Travelzoo

Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) is a global Internet media company. With 23 million subscribers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and 23 offices worldwide, Travelzoo publishes deals from more than 2,000 travel, entertainment and local companies. Travelzoo is the largest and most trusted publisher of travel, entertainment and local deals. 
Travelzoo employs more than 250 Deal Experts worldwide who research, evaluate, negotiate and test offers to find and confirm the best deals. Travelzoo Deal Experts are ex-journalists and researchers. Each deal published by Travelzoo is tested for accuracy, availability and overall ease of the booking process. 
Companies pay to advertise their deals with Travelzoo, but only those approved by Travelzoo are listed. 
== Products ==
Travelzoo Website 
www.travelzoo.com is an online resource providing outstanding deals available directly from 2,000 companies across all travel and entertainment categories and locations.
Top 20 
 
The Top 20 lists what Travelzoo Deal Experts say are the week's 20 best travel, entertainment local deals. It is e-mailed every Wednesday. 
Newsflash
 
Newsflash is a geo-targeted e-mail alert that informs Travelzoo subscribers about relevant, time-sensitive travel and entertainment deals as soon as they are released.
SuperSearch
 
SuperSearch is a travel search website that allows users to search for recommended flights and hotels by entering an itinerary.
Travelzoo Local Deals
 
Travelzoo Local Deals) are local spa, restaurant and entertainment deals sent via a geo-targeted e-mail to Travelzoo subscribers. Most negotiated deals are only on sale for 2 or 3 days. Travelzoo subscribers purchase a voucher from Travelzoo and redeem the voucher from the local merchant during the promotional period. 
Fly.com
 
Fly.com is an airfare search engine that enables users to find and compare flight options and real-time fares from hundreds of airline and major travel websites. 
== History ==
In October 1998, Travelzoo founder, Ralph Bartel, a former print and television journalist, launched Travelzoo.com with an initial investment of $10,000. In September 2000 Travelzoo published its first Top 20, and e-mailed one million U.S. subscribers. All deals were researched, evaluated and tested by Travelzoo Deal Experts. 
In December 2003 Travelzoo became publicly traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the ticker symbol "TZOO". Travelzoo had 23 million subscribers and 23 offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. 
In Asia Pacific, Travelzoo is independently owned and operated by Travelzoo (Asia) Ltd. and Travelzoo Japan K.K. under a license agreement with Travelzoo Inc.
==Milestones==
Oct.	1999	Travelzoo launches the Top 20 
April 	2002	Travelzoo.com becomes Travelzoo Inc., a Delaware corporation
Aug.	2003	Travelzoo launches Newsflash
 
July 	2004	Travelzoo launches SuperSearch
Aug. 	2004	Travelzoo phases up to the NASDAQ National Market
May	2005	Chris Loughlin launches Travelzoo Europe
Dec.	2006	Ralph Bartel in BusinessWeek's List of "CEOs 40 and Under 40"
Apr.	2007	Travelzoo launches the Travelzoo Awards (Tzoo Awards)
Oct. 	2007	Travelzoo publications reach 12 million subscribers 
		Forbes.com ranks Travelzoo No. 6 in "200 Best Small Companies"
Dec. 	2007 	Company revenue of $78.9 million for fiscal year
Sept 	2008	Holger Bartel is named Chief Executive Officer
April	2009	Chris Loughlin named "2009 Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by The British Travel & Hospitality Industry Hall of Fame
Sept. 	2009	Travelzoo publications reach 18 million subscribers
Nov.	2009	Travelzoo launches Travelzoo Network in UK
April	2010	Travelzoo publications reach 20 million subscribers
July	2010	Chris Loughlin is named Chief Executive Officer	
Aug	2010	Travelzoo reaches 2 million subscribers in the UK, 1 million in Germany and 500,000 in Spain
Aug 2010	Travelzoo launches Travelzoo Local Deals in the United States
Dec 2010	Travelzoo launches Travelzoo Local Deals in the United Kingdom
Jan 2011 	Travelzoo rolls out Local Deals in 30 cities across the United States
Jan 2011 Travelzoo launches Travelzoo Local Deals in Continental Europe
Feb 2011 	Travelzoo publications reach 22 million subscribers
May 2011	Travelzoo publications reach 23 million subscribers
June 2011	Travelzoo launches its 75th and 76th Local Deals markets, Vancouver and Hong Kong. Travelzoo subscribers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific now receive Local Deals. 
==Awards==
 
•	In 2006 Travelzoo ranked 6th in Forbes' "200 Best Small Companies" list
•	Also in 2006, Travelzoo was awarded the Alas Award for Best Online Strategy, named by BusinessWeek in their "Small Company, Big Brand" article
•	In 2007 Travelzoo was awarded the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award” and the “Silver Adrian Award for Web Marketing” by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
•	In 2008 Travelzoo was awarded MarCom Awards by the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals for both their Eco-Travel and 4th of July marketing campaigns 
•	In 2009 Travelzoo was awarded the "Big Apple Award for Best New Media Campaign – Travelzoo Tweets the Top 20" by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and also the "SAMMY Award for Best Twitter Branding" by DigiDay
•	In 2010 Travelzoo was ranked 2nd on Investor’s Business Daily’s “Best Stocks for 2010” list 
•	In December 2010 Travelzoo UK was awarded the Silver Award for Best Travel Information Website
== External links ==
*Travelzoo Official Web site
*Travelzoo Corporate Information
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