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Boats in Mykonos? Uber expands travel options
By Derek Catron | May 18, 2023
The ride-hailing company’s third annual Go-GET product event announced a couple of travel-focused updates, including concierge service at partner hotels and boat reservations on a Greek island. Read More
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Uber launches flight bookings in U.K. powered by Hopper
By Linda Fox | May 10, 2023
The functionality, which is powered by Hopper, will be rolled out to users across the country in the coming weeks and be available to all United Kingdom users this summer. Read More
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Ongoing travel recovery boosts Q1 earnings for Uber and Lyft
By Derek Catron | May 4, 2023
Both Uber and Lyft reported year-over-year revenue increases for the first quarter, as leaders at both companies spoke of the benefits of a competitive ride-sharing market.   Read More
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Travel startups: End of the boom or beginnings of a renaissance?
By Mike Coletta - Phocuswright | April 24, 2023
We have entered very difficult territory for fundraising in travel, and the days of easy money are over (at least for now). Read More
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Uber-owned Careem spins out super app with $400M investment
By Mitra Sorrells | April 11, 2023
Careem will split into two business units - Careem Rides and Careem Technologies, which will manage development of its super app. Read More
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WATCH: Visualization of revenue for digital travel brands through 2022
By PhocusWire | March 23, 2023
From a revenue standpoint, 2022 was an up year for most online travel brands, with many reporting record financial results. Read More
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Uber to add 25,000 electric vehicles in India
By Kathryn Walson | February 22, 2023
The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company has committed to ensuring 100% of rides take place in zero-emission vehicles - or buses, trains, bicycles and scooters - by 2040. Read More
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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