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Socar sees around 60,000 transactions per month — that's more than one car booking each minute, Kim said.
Socar sees around 60,000 transactions per month — that's more than one car booking each minute, Kim said.
Uber's new API means that it now can and does offer this kind of instant car booking in various third-party apps, too.
That page was removed yesterday, however, and InvestHK posted a statement saying "there are legal ways in Hong Kong for companies to offer car rental services via mobile applications, but not all mobile car booking applications can meet the legal requirements in Hong Kong.
For now, though, there are signs that rental car bookings are slowly creeping upward, as corporate and leisure travel pick up.
American, which will also let its loyalty members use miles and cash in combination, plans to offer discounts on hotel and car bookings for some elite frequent-flier members.
A recent survey by the National Business Travel Association found that corporate rental car bookings rose this year even as airline trips fell, which the trade group said was a strong indication that more employees were using rental cars in place of airplanes.
Discounts remain routinely available on the Internet, but walk-in specials and discounts offered by reservations agents, where most rental car bookings are made, have dwindled; the companies simply do not need to offer them.
"They won't drive their own BMW, they'll go down to the airport, pick up a car from Hertz, and drive that to Charlotte," said Michael Schlott, owner of International Tours of Atlanta, whose travel agency has experienced a rise in rental car bookings.
Meanwhile, domestic bookings rose by 19%, as more Americans made hotel and rental car bookings.
Didi Kuaidi recently received a license for private car bookings in Shanghai, making it the first to get official approval from the government (other companies can also apply), but the proposed regulations would subject it to even more oversight.
