Let the games begin as the Priceline Group's acquisition of OpenTable, and TripAdvisor's acquisition of LaFourchette officially place restaurants firmly in the "travel" space in terms of mindset. Yelp anyone?
TripAdvisor is just getting around to addressing all of the massive restaurant content that it already has. As metasearch players already know, Yelp and OpenTable should pay attention as TripAdvisor tries to eat their lunch.
The limited-service concept is designed to reduce overhead at hotels such as New York Hilton Midtown, but it will only work if Herb and other guests don't tire of dealing with the midnight munchies, and decide to reserve rooms elsewhere on their next visit.
Many reputation management firms have made a living out of criticizing Yelp and TripAdvisor, and some of them have crossed the line and gotten into the fake-review writing business themselves. There are reputation management firms with integrity out there, but these 19 companies are not among them.
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.
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.