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By Martin Cowen | December 11, 2014

The taxi-app funding frenzy shows no sign of slowing down - Chinese operator Didi Dache has picked up $700 million this week, with TenCent one of the named investors. This comes less than a week af Read More

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Uber reigns with $1.2 billion additional funds, skyrocketing valuation

By Nick Vivion | December 4, 2014

Uber has raised another round, this time at an enormous valuation of $41 billion. The round, which comes in as one of the largest ever at $1.2 billion, is set to continue adding fuel to the Uber fire. Read More

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Trying to get a handle on 5 years of consumer travel startups

By Viewpoints | December 4, 2014

Numerous consumer-focused travel startups have launched in the past five years. They tackle many facets of travel, ranging from hotel and flight search to ground transport, social travel, trip plan Read More

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Startup pitch: Moveo takes brand-led B2B-first route

By Martin Cowen | December 1, 2014

Moveo is a ground transportation business that is taking a different slant from the Ubers and Hailos of this world by putting its initial focus on the B2B, pre-arranged sector before adding a B2C on-d Read More

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Uber and Jetblue are leading a dumbing down of travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 25, 2014

This is the story of two brands in travel. One respected, one trying to get respect. One is Uber, the other is JetBlue. Both, however, have sadly started down a path that will likely undermine thei Read More

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CarTrawler drives into to a new world outside of car rental

By Kevin May | November 24, 2014

CarTrawler, the Ireland-based car rental technology provider, says it is making a big move "beyond rental" in 2015. From next year, CarTrawler's customers will be able to choose car rental products Read More

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The two sides of ground transportation disruption

By Viewpoints | November 21, 2014

Legacy ground transportation has truly been disrupted in just the past few years. Companies like Uber, Lyft, Hailo, Sidecar and Gett, alongside Indian startup Olacabs and Didi Dache in China and do Read More

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Uber does what it's told in India

By Martin Cowen | November 14, 2014

Uber's Indian operations now offer a digital payment platform which meets regulatory requirements and opens up Uber to a customer base of 600 million. The tie-up with India's biggest digital paymen Read More

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Sabre - lastminute.com progress, TripCase flies, pax up

By Martin Cowen | November 13, 2014

Sabre's Q3 earnings call added a few nuggets of knowledge to the financial release, with its CEO and CFO bullish about how well its Travel Network unit (the GDS) is doing compared with its competitors Read More

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HomeAway leads $20 million investment round in Gogobot

By Nick Vivion | November 12, 2014

Vacation rental service HomeAway has doubled-down on content, reviews and recommendations for its guests by leading a $20 million Series C investment round in social review engine Gogobot. Other pa Read More

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Simpler search, single purpose apps and other mobile travel takeaways

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2014

At some point or other, most of us will have heard that mobile is just another channel. Yet many now see it as much more than that. From a Facebook point of view, it has become more of a human beha Read More

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Multi-modal travel search jumps a gear as Rome2Rio adds Uber and bike sharing

By Kevin May | November 4, 2014

If multi-modal travel search is all about incorporating all types of transportation into a user's potential journey, then it makes sense for the newbies on the block to be included. Rome2Rio this w Read More

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Uber reaps positive PR bonanza after Manila sting

By Martin Cowen | October 24, 2014

Uber has ruffled feathers around the globe, with its latest PR and regulatory battle being fought out in the Philippines capital of Manila. In a blog post, Uber spokesperson Karun Arya thanked the Read More

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Is the new sharing economy in travel a democracy or a republic?

By Viewpoints | October 22, 2014

It seems like for as long as we have had the internet there has been talk of how it can and is “democratizing” anything and everything. There is the "democratization of technology", the "democratiz Read More

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Olery opens social API, Wego debuts TV ads, MatchByte gets more Scoot, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 29, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for September 2014. 29 September 2014: Olery opens its social API The Amsterdam-based co Read More

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