business Into Restaurants