Uber Travel Launches First in the UK With Trains and Buses From Omio
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Uber is taking baby steps into travel. Booking.com: No need to sweat it yet.
The much-awaited Uber Travel launches in the UK Wednesday to a limited set of customers with the plan to bring it to all Uber users by the end of August, the company announced.
Uber Travel isn't full-service travel at this juncture with hotels and flights, but comes with Uber rides plus mostly long-distance rail and bus services licensed from Omio. For now, at least, Omio, which began discussions with Uber last year, appears to be Uber's sole travel partner.
In a Google-like twist, as part of its launch announcement, Uber said it will be mining flight information from customers' Gmail.
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