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Articles tagged “deals”

Online Travel

Groupon says travel is a big deal as it makes concessions to local merchants

Critics have long charged that Groupon is not a sustainable business. That's because Groupon tends to turn off merchants because Groupon's cut of sales is so huge. Groupon's decision to take a diminished slice amount to a recognition that the critics were right to a certain extent.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Groupon says travel is a big deal as it makes concessions to local merchants

Online Travel

LivingSocial raises $110 million and it’s a downer for daily deals

From Groupon to Travelzoo and LivingSocial, the bloom is long off the rose in the daily deals space for travel and beyond. Amazon, which is an investor in LivingSocial, reports that LivingSocial recorded a $905 million operating loss in 2012.

Douglas MacMillan , Bloomberg | 11 years ago

LivingSocial raises $110 million and it’s a downer for daily deals

Airlines

Flight deals: The urban myths about when to book

Cheapair.com wants you to book any day of the week so perhaps its finding about Tuesdays and Wednesday not necessarily being the best days should be taken with a grain of salt. Still, it's worth considering.

Chris Erskine, The Los Angeles Times | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Travelzoo’s profit falls but it’s bullish on hotel booking boost

Travelzoo has a relatively large customer base, and should be able make hotel bookings more solid than daily deals.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Travelzoo’s profit falls but it’s bullish on hotel booking boost

Online Travel

Groupon misses estimates this quarter and posts a net loss despite rise in sales

While there does appear to be an uptick in some of Groupon's business, its troubled history with math means that there's no telling what quarterly reports are really saying.

Douglas MacMillan, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Groupon misses estimates this quarter and posts a net loss despite rise in sales

Online Travel

Groupon filing reveals the extent of the SEC’s concern over the daily deal site’s reporting

As the once-hot flash sale market rapidly cools, Groupon is edging ever closer to being this decade's Pets.com or even -- heaven forbid -- Boo.com.

Edwin Chan, Reuters | 11 years ago

Groupon filing reveals the extent of the SEC’s concern over the daily deal site’s reporting

Hotels

Travelzoo revenue and profits fall on weakness in Local Deals

Travelzoo began a Wall Street darling two years ago based on its pivot into Local Deals, but now there is a plunge back to reality.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Travelzoo revenue and profits fall on weakness in Local Deals

Online Travel

Crowdsourced mapping app Waze launches virtual coupons in the U.S.

This isn’t the first app to offer localized deals, but it likely has the largest user base to offer the coupons to after a surge of users turned to the app following Apple’s recommendations.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

UsingMiles introduces bonus awards for frequent flyers along with flight search results

Airlines are doing their best to personalize offers to customers, and UsingMiles should consider doing likewise for users in the free results instead of just doing it for premium members. Otherwise, it clutters up UsingMiles for the average user.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Travelzoo goes shopping for hotel booking site to buy as its voucher business stalls

Critics always claimed that the voucher business was built on a house of cards, and now Travelzoo is admitting that the house is falling.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago