Michelin acquires Tablet: the first online travel agency dedicated to the best and most original hotel experiences
Michelin today announced the acquisition of Tablet, the first online travel agency specializing in boutique and luxury hotels, which offer guests unforgettable and original experiences. |
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Michelin acquires Tablet: the first online travel agency dedicated to the best and most original hotel experiences
Michelin today announced the acquisition of Tablet, the first online travel agency specializing in boutique and luxury hotels, which offer guests unforgettable and original experiences. |
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2018-12-04
Headquartered in New York, Tablet was founded in 2000 by Laurent Vernhes and Michael Davis to provide a high quality selection of unique hotel experiences to millions of travelers, and an associated booking platform. The hotels are visited and evaluated in a rigorous and anonymous way before being listed on the site. The Tablet selection currently has 3,500 hotels that stand out for the quality and uniqueness of the experience they deliver. In addition, the Tablet Plus Club offers its members exclusive benefits during their stay, such as an upgrade to a superior room category or free breakfast.
Pascal Couasnon, director of gastronomic and tourist activities of the Michelin group, commented: "Travelers and foodies are now looking for experiences which tell a story, and which help them discover a universe where they can show their appreciation of the local cultures. Tablet is part of this new lifestyle that fully corresponds to the ethos of the MICHELIN guides. We want to offer our readers the best, by revealing places that offer this extra soul and express the fruit of the work of hoteliers and passionate chefs alike."
Today, 52 percent of Tablet customers are North American. The ambition of this alliance with Michelin is to conquer wider and more diverse audiences geographically, by extending existing offers and building new ones.
Laurent Vernhes and Michael Davis, co-founders of Tablet, commented: "Michelin and Tablet share an unbiased approach to curation. Our dedication to integrity has made us leaders in our respective fields, and now we’re combining forces for a ground-breaking union that will change the scale of Tablet and transform the Tablet Plus program. Likewise, hotel reservations driven by expert curation and exclusive privileges will be a significant addition to Michelin’s travel portfolio."
The Tablet teams will continue to be based in New York.About Michelin:Michelin, the leading tire company, is dedicated to enhancing its clients’ mobility, sustainably; designing and distributing the most suitable tires, services and solutions for its clients’ needs; providing digital services, maps and guides to help enrich trips and travels and make them unique experiences; and developing high-technology materials that serve the mobility industry. Headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Michelin is present in 171 countries, has more than 114,000 employees and operates 70 production facilities in 17 countries which together produced around 190 million tires in 2017.
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