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By Martin Cowen | January 23, 2018

Dara Khosrowshahi's global goodwill tour as Uber's CEO took in a tech conference in Munich this week before heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Speaking first at the 2018 Digital, Life, D Read More

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Podcast: Payam Safa of Bellhop on building a transparent transportation network

By Nick Vivion | January 23, 2018

There's been quite the pivot for mobile concierge startup Bellhop. The startup recently moved into providing a "best fare" search layer across on-demand transportation apps. It's basically a meta-laye Read More

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11 thoughts on the future of technology in travel and hospitality from CES 2018

By Nick Vivion | January 18, 2018

Consumer technology is the bellwether for enterprise. We all know that the expectations gap between consumer and business technology is virtually non-existent. So the imperative for B2B technologis Read More

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Uber gets a not-so-great grade for its '180 Days of Change'

By Michele McDonald | January 15, 2018

Last year, Uber promised to do better by its drivers through a program called “180 Days of Change.” The company had, for the most part, defied the truism that happy employees make for happy custome Read More

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Ryanair, Yatra, Concur and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 8, 2018

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: Ryanair transfers with CarTrawler... Yatra targets SMEs... Concur becomes Concur SAP... EasyJet loves pets... More Uber share shenanigans... Read More

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Didi moves west in 99 ride-hail service buy in Brazil

By Kevin May | January 4, 2018

The pincer movement around Uber is growing, as Chinese giant Didi is confirmed as the new owner of Brazilian brand 99. Read More

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Didi starts to firm up global network, buys Brazilian partner

By Martin Cowen | January 4, 2018

Didi Chuxing has bought Brazil's biggest ride-hailing business 99 for a reported $1 billion. The deal comes almost a year to the day since Didi took a stake in 99 and started a strategic co-operati Read More

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Mobility players are not standing still but where next for Uber?

By Martin Cowen | January 2, 2018

Three recent stories from the mobility sector - featuring Uber, Didi and Daimler - form a convenient structure on which to assess the current state of play in the sector formerly known as taxi apps. Read More

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Didi raises another multi-billion dollar round

By Kevin May | December 27, 2017

There are very few companies that would raise $5.5 billion, and then just over six months later bring in another $4 billion. Read More

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Uber told it's a taxi company, not a web service

By Kevin May | December 20, 2017

Uber can be treated the same as any other transport service, and therefore subject to rules and regulations as other taxi firms. Read More

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NASA ready to back Uber in plans to manage flying taxis

By Marisa Garcia | November 10, 2017

NASA and Uber will be working together to ensure that the ride-sharing company’s plans to deploy a fleet of flying taxis by 2020 gets off the ground, through the advancements of NASA’s Urban Air Mobil Read More

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Lyft attracts investment from Alphabet in $1 billion round

By Martin Cowen | October 20, 2017

CapitalG, an investment fund which is part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, is leading a $1 billion funding round for Lyft as money continues to pile into the "mobility" sector. At the time of Read More

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Daimler brings Via's on-demand ride-share to Europe with $50 million JV

By Martin Cowen | September 5, 2017

When he was at Expedia Inc, Dara Khosrowshahi's perspective on the competitive landscape came from the elevated position of running one of the biggest global online travel agencies. Now that he is Read More

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Wasting no time, Expedia taps Okerstrom as new chief executive officer

By Michele McDonald | August 30, 2017

Expedia Inc. moved quickly to replace its departing chief executive officer, naming Mark Okerstrom to the position. Okerstrom, currently chief financial Officer and executive vice president of oper Read More

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Interview: Dara Khosrowshahi remains mum on Uber job, highlights Expedia growth

By Kerry Medina | August 30, 2017

On Tuesday morning at 10am Pacific Daylight Time, Dara Khosrowshahi sat comfortably in a conference room on the 17th floor of Expedia’s Bellevue, Washington headquarters, giving no indication of his p Read More

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