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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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Uber can now claim global popularity milestone

By Kevin May | August 25, 2016

Uber is the most widely used ride-hailing service in 108 countries around the world, according to new data from SimilarWeb. The analysis by the digital measurement company examined services in 171 Read More

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Uber to roll out driverless Volvo taxis

By Sean O'Neil | August 18, 2016

Uber has placed a $300 million bet with Volvo that it can eventually replace its tens of thousands of drivers with self-driving vehicles. The companies told Bloomberg today they have signed a $300 Read More

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Corporate travel tech takeaways from GBTA, according to TripBAM

By Viewpoints | August 9, 2016

Last month's GBTA Convention in Denver was an informative mix of the familiar and the fresh, with established players rubbing shoulders with startups and disruptors. NB This is a viewpoint by Steve Read More

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Confirmed - Uber sells China business to Didi

By Martin Cowen | August 1, 2016

China's biggest taxi app Didi will acquire all assets of Uber's standalone Chinese operations, getting a stake in its global business as well. The widely rumoured deal was confirmed this morning. Read More

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Make peace, not losses - Didi and Uber backers talk truce

By Martin Cowen | July 22, 2016

Uber China has had another story to not comment on this week after Bloomberg reported that some investors were actively seeking a tie-up with its Chinese competitor Didi. In an emailed statement it Read More

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Ways to prevent sharing economy fraud

By Viewpoints | July 18, 2016

Over the past decade we have seen a marked shift in how we as a global society wish to interact. No longer do you have to rent specialist holiday homes from a travel agent and these days you don’t eve Read More

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Travellers using sharing economy services double, driven by awareness and confidence

By Kevin May | July 12, 2016

Familiarity with brands and trust have triggered what is anticipated to be a doubling of travellers opting for services such as Airbnb, Uber, Lyft et al this year. The study by Allianz Global Assit Read More

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Didi uses big data and biometrics in new safety push

By Martin Cowen | July 8, 2016

Didi has announced a range of measures designed to improve the safety of drivers and riders as the taxi app battle with Uber in China and overseas continues. The five initiatives launched this week Read More

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Uber China morphs into end-to-end travel app

By Martin Cowen | June 29, 2016

Uber China has launched a new initiative, "Uber + Travel", which increases the number of travel options its Chinese customers can access, domestically and overseas. It claims that it is working wit Read More

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A fifth of business travellers unsure if the likes of Uber and Airbnb are in the travel policy

By Linda Fox | June 23, 2016

The latest GBTA Business Traveler Sentiment contains a few snippets on where so-called sharing economy companies are in the corporate travel space. The study, carried out in conjunction with Amex a Read More

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Watch out, Uber: Didi Chuxing completes $7.3 billion round [update]

By Sean O'Neil | June 15, 2016

The world's biggest ride-hailing companies, US-based Uber and China-based Didi Chuxing, are smashing records for private-company financing. Didi Chuxing has raised more than $7 billion in cash and Read More

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