Articles tagged “livingsocial”

Hotels

When flash sales aren’t enough: Living Social gets hotel rooms from Priceline

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.

When flash sales aren’t enough: Living Social gets hotel rooms from Priceline

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.

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

Media and PR

Washington, D.C. gets a little raunchy in Valentine’s Day tourism ad campaign

The nation's capital is a relatively thriving city to work and live in right now, and the tourism bureau’s new ads -- while aiming for a certain shock value -- also show appreciation of the city’s diverse residents.

Washington, D.C. gets a little raunchy in Valentine’s Day tourism ad campaign

Hotels

LivingSocial cuts 10% of workforce but claims travel business “is doing great”

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.

LivingSocial cuts 10% of workforce but claims travel business “is doing great”

Online Travel

Starbucks turns to LivingSocial for daily deals experiment

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.

Media and PR

LivingSocial likely to give up on Egypt, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates

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.

Online Travel

Hotels and travel providers weigh the benefits of daily deal sites

U.S. hotels can look to Australia for examples of properties that have worked with flash sites and still maintained a certain integrity of their rates.