- Zagat Survey
Zagat Survey IPA2|zʌ'ɡæt [ [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/comments/zagat_za_gat/ The Big Apple] Barrypopik.com.
August 13 2005 .] was established by Tim andNina Zagat in1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings ofrestaurant s by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends. As of 2005, the Zagat Survey included 70 cities, with reviews based on the input of 250,000 individuals reporting over the years. In addition to restaurants, Zagat guides ratehotel s, nightlife andshopping ,zoos ,music , movies, theater,golf , andairlines . The guides are sold inbook form, assoftware forpersonal digital assistant s andmobile phone s, and by paid subscription on the Web.Rating system
The ratings are on a 30-point scale, made up of ratings for defined areas including food, decor, service, and cost. In addition to numeric scores, the survey also includes a short descriptive paragraph that incorporates selected quotations (typically a few words) from several reviewers' comments about each restaurant or service, as well typical pricing and other information.
Ownership
Private equity firmGeneral Atlantic bought a third of parent company Zagat, LLC for $31 million in February 2000 and installed a non-Zagat family member CEO Amy B. McIntosh,. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Oct_30/ai_66430882] In 2008 the company was on the block for $200 million. After there were no takers the company announced in June that it was no longer for sale and that it would seek anorganic growth strategy. [http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/zagat-closes-the-book-on-sale-effort/]See also
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Consumer Reports
*Restaurant rating
*Michelin Guide References
* [http://www.zagat.com/help/HelpInfo.aspx?Cat=Help_AboutZagat&LNK=Cat1 About Zagat Survey] . Retrieved Jan. 2, 2006.
External links
* [http://www.zagat.com/ Zagat Survey Web site]
* [http://www.zagat.mobi/ Zagat Survey Mobile Web site]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/29583/entry/29585/ Nina and Tim Zagat on the beginnings of the Zagat Surveys]
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