New Michelin Guide Available Via Mobile Phone

By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 10/6/2008 9:39:00 AM

Michelin today released its selection of recommended hotels and restaurants that will be in the Michelin Guide New York City 2009. For the first time, this year’s edition, which goes on Oct. 7, will be available via mobile phone.

Readers will have the option to access the North American Michelin guide selections on their mobile phones through a licensing agreement with mobile application provider UBI UBI. The content for all four U.S. Michelin guides, which include New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, will be available by subscription later this month.

The new guide, which lists more than 80 new establishments and features 617 establishments in all, is a $16.95 paperback. Langenscheidt Publishing Group distributes Michelin guides in the U.S.