VISIT PHILLY EXPANDS ITS PRESENCE ON POPULAR FOODSPOTTING WEBSITE

Seven New Guides Help Locals & Visitors Eat & Drink Their Way Through Philly

PHILADELPHIA, October 17, 2011 – The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) continues its momentum as the first destination to launch a major program on Foodspotting, the website and mobile platform that has recently surpassed one million users, by adding seven new guides to foodspotting.com/visitphilly. One of Time magazine’s “Best Websites of 2010,” Foodspotting is dedicated to helping people find and share good food.

New Guides:
Philadelphia’s newest guides cover everything from classic cocktails and perfectly brewed coffee to hard-to-resist hot dogs and heavenly hoagies. The addition of seven guides means visitors to foodspotting.com/visitphillynow have 21 themed food and drink lists from which to choose. Here’s the dish on the recent mouth-watering additions:

·         The Hoagie: Philly’s Go-to Cold Sandwich: Delicious hoagies from South Philly to the suburbs

·         Classic Cocktails: Best ways to drink in Philadelphia’s Prohibition history

·         Gluten-Free Philly: Great gluten-free dining options

·         Hot Dog Days of Philadelphia: Haute dogs to traditionally topped ones

·         Meatball Madness: Comfort food that Philly restaurants are having a ball with

·         Philly’s Coffee Scene: Coffee and cappuccino and latte, oh my

·         Upscale Popcorn in Philadelphia: What’s poppin’ in Philly’s popcorn world

How Foodspotting Works:

Since May 2011, GPTMC’s Visit Philly has been a featured destination on Foodspotting, where users recommend their favorite dishes and drinks by taking photos of the items and sharing them with the community via the Foodspotting website or smartphone apps. They can bookmark foods they want to try, endorse their favorite foods by giving them a blue ribbon or a “nom,” gain points and expert titles, follow other users and guides and earn badges by “spotting” food items.

On foodspotting.com/visitphilly, nearly 1,000 users access guides created by GPTMC that focus on famous Philly flavors, craft beer, vegetarian eats and more. Once followers have “spotted” the items in the guide, they receive a customized Visit Philly badge for their Foodspotting profile.

Foodspotting joins a growing list of ways GPTMC connects visitors and residents with Philadelphia and

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