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Articles tagged “ridehailing”

Online Travel

Grab Enters Travel Booking With Hotels Now and Flights Next

In the face of a fast-growing and innovative rival, Grab’s foray into travel, starting with hotels, could give it an edge over archrival Go-Jek, which does not do travel — yet.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Grab Enters Travel Booking With Hotels Now and Flights Next

Ground Transport

Grab Is Hiring Tech Talent to Become Southeast Asia’s First Super App

Grab will hire an additional 1,000 tech employees in 2019, after doubling the number of software engineers, data scientists, and analysts it added this year to 2,000. A look at its next R&D hiring plan gives a few hints on what it is working on.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Grab Is Hiring Tech Talent to Become Southeast Asia’s First Super App

Ground Transport

Grab’s $100 Million Investment in Oyo Is Part of SoftBank’s Bigger Plan

Grab’s $100 million investment in Oyo is just the start of a strategy to have a tag-team under the same major investor, which is leveraging the strengths of each member of its portfolio. Expect to see more "teams of unicorns" attacking incumbents in the next year or so.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Grab’s $100 Million Investment in Oyo Is Part of SoftBank’s Bigger Plan

Tourism

Grab’s Tie-Up With Indonesia Tourism Gives a Glimpse of Ambitions Beyond Ridehailing

Grab’s partnership with Indonesia’s tourism ministry, the first of its kind between a national tourism body and a ridehailing platform, reveals one of the initial ways it is trying to become Southeast Asia’s super app for a plethora of travel services.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Grab’s Tie-Up With Indonesia Tourism Gives a Glimpse of Ambitions Beyond Ridehailing

Ground Transport

Here’s Why Hyundai Is Investing Another $250 Million in Ridehailing Service Grab

Grab is the go-to for motor companies wanting a piece of Southeast Asia’s future mobility market, as Hyundai’s additional tenfold investment shows.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Here’s Why Hyundai Is Investing Another $250 Million in Ridehailing Service Grab

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Invests $200 Million in Grab as Ridehailing Becomes More Strategic

It's becoming increasingly clear that online travel players will try to leverage the heck out of connections between food delivery, ridehailing, and booking hotels. Uber and Lyft will undoubtedly become a bigger part of the action, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking Holdings Invests $200 Million in Grab as Ridehailing Becomes More Strategic