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News / Distribution

Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018

Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%. Read More

News / Technology

Sony developing AI ride-hailing system for Japanese cab companies

By Mitra Sorrells | February 22, 2018

Sony has announced plans to offer artificial intelligence technology to six taxi operators in Japan. Read More

Priceline Group changes name to Booking Holdings

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

The Priceline Group will now be known as Booking Holdings. Read More

News / Technology

Uber launches new cheaper shared ride option

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

Uber users in six cities will now have a new option when they open the app. Read More

News / Startups

RVshare raises $50M from team that funded HomeAway

By Mitra Sorrells | February 20, 2018

RVshare, a peer-to-peer recreational vehicle rental platform, has secured a $50 investment from Tritium Partners to accelerate growth of its marketplace. Read More

News / Online

Zoomcar steers to electric rental future with $40 million round

By Kevin May | February 19, 2018

Car manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra is leading a $40 million investment in on-demand car rental service Zoomcar. Read More

News / Startups

Peer-to-peer RV marketplace Outdoorsy drives away with $25M

By Mitra Sorrells | February 13, 2018

Outdoorsy, a sharing economy startup connecting owners of recreational vehicles with interested renters, has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Didi targets rental alliance for electric cars

By Sarah Dai - South China Morning Post | February 8, 2018

Didi Chuxing, the dominant ride-hailing service operator in China, has formed an alliance with 12 carmakers to build an electric vehicle sharing network as it looks to move further into the country’s... Read More

News / Online

Sixt withdraws from DriveNow car-share service

By Kevin May | February 6, 2018

Car rental service Sixt has exited from the DriveNow car-sharing brand after selling its stake to manufacturer BMW. Read More

News / Startups

Bus travel platform Busbud races ahead with $11M investment

By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2018

Busbud, a Montreal-based booking platform for intercity bus tickets, is keen on expansion following the close of an $11 million Series B funding round. Read More

News / Technology

Google drives ahead with autonomous vehicle investment

By Kevin May | January 30, 2018

Google spin-off Waymo is ordering "thousands" of new, self-driving vehicles as part of its program to test driver-less technology. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Prepare for impact: autonomous vehicles will reshuffle the travel industry

By Alex Bainbridge - The Spontaneous Travel Company | January 26, 2018

Self-driving vehicles will, along with Blockchain, perhaps, be the next big industry-wide invention to make and break companies. Read More

News / Technology

Research Spotlight: Changing demands of US car market

By PhocusWire | January 26, 2018

The car rental business is coasting along - for now. Impacting it is softness in business travel demand, which led to just 1% of car rental market growth in 2016. Read More

News / Startups

Ride-sharing app Cabify secures $160M funding

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2018

A new round of funding and new app features are positioning Madrid-based ride-hailing service Cabify to put more pressure on Uber and other car services. Read More