by James Eling | Jun 6, 2017 | Booking, Dimmi, tripadvisor
Stevan Premutico is has announced that he will be leaving Dimmi at the end of the month. Dimmi, which was purchased by Tripadvisor in 2015 for an undisclosed amount, with Jared Chapman taking over as CEO on the 1st of July. Chapman, who is listed in Linkedin as the...
by James Eling | May 31, 2017 | Booking, Dimmi, Groupon, tripadvisor, Uncategorised
Too many restaurants are having their customers stolen by Dimmi (owned by Tripadvisor), though a practice known as restaurant adwords arbitrage, from the one place on the internet that their customers details should be safe and that is the Google search for their own...
by James Eling | Aug 27, 2016 | Dimmi, Eveve, Open Table, opentable, tripadvisor
Last month Dimmi Restaurant bookings data was released detailing the number of bookings made online with Dimmi. The figures only relate to Restaurants using Dimmi for their online bookings, which is only around 3,000 restaurants. which according to Ibisworld, has...
by James Eling | Apr 3, 2016 | Booking, Dimmi, opentable, Respak, tripadvisor
Skift is reporting that Priceline, the owner of OpenTable, may be looking to acquire TripAdvisor. Dennis Schall writes that Priceline has talked about it’s unappreciated competitive moat, and an acquisition of TripAdvisor would make a big statement and widen...
by James Eling | Mar 21, 2016 | Dimmi, Reviews, tripadvisor
I received an email this week from Tripadvisor encouraging reviews to be written about Restaurants that I have never visited. Tripadvisor fake reviews create a lot of stress for Restaurant owners, with many not knowing how to respond to them. It is also a big concern...
by James Eling | Jul 3, 2015 | Booking, Dimmi, quandoo, tripadvisor, Zomato
An article in Startup Daily today, has announced the entrance of yet another Restaurant Booking system into Australia, Qandoo, an online booking company out of Germany. They evidently launched in Sydney last week with 50 customers. What is the Quandoo Business Model?...