![]() ![]() ![]() What Groupon brings to the proposition is a large mobile presence and user base. Groupon’s entry into the tonight-only hotel deals sector has been much-anticipated since it acquired Blink in September 2013.īlink apps haven’t been shuttered, but are strictly for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the Groupon spokesperson says. Under the Hotel Tab, users will find Getaway Tonight hotel deals, as well as flash sales and Market Picks, which are basically published rates from Expedia, but come with a 5% Groupon Bucks credit. These same-day hotel deals, which hoteliers may optionally extend for subsequent days, is part of a new Hotel tab in Groupon’s apps that it has been testing since early this year but rolled out fully in conjunction with the launch of Getaway Tonight deals. had a standard room with a queen bed at the same property last night for a base rate of $219. The room type with Getaway Tonight deals are assigned at check-in. The mobile-only deal was said to represent a 27% discount off published rates. When searching Groupon’s iOS app or hotel deals in Chicago within a new Hotel tab, I found a Getaway Tonight deal last night for the Inn of Chicago, part of the Ascend Hotel Collection, for a base rate of $159. These Getaway Tonight deals are mobile-only, and are sourced through a new extranet that enables hoteliers to load their last-minute, distressed inventory at any time, a Groupon spokesperson says. ![]() Ten months after acquiring Madrid-based same-day hotel app Blink, Groupon launched a last-minute and mostly tonight-only hotel-booking feature in its mobile apps to compete against HotelTonight and similar apps around the world. ![]()
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