By the end of 2012, venerable American retailer Nordstrom was operating more discount Nordstrom Racks than flagship department stores.
Training consumers? A response to critics of the same-day mobile hotel offer strategy
January 10, 2013 By 6 Comments
Foursquare takes restaurant bookings – how long until it locates late hotels and activities?
October 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
FourSquare is moving further away from its quirky gaming debut a few years back to something, well, more useful – bookings for destination service such as restaurants.
Blink Booking joins the last-minute hotel booking party in Europe
September 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
Blink Booking is a startup based around a mobile application for last-minute hotel bookings in Europe
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Kayak gets in on same-day mobile hotel booking groove
June 25, 2012 By 5 Comments
As Priceline, Hotel Tonight, Blink Booking et al battle for the PR with launches of same-day bookings for hotels, Kayak quietly introduced the same thing six weeks ago.
Fun and games in same-day hotel mobile bookings as Hotel Tonight launches in Europe
June 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The last-minute hotel booking via a mobile model is heating up, with Hotel Tonight opening up operations outside of North America for the first time with a dedicated service for visitors to London.
HotelTonight slam dunks with $23M in funding
June 5, 2012 By 5 Comments
Same-day hotel booking for mobiles, HotelTonight, appears to be validating the model further by securing $23 million in Series C funding in an investment round led by US Venture Partners.
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What is driving the online impulse hotel buyer? [INFOGRAPHIC]
May 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
Listen to the likes of Hotel Tonight in the US and Blink Booking in Europe and they will tell you that you the same-day booking via mobile model is becoming a major force.
Blink Booking raises $2.5M from Brent Hoberman group and investment A-Listers
May 18, 2012 By 7 Comments
Another illustration that mobile and hotel distribution is changing with news that Europe-based same-day booking service Blink Booking has raised money from a string of web luminaries.
