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Beleaguered Uber offers chief executive job to Expedia Inc.'s Khosrowshahi

By Michele McDonald | August 28, 2017

In a surprise move, the board of ride-hailing company Uber tapped Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive officer. There are a few formalities that still need to be attended to, such as offici Read More

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Uber's first deck - correct about GPS and data, less so on profit

By Martin Cowen | August 25, 2017

If there is such a thing as a sharing economy historian, then access to Uber's first pitch deck could be a 21st century equivalent of the Holy Grail. Its former CEO and co-founder Garrett Camp has Read More

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Didi adds another piece to its global jigsaw with Careem tie-up

By Martin Cowen | August 8, 2017

Didi, China's dominant taxi app and mobility services provider, has linked up Middle East based Careem, its second investment and strategic partnership announcement in a week. The pair "will share Read More

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Sharing economy could be worth $40 billion by 2022

By Martin Cowen | July 24, 2017

Juniper Research's latest attempt to quantify the so-called sharing economy sees it place a value on the sector of $40.2 billion by 2022, compared with this year's $18.6 billion. The valuation is b Read More

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Jaguar reveals $25 million Lyft stake

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2017

Jaguar Land Rover has invested $25 million in Lyft through its InMotionVentures investment arm. The funding was part of Lyft's $600 million Series G round which closed in April. InMotionVentures Read More

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Amazon and its return to travel via the back door

By Kevin May | May 19, 2017

Not anticipating the scale of the impact of mobile on the travel industry is quite an admission. This is especially true when it comes from someone who has been involved in so many of the bleeding Read More

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Adobe identifies AR, VR and wearables as travel trends to watch

By Michele McDonald | April 27, 2017

Augmented and virtual reality, along with wearable technology, will be the new travel industry disruptors, according to a new report from Adobe Digital Insights. Consumers seem eager to embrace the Read More

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Can technology address the concerns of business travellers?

By Marisa Garcia | April 26, 2017

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and American Express Global Business Travel have released a study of traveller trends including security and the so-called sharing economy. The 'Check Read More

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Lyft signs off on $600 million cap-raise

By Kevin May | April 12, 2017

Car-sharing service Lyft has secured a $600 million investment round, bringing its total so far - $2.61 billion - to just over a fifth of that heading to arch-rival Uber. The Series G round is the Read More

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How airlines can find an innovation mindset

By Viewpoints | March 22, 2017

We live in an age of technological acceleration where new ideas, new channels and disruptive technologies appear to be coming at us exponentially faster. The two most commonly cited answers to the Read More

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International travellers have another taxi booking option

By Martin Cowen | March 21, 2017

A new global network of ridesharing apps has been created, led by Careem in the Middle East and Yidao Yongche in China, using technology from Splyt, a firm based in London and Moscow. Splyt's co-fo Read More

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Lola raises yet again - $10 million from Uber and Qunar backers

By Kevin May | February 6, 2017

GV and Tenaya Capital have joined the latest Series B round for on-demand travel service Lola, bringing the total in that investment to $25 million. The initial announcement of a $15 million round Read More

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When principles trump price and convenience (updated)

By Pamela Whitby | February 2, 2017

As Uber CEO Travis Kalanick settles down for some shuteye ahead of Donald Trump’s first business advisory group meeting in Washington tomorrow (Friday), there may be a couple of things that are keepin Read More

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Airbnb - never mind the volumes, look at the growth

By Martin Cowen | January 27, 2017

Certify's findings for 2016, based on expense claims filed through its system, includes some proper statistics for Airbnb. During the year just gone, Airbnb continued its run of doubling transactio Read More

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Hotels.com gives travellers a full-service mobile app when in-destination

By Kevin May | January 10, 2017

Hotels.com is teaming up with a myriad of companies to help power a new mobile app that it hopes will be everything a traveller needs once they arrive on a trip. Ignoring the fact that many of its Read More

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