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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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Indian/Chinese govts try to get a grip on taxi apps

By Martin Cowen | October 15, 2015

Uber has welcomed the first concrete move by the Indian government to regulate ride-hailing technology platforms. India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H) has issued an "advisor Read More

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Expense claims show smaller companies are Uber lovers [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2015

Recent headlines on the sharing economy have been more about its steady march on the business travel sector and real customer data to prove it from travel management firms. Step forward Certify, a Read More

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The gradual creep of the sharing economy into corporate travel

By Kevin May | October 12, 2015

Disruption - such an overused word in the travel industry, often bandied around to simply describe a different feature or product line. But the concept of a new wave of traveller behaviour and its Read More

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Ola confirms Didi investment

By Martin Cowen | September 28, 2015

As widely expected, China's biggest taxi-app business Didi Kuaidi has invested in Ola, India's biggest taxi-app business. Details are, as usual, thin on the ground. Ola has issued the following sta Read More

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Uber refuses to lie down - launches UberPool in India

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2015

Uber's decision to pilot its carpooling brand UberPool in one city in India takes on greater significance this week in light of the week-old Lyft-Didi global alliance. "India is a top global priori Read More

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Lyft and Didi confirm investment, launch Rides Everywhere partnership

By Martin Cowen | September 17, 2015

Users of China's biggest-by-far taxi app Didi Kuaidi will be able to use the app to book a Lyft ride when they are in the US, and vice-versa, under a new strategic partnership between the two. Lyft Read More

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China taxi app funding latest score: Uber 1, Didi Kuaidi 3

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015

Uber has raised another billion-dollars-plus to invest in China, according to an interview its CEO Travis Kalanick gave to a well-respected Chinese tech news wire. The interview has been picked up Read More

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Meru blindsides upstart Uber with carpooling brand

By Martin Cowen | September 2, 2015

Meru Cabs, one of India's biggest traditional taxi businesses, has embraced the sharing economy and launched CarPool by Meru, integrating its new service into its main brand app. The move has raise Read More

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Employees shun city jobs for greener pastures at Airbnb and Uber

By Linda Fox | August 25, 2015

Here's an interesting study from Escape the City on the companies people would most like to join if they took the plunge and left their existing careers. Unsurprisingly Escape the City was set up a Read More

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Sharing economy hits the mark with business travellers

By Viewpoints | August 25, 2015

The landscape of today’s sharing economy is quickly expanding across a diverse range of services. And while pioneers such as Uber continue to capture headlines and consumer market share, data shows ho Read More

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Uber riders in India get free in-car wifi, Airtel payments

By Martin Cowen | August 21, 2015

Uber has signed a multi-layered partnership deal with telecoms giant Bharti Airtel in India. The tie-up is Uber's first concrete operational move in India after it earmarked $1 billion to ramp up i Read More

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