Are Zagat Ratings an Endangered Species?

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 09.09.09 | 10:11 AM ET

Photo by philosophygeek via Flickr (Creative Commons)

The New York Post reports that the company’s book sales are “down dramatically” and that web traffic is declining, too. The culprits? The recession—and its impact on high-end dining—on the one hand, and free online upstarts like Yelp and Chowhound on the other.

Tags: Guidebooks, Restaurants, News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.

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