Travelzoo Asia Pacific reports that subscribers to its Top 20 deals newsletter in Asia Pacific grew 50% over last year to more than 3 million.
You may recall that Travelzoo -- as distinct from Travelzoo Asia Pacific -- is a publicly traded company controlled by founder Ralph Bartel.
And, Travelzoo in 2009 sold its Asia Pacific businesses to Azzurro Capital, which is owned by Bartel.
The transaction enabled Travelzoo to get the losses stemming from Asia Pacific growing pains off its books. And Travelzoo, which has a licensing and hosting agreement with Travelzoo Asia Pacific, has the option to buy the assests of the businesses in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan in June any year in the 2011 to 2020 period.
So now Travelzoo Asia Pacific is growing, although bottom line figures are being held close to Bartel's vest.
"With more than 3 million loyal subscribers, Travelzoo [my italics] has established one of the most trusted and distributed travel and entertainment deal publications in Asia Pacific," says Jason Yap, the CEO of Travelzoo Asia Pacific.
In addition to publishing the Top 20 newsletter in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan, Travelzoo Asia Pacific also pubishes a Top 20 Asian Edition for English speakers across the region.
With the Travelzoo brand making headway across Asia Pacific, it isn't surprising that over the last couple of days shares of New York City-headquartered Travelzoo have benefited from Travelzoo Asia Pacific's subscriber growth over.
However, it's probably too soon to tell how the Japan earthquake-tsunami-nuclear crisis will impact subscriber growth in Top 20 Japan and elsewhere in the region.
Travelzoo Asia Pacific's 3 million Top 20 subscribers compare with Travelzoo's 4,472,000 in Europe and 13,594,000 in North America.