Info Edge backed online restaurant and events guide Zomato is expanding its operations to Singapore in September this year, reports The Economic Times. The report quotes Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal stating that they have just begun the groundwork in Singapore and the company intends to extend its operations to Dubai, Hong Kong and Moscow by the end of this year. We'd reported earlier about the companys plans to launch internationally. According to Goyal, Zomato’s India business had almost broken-even and the company plans to follow the same business model in theses newer markets. In Singapore, Zomato will compete with existing players like HungryGoWhere.com which was recently acquired by SingTel for $12 million to integrate it with one of the company's subsidiary inSing.com, SBestFood.com, GoodFood.sg, Makan Time, OpenRice Singapore, Fodor's and DiningCity. * Started in July 2008 as FoodieBay.com which offered restaurant directory listings, the company had rebranded as Zomato in November 2010 to extend beyond food segment, positioning it as a premium lifestyle brand. The company had launched an events section in September 2011 and had introduced an online ticketing platform starting with ticket bookings to its own events in December 2011. The company had claimed to have ticketing inventory for over 500 upcoming events across these cities, with around 175,000 tickets on offer at 30 venues in each. Zomato had also released a free public API in September 2011, allowing third party developers to offer updated information such as restaurant listings, location coordinates, reviews, discounts, photos, menus across 20,000 listings from its website, within their apps through the API. Zomato…
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