The flash deals market is under pressure – share price of market leader Groupon dropped by 70% compared to the value at the time of its IPO.
While the global flash deals market wobbles, Asia reveals a different side
February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rejoice! Daily deals in travel are dying
December 19, 2012 By 30 Comments
Did you hear? Even Groupon is moving away from the daily deal business.
The Scan: Half of daily deal sites may disappear in 2013, SkyTeam mulls an IT change, and other news
September 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Living Social, Medallia, SkyTeam, and Everbread make our roundup of the stories that are driving the travel tech conversation on 27 September.
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Travel products dominate savings from daily deal sites, as does Groupon
September 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
Interesting data out of UK-based DealZippy after analysing a year’s worth of deals from across a range of industries and platforms, showing how popular the channel remains in travel.
Ground transport – the exciting new battleground in travel distribution
June 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
When it comes to disruptive forces in travel distribution, 2010-2011 seemed to be largely about airlines, GDS’s, GNE’s (the so called Genies), direct connects, and full content agreements.
Travelzoo joins Global Daily Deal Association, code of conduct still to come
May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Some early momentum for the recently launched Global Daily Deals Association, securing the support as a member from travel deal platform Travelzoo.
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EveryDayOffers wants to cut out the fat-cat middle-men of flash sales sector
April 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based EveryDayOffers, a deal site which allows suppliers to list offers without paying commission to brokers.
Shh — industry dirty secret: Most hoteliers would try flash sales again
April 4, 2012 By 7 Comments
You won’t find it in TravelClick’s latest flash sales survey announcement — but most global hoteliers who’ve tried flash sales would be ready to try them again.
EveryLodge claims travel industry first with flash sale search platform
April 4, 2012 By 6 Comments
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based EveryLodge, a new service aiming to bring together travel-related offers from private and member-only flash sale sites.
Global Daily Deal Association launches, pledges to create code of conduct
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It had to happen eventually – such are the myriad of issues surrounding so-called daily deal sites that a lobbying group and trade body has been formed, calling itself the Global Daily Deal Association.
