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WEBINAR REPLAY! How digital innovation helps Uber go beyond ride-sharing in difficult times

By PhocusWire | May 14, 2020

Join Uber, DocuSign and Salesforce to learn how the ride-sharing leader is delivering what matters most by digitally transforming its service to carry not just people, but the food and necessary items... Read More

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Uber posts surprise increase in bookings but losses climb to $3B

By Kevin May | May 8, 2020

Ride-hailing giant Uber boosted gross bookings to $15.8 billion in the first quarter of 2020, beating expectations that the coronavirus outbreak would eat immediately into the company's... Read More

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Could addiction to debt come back to haunt some online travel companies?

By Steven Lerner | March 25, 2020

If revenue drops due to COVID-19, past debt will make it more challenging for online travel companies to survive economic obstacles. Read More

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Calm before the coronavirus storm - recap of latest online travel earnings

By Steven Lerner | March 23, 2020

We've updated PhocusWire's visual history of online travel company revenues to include the most recent quarter. Read More

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Lyft achieves first billion-dollar revenue quarter, keeps 2021 profitability target date in place

By Steven Lerner | February 12, 2020

As Lyft tries to recover from its first less-than-stellar year in the public markets, the ride-sharing company showed significant improvement in its fiscal year 2019 result. Read More

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Uber vows profitability by the end of 2020 as revenue grows, losses mount

By Steven Lerner | February 6, 2020

Uber completed its first full year in the public markets with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $2.7 billion in 2019. Read More

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Google, Barry Diller, annual marketing spend - what to watch in upcoming online travel earnings

By Steven Lerner | February 3, 2020

Here are six important questions regarding the upcoming earnings for online travel companies. Read More

News / Startups

Travel startup investments 2019 - a year in review

By Steven Lerner | December 11, 2019

Investors were pouring money into travel startups in 2019. Here's where that money went. Read More

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Uber narrows losses in Q3, pledges profitability by 2021 and "magical company" aim

By Steven Lerner | November 5, 2019

The San Francisco-based rideshare company saw its revenue increase 30% year-over-year to $3.8 billion. Read More

Opinion / Startups

The search for genuine "disruption" in the travel industry

By Peter Matthews - Nucleus | October 24, 2019

Now traditional business models have been turned on their heads by the likes of Uber, Airbnb, Amazon and Google there is a tendency for many brands to believe they need to roll up their sleeves and face... Read More

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Uber and Lyft are dominating business travel expense claims

By Linda Fox | August 1, 2019

The suppliers that top business travel expense claims include Uber, Starbucks and Lyft according to Certify. Read More

News / Online

How Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency might fit into travel

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2019

Concerns are not surprising given the probes into the social media platform around privacy and wider concerns about cryptocurrencies, but, for travel, there are a few interesting elements about Libra. Read More

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Mary Meeker's annual report: Growing giants, next-gen data and super apps

By Linda Fox | June 17, 2019

Many in the digital and wider industrial world await Mary Meeker’s annual trends report with anticipation for what can be expected for their sector. We look at the travel-related elements. Read More

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Uber gets $1B investment boost for autonomous vehicle unit

By Kevin May | April 22, 2019

Three organizations are behind the move to back Uber's Advanced Technologies Group: car manufacturing giant Toyota, SoftBank Vision Fund and the Denso Corporation. Read More