Today’s mobility is all about key partnerships
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CarTrawler & Splyt unlock on-demand transportation for airline mobile apps
Last week, CarTrawler and Splyt announced their new partnership to bring on-demand transportation to airline app users.
Philipp Mintchin, Splyt CEO, said: “This new partnership is beneficial for both CarTrawler’s clients and our ride-hailing partners. Airlines working with CarTrawler can provide added value to their users by offering on-demand mobility, wherever they go. Together, we offer travellers a seamless experience when landing in a foreign country. At the same time, our ride-hailing partners benefit from additional ride-requests from travellers who would not typically be registered with them.”
Bobby Healy, CTO CarTrawler, said: “Our customers spend over 2 billion days a year in the destinations they travel to. Through our airline partnerships we can now offer those customers the best combination of price and ETA while looking for taxis during that time — and better still, they can use their loyalty miles to pay for them. Our ride hailing partners can deliver their product and brands seamlessly to a distribution platform connecting to close on 1 billion consumers annually.”
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LONDON, UK – B2B travel technology platform CarTrawlerannounces that it has partnered with Splyt, the London startup…www.traveldailynews.com
Uber wants to become the new MaaS
Uber is positioning itself as much more than just a ride-hailing company these days. Their latest acquisition was the bike-sharing firm Jump. Uber has also announced that it will roll out a pilot project where, in 12 US cities, it will allow users to buy public transport tickets and rent cars as well. These opportunities will be made possible through partnerships. Will Uber become the biggest MaaS firm out there?
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Uber isn’t just a ride-hailing service anymore – or at least the company is trying not to be. Today, Uber CEO Dara…www.recode.net
Jump Bikes has a new owner: Uber. The bike-sharing company, launched as Social Bicycles in 2011, runs GPS-enabled…www.wired.com
Uber bought a bike-share company. The ride-hailing company announced on Monday that it will acquire Jump, the New York…www.theverge.com
Lyft wants to enter Japan
Lyft says they would “absolutely” love to enter the Japanese ride-hailing market, which is currently dominated by traditional taxis due to tight government regulations. They would not be the first that wants to make a move into the multibillion market. Recently, even Sony has mentioned plans to enter Japan.
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Lyft Inc. President John Zimmer said the U.S. ride-hailing startup is considering entering Japan, one of the few large…www.bloomberg.com
Kakao invests in Lyft
Kakao Investment, firm owned by Kakao has bought $3.18 million worth of shares in Lyft. The Korean parent company of Kakao Mobility, Korea’s leading ride-hailing service, has made the ride-hailing market even more intertwined with this new investment. Could this investment signal a partnership between the two companies?
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