Ground Transportation

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the ground transportation sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on car rental, ride-hailing, taxis and rail. 

Sustainability-focused travel management platform Goodwings raises nearly $3M
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Sustainability-focused travel management platform Goodwings raises nearly $3M
By Morgan Hines | April 10, 2025
The raise will allow the Denmark-based company to create its Sustainability Suite 3.0, which will include new tools for businesses to limit their carbon footprint. Read More
TBR expands footprint with acquisition of EuroChauffeur
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TBR expands footprint with acquisition of EuroChauffeur
By Linda Fox | April 8, 2025
The deal is a first for Scotland-based TBR, which aims to grow through acquisition in the coming months. Read More
Phocuswright Europe 2025: Shaping the next era of travel
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Phocuswright Europe 2025: Shaping the next era of travel
By PhocusWire | April 7, 2025
The Phocuswright Europe 2025 program is live with the speaker line-up including executives from Airbnb, Accor, Booking.com, Expedia and Lufthansa. Read More
Travel bracing for impact of tariffs
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Travel bracing for impact of tariffs
By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WIT | April 4, 2025
Travel leaders from the investment community and beyond provide their perspective on how tariffs might impact the industry. Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: airBaltic, Hostaway, Smartvel, TravelPerk and more...
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: airBaltic, Hostaway, Smartvel, TravelPerk and more...
By PhocusWire | April 4, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More
Report: Relevance is the key to unlocking sustainable growth in travel
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Report: Relevance is the key to unlocking sustainable growth in travel
By Rokt | March 31, 2025
Find out about best-in-class strategies for ancillary revenue growth, harnessing data and insights to deliver relevant cross-sell and upsell offers and to reduce friction at checkout. Read More
Airlines expressed economic concern. Should online travel giants be worried?
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Airlines expressed economic concern. Should online travel giants be worried?
By Morgan Hines | March 27, 2025
Wall Street and travel industry analysts weigh in on how factors such as trade wars, economic woes and travel warnings could impact consumers' desire to travel. Read More
Bolt introduces flight tracking for airport pickup
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Bolt introduces flight tracking for airport pickup
By Morgan Hines | March 26, 2025
Bolt has added the capability for users to input their flight details so airport pickups can be automatically adjusted if arrival times change. Read More
Asia’s full rebound meets AI revolution: Leapfrogging into the future
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Asia’s full rebound meets AI revolution: Leapfrogging into the future
By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | March 26, 2025
For Schubert Lou, chief operating officer at Trip.com, 2025 marks a defining moment for the travel industry, given the full return of Asia and AI acceleration. Read More
Perplexity partners with Selfbook, Tripadvisor to offer hotel booking
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Perplexity partners with Selfbook, Tripadvisor to offer hotel booking
By Morgan Hines | March 25, 2025
Users can make a natural language query for hotels with Perplexity, and the platform can then surface relevant, bookable properties based on Selfbook data and reviews from Tripadvisor. Read More
Bolt acquires Denmark’s electric ride-hailing service Viggo
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Bolt acquires Denmark’s electric ride-hailing service Viggo
By Morgan Hines | March 24, 2025
Bolt, which was founded in 2013 and operates in 600 cities in 50 countries, already has a presence in Denmark with its e-bike rentals in Copenhagen. Read More
Dance raises €12M for e-bike fleet expansion
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Dance raises €12M for e-bike fleet expansion
By Morgan Hines | March 13, 2025
With the funding, the Berlin-based company plans to develop its software and hardware and to expand its fleet, offering e-bikes in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Read More
Northeast Asia online travel bookings to break $30B by 2026
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Northeast Asia online travel bookings to break $30B by 2026
By Phocuswright Research | March 11, 2025
Northeast Asia's booking pathway is online. New demand, demographic and strategic dynamics will further reshape travel across the decade.  Read More
Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow
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Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow
By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025
IDnow, which was founded in 2014, creates artificial intelligence-powered identification verification technologies that cater to brands across sectors including the travel sector. Read More
Travel websites littered with accessibility issues
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Travel websites littered with accessibility issues
By Morgan Hines | March 6, 2025
The 2025 Digital Accessibility Index found an average of 297 accessibility issues per webpage during Q4 of 2024 across 400,000 pages on 15,000 websites in different industries including hospitality. Read More