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Uber and Airbnb's business travel growth eclipsed by HotelTonight

By Martin Cowen | January 22, 2016

The poster children of the so-called sharing economy - Uber and Airbnb - are now mainstream corporate travel suppliers says a detailed report into US business travellers' expense claims by Certify. Read More

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EasyTaxi identifies growth as its top priority

By Martin Cowen | January 21, 2016

Rocket Internet-backed EasyTaxi handled some 83 million rides across Latin America in 2015 and is planning to expand across the region in 2016. EasyTaxi, which describes itself as an “urban mobilit Read More

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Uber's growth comes with staggering losses

By Sean O'Neil | January 13, 2016

Uber is losing more money than it’s producing -- and the gap is widening over time, according to financial documents seen by The Information. The transportation network company is seeing strong rev Read More

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If size matters, Didi crushes Uber

By Martin Cowen | January 12, 2016

The scale of Uber's challenge in China has been put into context by some official numbers released by its main rival and market leader Didi Kuaidi. Didi rarely shares any authenticated business met Read More

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Uber links up with airlines, airports and hotels via HNA deal

By Martin Cowen | January 11, 2016

Uber China has signed an investment and strategic co-operation deal with conglomerate HNA Group, which promises a range of global tie-ups between Uber and HNA's airline, airport and hotel units. Ub Read More

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Uber Travel may challenge Expedia, TripCase, everyone -- if it's serious

By Sean O'Neil | January 4, 2016

Uber, the transportation network company, was granted a patent before Christmas for a digital interface that looks a lot like travel metasearch. The tool would provide travel booking, just as are p Read More

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Lyft wants to pick up an uber-large, $1 billion Series D

By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015

Transportation network company Lyft aims to raise up to $1 billion in new funding it revealed in a Delaware state filing -- which didn't name investors or state what valuation had been placed on the c Read More

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Taxi app consolidation reaches Latin America

By Martin Cowen | December 18, 2015

Rocket Internet-backed EasyTaxi has "merged" with Colombia's Tappsi to create the biggest transportation app business in Latin America. Financial details are not clear - in response to emailed ques Read More

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Facebook rides with Uber for transportation service on Messenger

By Kevin May | December 17, 2015

Facebook is continuing the integration of its private Messenger service with third parties, launching a ground transport hailing service through Uber. The social network is piloting the tool throug Read More

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Anti-Uber global alliance gets bigger as Ola and GrabTaxi join in

By Kevin May | December 4, 2015

Two leading ground transportation brands in China and the US have been joined by cohorts in India and South East Asia to bolster the Rides Everywhere group. The alliance was created in September th Read More

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Consensual hallucination (or the state of investment in travel startups)

By Linda Fox | November 23, 2015

Here's the context: giants in the travel investment world, Joel Cutler and Priceline Group's Glenn Fogel, are on a panel discussing everything from unicorns, elevator pitches, exits and much in betwee Read More

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Internet of Things and other digital projects driving tourists beyond London

By Linda Fox | November 2, 2015

Cities up and down the UK stand to benefit from increased tourism through digital initiatives according to a report. The WTM Trends Report 2015, carried out in association with Euromonitor Internat Read More

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Baidu dripfeeds hints of Qunar and Ctrip future - is Uber lurking?

By Martin Cowen | October 30, 2015

Timing is everything. Baidu, the instigator, is the first of the three players in the Ctrip and Qunar share swap to release its Q2s. And there is some new information on the "business co-operation" Read More

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How Uber sells itself to nervous local governments

By Kevin May | October 20, 2015

As news broke in India that an Uber driver had been found guilty of raping a passenger, one of its executives was on-stage at the WebinTravel conference in Singapore. The ride-sharing app's general Read More

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Investors in APAC travel startups are either smarter or madder than elsewhere

By Kevin May | October 19, 2015

Okay, it's not as simple as that, obviously, but there is a considerable shift in the regions that attract the funding for travel startups in the last 12 months. Whereas traditionally the US (and S Read More

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