Smartphones and Tablets Force Travelzoo to Rethink Its Business
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Travelzoo bought the Fly.com domain for $1.8 million in 2009, and hasn't taken advantage of what should have been a great brand. Travelzoo isn't alone at this early stage in feeling that the the mobile revolution, while rife with opportunity, hasn't exactly been a windfall.
Travel companies, like other e-commerce firms, are having a rough time navigating the transition from desktop to mobile.
Just ask deal-publisher Travelzoo.
The company announced January 8 that it hired an eBay executive, Eddie Garcia, as Travelzoo's senior vice president of product development, with prime responsibilities