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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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Business travellers avoid sharing economy, despite acceptance in corporate policy

By Kevin May | September 28, 2016

Two-thirds of Brits travelling on business are still reluctant to use a sharing economy-type accommodation or ground transportation provider. The survey of more than 6,000 business travellers by Eg Read More

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Three slides that (kind of) show the current state of online travel

By Linda Fox | September 22, 2016

The three Cs of mobile - connection, convenience and context - and how they relate to online travel are increasingly hard to get away from. They're often mentioned at travel conferences (more on th Read More

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Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

Southeast Asia's ride-hailing platform Grab has completed the region's largest ever consumer tech funding round, trousering $750 million. And the statement says the round was "oversubscribed". J Read More

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Singapore startup beats the big boys with self-drive taxi trial

By Kevin May | August 25, 2016

The likes of giants such as Uber, Tesla and Google might get all the attention when it comes to self-driving vehicles - but a South East Asian startup has stolen their thunder. Singaporean newbie N Read More

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