After raising Rs 55 cr investment from Info Edge last month, online restaurants and events guide, Zomato has now expanded to South East Asia by opening up a restaurant section for Metro Manila. The company said that it will offer restaurants for Quezon, Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, and Taguig regions on its web and mobile apps (iOS, Android, Windows and BlackBerry). With this launch, Zomato is now present in six countries including India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, UAE, Qatar and Philippines. Why Philippines: Talking to Medianama, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said that the choice for their next market launch was between Philippines and Bangkok. However, they found Philippines to be a bigger market and since Zomato is currently available only in English, they decided to go with Philippines. However, Goyal said that they are planning to launch a Thai version of the site shortly, following which they plan to launch the site in Bangkok. He also added that they are planning to launch a Portuguese and Spanish version of the site in the future. When asked about competition in Philippines, Goyal mentioned that few websites have just started up in that region and they are currently in talks with these players to see if they can work together, but he does not believe them to be much of a competition to Zomato. Contribution of Foreign Operations to Revenue: As of now, Zomato is present in 13 cities in India and five countries besides India. Goyal said that it is still early days to say anything about…
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