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Holiday Taxis unveils in-resort app Jennifer Morris


jennifer.morris@ travelweekly.co.uk


Holiday Taxis has launched an in-destination service for online and traditional travel agencies and airlines to provide ground transportation.


The HolidayTaxis Go app


extends the firm’s offering beyond the pre-booked transfer, enabling clients to book taxis while in their destination. The move follows rival A2B


Transfers’ announcement that it is to launch a white-label Uber-style on-demand app for in-resort taxi rides. Users can book in their own


language, agree a price for their journey before confirming and pay securely by credit card. The firm says local taxi drivers


undergo careful vetting and are all licensed. Cian Kennedy, chief technology


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officer at Holiday Taxis, said: “It’s quite simple – our customers love their phones and tablets. “They want to use them more


when travelling with us or our travel partners, so we spend a lot of time on mobile user experience. “We’ve upgraded our white-label


HAIL: The Holiday Taxis Go app


mobile site options for the benefit of our global trade partners and we’ve launched an app to take paper out of the pre-book journey. “Providing the in-destination taxi- hailing service via Holiday Taxis Go


“Customers love their smartphones so we spend a lot of time on the mobile experience”


is a perfect next step for our mobile product. The map and location services ease the booking process. We’re developing an increasingly loyal user base by continuing to meet their ground transport needs via their smartphones.” Chief executive Peter Hilton said


the firm was working on driving up customer loyalty for trade clients by providing them with the


services they are demanding. holidaytaxis.com


26 travelweekly.co.uk 3 September 2015


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