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TripAdvisor didn't buy Jetsetter to have it sit in the background, and the impending doom of SniqueAway is the logical next step.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago
The move outwardly appears to make sense for LivingSocial: If you are attracting a lot of traffic among users who aren't interested in your flash sales, why not diversify and get them to reserve a different hotel. Just how the economics plays out in the end remains to be seen.
Gutting 10% of the workforce isn't much of a holiday package from LivingSocial. But it does highlight that the winnowing continues in the daily deals sector.
TripAdvisor claims it gives its subsidiaries the freedom to operate independently, but how it works in reality may be a somewhat different story.
Online Travel
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
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
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
In a slight against the Chicago-based deal merchant, for Starbuck's second shot at local deals it has turned to LivingSocial rather than Groupon.
Alistair Barr, Reuters | 12 years ago
Media and PR
With early investors backing out of Groupon and other sites re-evaluating their rapid expansions over the past two years, it's certainly not a good week to be in the local online coupon business.
Lebanon Daily Star | 12 years ago
Flash sales and daily deals may just turn out to be less fun than everyone thought they'd be.
Kathleen Chaykowski, Bloomberg | 12 years ago
