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Looking at the trust shift in online travel

By Linda Fox | October 18, 2016

Forget about big companies, banks and institutions, who and how we trust has changed, particularly in online travel. Developments in the online travel industry, and in digital in general, have pave Read More

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Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

Southeast Asia's ride-hailing platform Grab has completed the region's largest ever consumer tech funding round, trousering $750 million. And the statement says the round was "oversubscribed". J Read More

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Confirmed - Uber sells China business to Didi

By Martin Cowen | August 1, 2016

China's biggest taxi app Didi will acquire all assets of Uber's standalone Chinese operations, getting a stake in its global business as well. The widely rumoured deal was confirmed this morning. Read More

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Taxi app shake-up in Europe, Hailo brand to be phased out

By Martin Cowen | July 26, 2016

Mytaxi has merged with Hailo, giving its owner Daimler Group a 60% stake in what is now Europe's biggest taxi app business. The new company will operate under the mytaxi brand, with Hailo's busines Read More

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Make peace, not losses - Didi and Uber backers talk truce

By Martin Cowen | July 22, 2016

Uber China has had another story to not comment on this week after Bloomberg reported that some investors were actively seeking a tie-up with its Chinese competitor Didi. In an emailed statement it Read More

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Indonesia grabs top slot for Grab

By Martin Cowen | July 18, 2016

Southeast Asian taxi app Grab (formerly GrabTaxi) has revealed the scale of its growth in Indonesia so far this year as the business starts to branch out in terms of product and markets. Indonesia Read More

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Didi uses big data and biometrics in new safety push

By Martin Cowen | July 8, 2016

Didi has announced a range of measures designed to improve the safety of drivers and riders as the taxi app battle with Uber in China and overseas continues. The five initiatives launched this week Read More

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Uber China morphs into end-to-end travel app

By Martin Cowen | June 29, 2016

Uber China has launched a new initiative, "Uber + Travel", which increases the number of travel options its Chinese customers can access, domestically and overseas. It claims that it is working wit Read More

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Watch out, Uber: Didi Chuxing completes $7.3 billion round [update]

By Sean O'Neil | June 15, 2016

The world's biggest ride-hailing companies, US-based Uber and China-based Didi Chuxing, are smashing records for private-company financing. Didi Chuxing has raised more than $7 billion in cash and Read More

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Another $600 million for Didi

By Martin Cowen | June 14, 2016

Didi has named its latest investor, with China Life getting on board to the tune of $600 million. The state-owned insurance firm's investment comes a few weeks after Didi picked up $1 billion from Read More

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Apple pumps $1 billion into China's Didi

By Martin Cowen | May 13, 2016

The mobile-enabled global transportation industry has a new entrant - Apple. Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi) has confirmed a $1 billion investment from Apple as part of its latest funding round Read More

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Uber refuses to lie down - launches UberPool in India

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2015

Uber's decision to pilot its carpooling brand UberPool in one city in India takes on greater significance this week in light of the week-old Lyft-Didi global alliance. "India is a top global priori Read More

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