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TripAdvisor Acquires Menu Management Company SinglePlatform

6Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

TripAdvisor Acquires Menu Management Company SinglePlatform

NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 6, 2019-- TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel platform acquired leading menu management company SinglePlatform to help the more than five million restaurants listed on TripAdvisor attract more diners and offer a better guest experience. Today, 93 percent of diners check menus online before choosing a place to eat, but for restaurants, keeping their menus up-to-date everywhere on the Internet is a challenging and time-consuming process. SinglePlatform works with restaurants to easily publish and manage their menus and other key information such as their business name, opening hours and contact information on main search and discovery sites like Google and Facebook. Upon completion of the integration, restaurants will be able to subscribe to the service and conve...

Thailand Based Eatigo Raised Funds From the Leading Travel Firm

17Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Thailand Based Eatigo Raised Funds From the Leading Travel Firm

The Southeast Asia based restaurant booking company Eatigo has raised a considerable amount of funds from its existing investor TripAdvisor. The funding amount has not been disclosed yet. The other sources, however, claim that the funding amount was $9.5 million making the whole capital raised by the firm to about $25 million. The valuation of the company till now was $15.5 million and after the latest funding, it has raised. The funds so raised will be utilized for the further expansion in markets “within Southeast Asia and beyond,” though the company’s “key focus remains within Asia.” “TripAdvisor has been helpful in optimizing our efficiency, sharing best practices for organizational structures, and cooperating in the commercial field,” said Michael Cluzel, Eatigo co-founder and ...

9Nov By RishabhNo Comments

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TripAdvisor To Mark Hotels On Website Where Sexual or Any Violent Incident Took Place

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]ripAdvisor will now mark the hotels where cases of violent incident like sexual assault or rape have been reported, informing the users before they book. The travel review and booking site earlier hit the news for removing a review about Iberosar Paraiso Maya, which described a rape done by security guard at a Mexican Resort. TripAdvisor issued a public apology saying they deleted it because of the unfriendly language that was used in the review. "We apologize to the sexual assault victim reported on in the article, who had her forum post removed seven years ago on TripAdvisor. At the time, we had a policy whereby we judged content to be in breach of our guidelines if it did not adhere to family-friendly language," the post said. The controversy raised ques...

Looking For An Uber? Book It Through Snapchat’s ‘Context Cards’

11Oct By reutersNo Comments

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Looking For An Uber? Book It Through Snapchat’s ‘Context Cards’

Snap Inc’s Snapchat on Tuesday introduced “context cards”, a new feature that will allow users to book an Uber ride or reserve a seat at a restaurant without leaving the messaging app. The new feature is aimed at increasing the time a user spends on the app by providing contextual location-based search, potentially helping the company to get more advertising dollars. Snapchat, popular with young people for applying bunny faces or other filters to their pictures, competes for ad dollars with the likes of Facebook Inc’s Instagram. The new cards allow users viewing stories to swipe up and get relevant information about a business such as reviews, directions or contact information, the company said in a blog post. RELATED Snapchat Removes Al Jazeera Channel In Saudi Arabia ...