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Uber, Lyft earnings may bode well for travel trends

By Derek Catron | February 9, 2023

Both companies anticipate gross bookings to grow 20 to 24% year over year in the current quarter. Read More

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Uber on its future plans for travel products

By Mitra Sorrells | January 19, 2023

Uber’s head of growth and new products for travel and airports, Loren Kosloske, discusses the company’s future plans related to multi-modality, flights and hotels. Read More

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Booking.com, Vrbo and Expedia gain ground in U.S. app downloads

By Kathryn Walson | January 6, 2023

Apptopia says Expedia's app downloads nearly doubled year-over-year to 16.6 million and it, along with Vrbo and Booking.com, benefited from slowing growth for Hopper and Airbnb. Read More

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How payments can unlock value, remove friction in travel

By Linda Fox | December 22, 2022

Uplift's Brian Barth, Worldline's Laurie Gablehouse and Paul Beukers from Katanox discuss developments in payments from wallets and crypto to loyalty and embedded finance at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

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How Google and Uber influence ground transportation

By Linda Fox | December 15, 2022

SilverRail's Aaron Gowell and Distribusion's Johannes Thunert talk ground transportation tech and funding trends in the PhocusWire Studio at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

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Pundits divided on the outlook for travel in 2023

By PhocusWire | November 21, 2022

Travel industry experts with decades of experience join forces at The Phocuswright Conference to try to make sense of current and future trends. Read More

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Uber adds Viator content, expands Uber Travel to 10K cities

By Mitra Sorrells | November 14, 2022

The Uber app now enables booking of a curated collection of Viator experiences in 14 cities around the United States, with the bookings fully managed by Viator. Read More

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Uber partners with Rokt to surface offers to customers at checkout

By Kathryn Walson | August 24, 2022

The partnership will initially launch with Uber Eats. Read More

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Uber to end free loyalty program, shift focus to paid subscriptions

By Mitra Sorrells | August 16, 2022

Uber One, the company's subscription program, has about 10 million members and is available in seven markets globally. Read More

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Uber broadens ground transport offering via Omio partnership

By Linda Fox | August 4, 2022

The deal will enable Uber users to search and book international and national rail and coach trips via the app. Read More

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Uber doubles revenue to $8.1 billion in Q2 2022

By Jill Menze | August 2, 2022

Gross bookings for the quarter also reached an all-time high, growing 33% to $29.1 billion. Read More

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The far and wide implications of Uber’s new charter service

By Christian Watts - Magpie Travel | May 26, 2022

With the right plan, Uber Charter could dominate the bus charter industry – and that’s a good thing. Read More

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Uber adds new travel feature, party bus and EV bookings in product update

By Jill Menze | May 16, 2022

As part of its super app strategy, Uber has unleashed new features designed to capture the end-to-end travel journey. Read More

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Uber hits record $6.9B revenue for a financial quarter

By Kevin May | May 4, 2022

The delivery arm business attracted almost $14 billion in gross bookings year on year in Q1, with mobility at $10.7 billion (up 58% year over year). Read More

News / Technology

Movable Ink bags $55M for personalization tech push

By Linda Fox | May 2, 2022

Movable Ink works with a number of travel companies on content personalization including Delta Air Lines, MGM Resorts, Princess Cruises and Uber. Read More

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