Singapore-based startup iCarsClub aims to conquer the peer to peer car rental market in Asia.
iCarsClub aims to conquer the peer to peer car rental market in Asia
April 17, 2013 By 1 Comment
Luxury segmentation arrives onto the airport car rental tarmac with Silvercar
February 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With the acquisition of Zipcar by car rental giant Avis Budget Group for over $400 million, the car-sharing business has gone mainstream. So mainstream in fact, that many pundits are proclaiming doomsday for the preeminent car-sharing business. A new startup sees a silver lining in this increasingly uncompetitive landscape.
Avis buys car sharing network Zipcar for $500 million
January 2, 2013 By 5 Comments
A significant and sizeable deal in travel to start 2013: Avis Budget Group has splashed out $500 million on vehicle sharing network Zipcar.
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Taxi Magic ramps up luxury service and buys Aleph Global dispatch system
October 12, 2012 By 2 Comments
Just days after MyTaxi debuted in the US in a broadside against Uber, more moves in the car sharing sector as Taxi Magic looks to boost its top-end product by enhancing the back-end.
CarPooling tops up the tank with $10M investment from Daimler
July 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
More money pouring in to the growing world of car-sharing marketplaces as Carpooling confirms it has picked up a funding round from car manufacturer Daimler.
CarCloud brings mobile and touchscreen kiosks to car rental providers
July 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
A video from CarCloud outlines the dilemma: consumers used to book by phone or agent, then started doing everything via the web, but now want to use their mobiles.
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CarTrawler packages up tech into Facebook app
July 11, 2012 By 3 Comments
CarTrawler is opening up social media retailing for travel companies via a Facebook application based on its open source technology
Ford: thinking about integrated and Big Data-driven transport systems of the future [VIDEO]
June 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ford is a giant of the motor manufacturing world that only ever thinks about building cars, vans and trucks, right? Probably about 85% true.
Ground transport – the exciting new battleground in travel distribution
June 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
When it comes to disruptive forces in travel distribution, 2010-2011 seemed to be largely about airlines, GDS’s, GNE’s (the so called Genies), direct connects, and full content agreements.
Cost2Drive enters Europe with lite version
June 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
Off the back of its recent site redesign Cost2Drive has unveiled a European version of its trip budgeting service with many of the same fixtures and fittings
