Ground Transportation

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the ground transportation sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on car rental, ride-hailing, taxis and rail.

News / Technology

Autonomous vehicles break into tours and attractions

By Kathryn Walson | February 6, 2023

GoCar is preparing to roll out self-driving electric vehicles, with a Las Vegas demonstration tentatively scheduled for March 10. Read More

News / Startups

Vipper lands €2M for multimodal platform development

By Linda Fox | February 6, 2023

Vipper, founded in 2018, aims to simplify the booking of rail, bus and flight tickets on one platform. Read More

News / Online

Jayride acquires assets of AirportShuttles.com

By Mitra Sorrells | February 3, 2023

Jayride says the acquisition is a fit with its "growth strategy, enhancing scale and accelerating path to cash flow positive." Read More

News / Online

Bookaway Group to consolidate inventory in centralized transportation data hub

By Derek Catron | January 31, 2023

Bookaway says the new hub, known as Boost, will aggregate data from nearly 8,500 bus, ferry and train operators to enable partners to easily integrate additional transportation services. ... Read More

News / Online

5 things to expect in the Southeast Asia travel market by 2025

By Phocuswright Research | January 30, 2023

With promotion of domestic travel and digitization trends, the future of Southeast Asian travel appears to offer many new opportunities. Read More

News / Distribution

Amex GBT restructures to focus on multinationals and smaller businesses

By Michael B. Baker - BTN | January 27, 2023

The company says the move will "accelerate growth" and "drive consistency" with the Amex GBT eyeing a "significant opportunity to grow our business." Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Two ways airlines might increase revenue

By Peer Winter - 777 Travel Tech | January 27, 2023

Airlines need new tactics and thinking beyond their core markets to find new sources of revenue and take advantage of travel demand. Read More

News / Startups

French multimodal travel company Tictactrip raises €2M

By Mitra Sorrells | January 27, 2023

Tictactrip enables users to combine and book bus, train and carpooling options from more than 200 companies covering routes in 6,000 cities in Europe. Read More

Opinion / Online

Davos and the travel industry: 5 takeaways

By Jeffrey Katz - Journera | January 24, 2023

Journera CEO Jeffrey Katz shares the travel-related topics and trends from the World Economic Forum's Davos event. Read More

News / Online

Uber on its future plans for travel products

By Mitra Sorrells | January 19, 2023

Uber’s head of growth and new products for travel and airports, Loren Kosloske, discusses the company’s future plans related to multi-modality, flights and hotels. Read More

News / Online

Could “save now buy later” take off in travel?

By Kathryn Walson | January 19, 2023

With SNBL, a traveler creates an account to save toward a goal - such as a trip - and their savings are boosted by financial incentives and discounts from supplier partners. Read More

News / Online

Booking.com, Vrbo and Expedia gain ground in U.S. app downloads

By Kathryn Walson | January 6, 2023

Apptopia says Expedia's app downloads nearly doubled year-over-year to 16.6 million and it, along with Vrbo and Booking.com, benefited from slowing growth for Hopper and Airbnb. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Simplifying corporate rail travel is an environmental and business imperative

By Champa Magesh - Trainline Partner Solutions | January 5, 2023

Championing the sustainable impact of rail travel is worth little if, as an industry, we are unable to convert demand into completed journeys. Read More