Best Restaurants to Visit While Traveling? Trip.Gourmet Announces Top Restaurants and New Features at Global Awards

• The updated global ranking now covers four new themes such as gastronomy, best local flavors, light snacks and best views.
• Trip.Gourmet is now integrated with Trip.Best Listings, a unique guide on Trip.com
• Trip.Gourmet now supports direct bookings at over 50,000 restaurants worldwide and has launched a new Food Guide channel to share local culinary gems
• Dining in luxury hotel restaurants is a growing trend; new hotel packages and mini-series have been launched

Trip.Gourmet, the leading culinary travel guide from Trip.com Group, proudly announces its top global restaurants at the launch of the new Trip.Gourmet brand and the Trip.Best Gourmet Awards at the iconic Sands Expo & Convention Centre Marina Bay SandsThis is an important step in its mission to offer travelers an unparalleled culinary experience.

As food tourism grows, discovering, savoring and sharing culinary offerings are now key aspects of the traveler’s experience. Trip.com data reveals a more than 30% year-over-year increase in the number of users searching for food-related keywords around the world, with growing interest in terms such as “fine dining,” “local specialties,” and food-destination associations such as “Tokyo street food" And "Singapore cuisine" Furthermore, a user survey reveals that 44% of users consider gastronomic experiences when choosing their destination.

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Sunny Sun, Vice President of Trip.com Group and CEO of Trip.Gourmet, said: “More and more travelers are eager to explore the world through the universal language of food. At Trip.Gourmet, we celebrate culinary excellence, from fine dining to local flavors. Our new rankings and upgrades allow travelers to savor exceptional dining experiences wherever they go.”

Trip.Gourmet Lists – Discover the World’s Best Restaurants

Founded in 2016, Trip.Gourmet on Trip.com is a unique food guide, featuring global restaurant rankings, travel-focused culinary content, and booking options. At the event, it introduced several exciting updates:

New global selection and ranking system:Now covering over 10,000 restaurants in over 300 cities and regions, it has categorized them into four new themes that combine travel and dining:Fine Dining (Black Diamond, Diamond and Platinum), Local Restaurants, Light SnacksAndRestaurants for views and experiences.

These are selected based on restaurant quality and popularity, user reviews, relevance to the theme, and destination popularity. There is also a greater emphasis on the travel attributes of restaurants, compared to other rankings that focus on food quality.

Another major update is the full integration of selected restaurants into the listsTrip.Beston the Trip.com app, allowing travelers to seamlessly discover the best accommodations, activities, restaurants and nightlife in one place. Learn more aboutTrip.Besthere.

Rewarding culinary excellence in fine dining and luxury hotels

Several gastronomic establishments in the regionAsia Pacificwere recognized at the awards ceremony, including Odette, Waku Ghin deTetsuya Wakudaand CUT by Wolfgang Puck atSingapore; Kubu at the Mandapa inBali; Potong andThe DuhasBangkok; SÉZANNE and RyuGin atTokyoand La Yeon and Bicena atSeoul.On the prestigious

listBlack Diamond, nearly 49.12 % of the best restaurants came fromFrance,ChinaAndJapan, reflecting their dominance on the gastronomy scene.Europemade a strong appearance with establishments like Core deClare Smyth(UK), The White Bird (France) and Enjoy (Spain).

Catering in hotelsoccupies a prominent place, with 41 % of Trip.Gourmet rankings for luxury hotel restaurants, a growing preference among more affluent travelers. Notable mentions includeLai Po Heenat the Mandarin Oriental inKuala Lumpur, JAAN byKirk Westawayat Swissôtel The Stamford Singapore and Ossiano at Atlantis, The PalmDubaiThe Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton brands have particularly distinguished themselves, hosting several highly rated restaurants in cities such asHong Kong,Paris,TokyoAndOsaka.

Easy bookings at your fingertips

Trip.Gourmet now supports direct bookings at over 50,000 restaurants with leading restaurant reservation platforms, making it easier than ever for travelers to secure reservations at the best dining establishments around the world.

This includes The Fork inEurope, Chope inSoutheast Asia, OpenRice inHong Kong,MacauAndTaiwan, OpenTable inNorth Americaand TableCheck atJapan.,

A Love for Local Delights – Food Channel & “Taste the Season”

To further enrich the travel experience, Trip.Gourmet has launcheda new Food Guide channelacross two platforms (Trip.com and Ctrip). This feature uncovers local culinary gems, recommending lists of culinary specialties and must-try dishes to travelers. The channel aims to inspire culinary exploration by showcasing the unique flavors of local specialties in various destinations. This complements Trip.com’s Travel Guides feature, which covers not only food, but also entertainment, transportation, accommodation and shopping, as well as useful tools such as maps and tourist itineraries.

In collaboration with Shangri-La, a new“Taste the Season” campaign» has been launched, offering hotel stays, signature dishes and food vouchers. This is part of the growing popularity of hotel dining, with a mini-drama series produced by Trip.Gourmet launched on social media to support the initiative.

About Trip.Gourmet

Since 2016, Trip.Gourmet has been dedicated to providing objective and fair food guides across a wide range of restaurants and diverse user tastes. Drawing on years of user data and authoritative culinary opinions, Trip.Gourmet curates the best dining experiences around the world. The launch of Trip.Gourmet's new global brand and the Trip.Best Gourmet Awards ceremony, theAugust 23, 2024represent the next step in providing practical, accurate and efficient food guides for travelers around the world.

For more information and to discover the best restaurants, visitTrip.com.

About Trip.com Group

The Trip.com Groupis a leading global provider of travel services includingTrip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar. On its various platforms,Trip.comGroup helps global travelers make informed and profitable bookings for travel products and services and enables partners to connect their offerings to users through the aggregation of comprehensive travel-related content and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of apps, websites and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021,Trip.comGroup has become one of the world's best-known travel groups, with a mission "to create the perfect journey for a better world". Learn more aboutTrip.comGroup, click here:group.trip.com.

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