DropGifts, the new social gifting service and tastecard, the dining revolution, announce partnership

May 8, 2012 - PRLog -- London, 3rd May 2012

tastecard and DropGifts announce partnership

DropGifts (http://www.dropgifts.co.uk), the world leader in social gifting recently launched in the UK, and tastecard, the UK’s largest diners club, are very pleased to announce their partnership today.

DropGifts is the new way to give presents to your friends and relatives on their birthdays, or any other occasion, making it the fastest and easiest way to share a little love. Everyone is so busy nowadays and finding the time to buy gifts for our friends and family slips down the list and often you end up missing the occasion completely - but the days of panic buying, IOUs and ‘postal service excuses’ are over. DropGifts provides a quick and easy way to give a friend the perfect present by sending e-gift cards through Facebook and, even better, some of them are free!

Katharine Hirst (Co-Managing Director, DropGifts UK) says “We believe that right now it’s too difficult to celebrate all your favourite people; with DropGifts people can now share a gift anytime, anywhere”. DropGifts found an ideal partner in tastecard, where the gift recipient can save money without compromising on dining out. tastecard brings to the table 6,100 participating restaurants which include both major chains such as Pizza Express, gbk and Strada, and 4,000 local independent eateries.

Like most major brands partnering with DropGifts, tastecard has chosen to sponsor selected £14 gift cards, treating the receipient to a free 2 month tastecard membership. It’s not surprising that tastecard have immediately embraced the DropGifts concept: "Social gifting is a major digital trend and we’re very pleased to be part of that. We are proud to offer our customers, and indeed all Facebook users, the chance to share the dining revolution with their friends" says Neil Huggett, Partnership Manager at tastecard.

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About tastecard
tastecard.co.uk is a dining revolution. Mutually beneficial to both retailer and consumer, tastecard serves up deals that ensure you save money without having to compromise on lifestyle. With over 6,100 participating restaurants, and rapidly expanding, tastecard offers fabulous value and choice. With it estimated that 80% of the UK’s population now live or work five minutes from a tastecard restaurant, it comes as no surprise that tastecard is the UK’s largest and most popular diners club.

For more information: http://www.tastecard.co.uk
Contact: Neil, neil@tastecard.co.uk

About DropGifts
DropGifts is a social gifting service that provides a simple way for consumers to celebrate special occasions by sending gift cards to their friends socially across Facebook. Consumers can send gift cards in just one click from a wide range of UK retailers including John Lewis, Urban Outfitters and Amazon.co.uk from their PC, tablet or through DropGifts’ mobile app.

DropGifts offers retailers a new completely performance-based service that enables brands and retailers to open up new sales channels through social media by sending branded gift cards to their most loyal customers.

DropGifts was founded in 2012 by Adrian Renner. It is currently live in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Japan and Brazil. By Q3 2012 the business will be live in 20+ countries worldwide. The UK business is headed up by joint managing directors, David Van Reyk and Katharine Hirst who have over 10 years’ experience between them of working in retail and running successful UK start-up businesses.

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Contact: Katharine, press@dropgifts.co.uk
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