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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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Didi moves into Latin America via stake in Brazil's 99

By Martin Cowen | January 5, 2017

China's biggest taxi app Didi is linking up with Brazil's 99, taking a stake in the business as part of a strategic co-operation deal. The scale of its investment in 99, formerly 99 Taxis, is not d Read More

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Uber allegedly loses $800 million in three months but China sale nets $2.2 billion profit

By Martin Cowen | December 20, 2016

The global financial pages are buckling under the weight of Uber's $800 million loss for the July-Sept quarter. The Information broke the story, most of which appears behind its paywall. Uber's Read More

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Volkswagen gets serious about ride hailing and car pooling

By Martin Cowen | December 6, 2016

Volkswagen has launched a standalone business called "MOAI" and is looking at a ride hailing apps and car pooling as a way to capture revenue from what it describes as mobility services. MOAI was l Read More

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Uber buys machine learning startup Geometric Intelligence

By Kevin May | December 6, 2016

Car-sharing giant Uber is attempting to beef up its data science credentials with the acquisition of a US-based artificial intelligence company. Geometric Intelligence's team of brainiacs will join Read More

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Self-driving cars set for major ignition by 2025, taxis and on-demand most impacted

By Kevin May | November 21, 2016

Some 22 million self-driving cars are expected to be on the roads worldwide by 2025 - a metric with huge implications for the travel sector. The manufacture of the vehicles will accelerate rapidly Read More

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Millennials and ride-sharing fit perfectly - but is it all about Uber?

By Kevin May | November 18, 2016

The answer to that question in the headline about Uber is, at least in the case of the US, generally a "yes". A study by research house ReportLinker found that brand awareness amongst millennials w Read More

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Uberisation of flight search arrives as empty leg private jets fly in

By Kevin May | November 14, 2016

Interesting development in the world of travel search with Aviasales adding private jets into results in order to help fill so-called empty legs. The Russia-based metasearch engine has collaborated Read More

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Softbank admits wrinkles in its investment in taxi-hailing app Ola

By Kevin May | November 14, 2016

Japanese finance house and investment group Softbank has signalled a financial write-down in its backing of Indian cab-hailing app Ola. In an earnings report last week, Softbank revealed a loss of Read More

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Google is deadly serious about Trips app, monetisation issue aside

By Kevin May | October 18, 2016

Google is clearly rather pleased with the recent full launch of its Trips application for mobile devices. The free app (available on both Android and Apple devices) aims to be a personalised tour g Read More

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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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Worries emerge over mobile app plateau

By Kevin May | October 12, 2016

Mobile services generally are in an interesting spot right now, with most brands having an application of sorts for users to have on their smartphones. But some recent analysis by ComScore has foun Read More

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