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Restaurants steeped in notable origins offer dining options rich in history and flavor ORLANDO, Fla., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Memorial Day approaches, bringing the start of the summer travel season, many Americans look for ways to connect with our nation's history during getaways and get-togethers. To help travelers enjoy a taste of our colorful beginnings, AAA inspectors gathered their selections for favorite historic restaurants. In locations that vary from an...

--Study Reveals How the Tipping Landscape Has Evolved-- WHITING, Ind., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Is conventional tipping a thing of the past? A new survey from CouponCabin.com reveals that many consumers make their own rules when it comes to leaving a gratuity. In fact, more than one-quarter (26 percent) of U.S. adults who tip and use coupons or daily deals tip on the discounted total, resulting in a lower payday for those performing the services. In addition, 30 percent of U.S. adults...

CHICAGO, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Tis the season for cheer and generosity, and GrubHub, the nation's number one food ordering service, analyzed two years of data to determine if the holiday spirit had any influence on takeout tipping. Despite current economic discourse, year-over-year tipping data shows GrubHub diners are being as generous with their 2012 holiday tips as they were during the 2011 holiday season(i), with the average holiday tip hovering between 15-17 percent...

Passengers Charge Uber with Committing Consumer Fraud and Violating State Law CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney Hall Adams announced he has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Chicago passengers against Uber, a San Francisco-based taxicab service that hails sedans and taxis through a smartphone app. The complaint charges Uber with false price advertising through lack of honest transparency and focuses on customers who have been wronged by Uber's...

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc., a leader in table games management and player tracking systems, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Globex Payment Solutions to offer TipCentral(TM), an innovative gratuity payment solution powered by CardFlex. TipCentral is a web-based, cash-free tip payment solution that provides casino employers the ability to issue, manage and deposit employee tips directly to a dedicated...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Waitresses wearing red get bigger tips from men, according to a new study published in Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (published by SAGE, on behalf of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education). Tips received from customers is what wait staff working at restaurants throughout the world depend on. Researchers Nicolas Guéguen and Céline Jacob studied 272 restaurant customers and found...

Affordable One and Two Diamond restaurants offer notable menus and environments ORLANDO, Fla., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Does your appetite for eating out wane at the thought of a hefty bill? For many Americans, watching the wallet is as important as watching the waistline when selecting a restaurant for a night out. With more than 29,000 AAA Approved and Diamond Rated Restaurants -- and 60 percent of these at the One and Two Diamond levels -- AAA can help...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tipping Point Community, the Bay Area's leading poverty-fighting organization, today announced that Tony Bates, President of the Skype Division at Microsoft, joined its board of directors. Bates is the seventeenth member of the nonprofit board, unique in its commitment to underwriting the organization's entire operating budget so that 100% of every dollar donated goes directly to the most effective education, employment, housing and...

NEW YORK, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Compared to 2011, more Americans are planning to kick-off the summer with a Memorial Day weekend excursion this year; however, they are conscientious about travel expenses, according to a new Deloitte survey. The survey shows a notable increase in anticipated Memorial Day travel, as nearly one-third (31 percent) of respondents plan on taking a leisure trip, compared to the 24 percent who say they traveled over the Memorial Day weekend last...

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that more than one-third of restaurant servers discriminate against African-American customers. “Many people believe that race is no longer a significant issue in the United States,” says Sarah Rusche, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at NC State and co-author of a paper describing the study. “But the fact that a third of servers admit to varying their quality of service based on customers’ race, often giving African-Americans...