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LivingSocial inching toward IPO consideration of $1 billion
Flash sales site LivingSocial believes group buying works for the travel industry so you can expect more along those lines considering that it is lining up bankers to execute what could be a $1 billion...
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LivingSocial ramps up Escapes travel wing with Europe expansion
Nine months after launching in the US, group buying and flash sale giant LivingSocial is extending its Escapes travel service into Europe for the first time. UK will be the first country to get the...
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LivingSocial blending travel inspiration and tour operator role
Flash sales site LivingSocial has sold more than 500,000 hotel room nights at nearly 800 properties since launching LivingSocial Escapes 11 months ago. The 500,000 room-night milestone doesn’t exactly...
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LivingSocial hits 1M room nights but Priceline should not feel boxed in
LivingSocial, a flash sales site, believes its travel vertical is no flash in the pan after having just reached the milestone of selling 1 million hotel room nights. Some 16 months after debuting...
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Do flash sales level playing field for independent hotels?
Which sectors of the hospitality industry are dabbling the most in travel flash sales? Independent hotels and then alternative property types such as inns and B&Bs — that’s who. A new analysis from...
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The Scan: Half of daily deal sites may disappear in 2013, SkyTeam mulls an IT...
Living Social, Medallia, SkyTeam, and Everbread make our roundup of the stories that are driving the travel tech conversation on 27 September. Consolidation in the daily deal space Websites selling...
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