Carpooling Startup BlaBlaCar Looks to Take Over Long-Distance Bus Service Ouibus

Source: Travel News

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Some people model what good car-pooling behavior should look like. BlaBlaCar is the world’s largest long-distance carpooling platform. It has offered to acquire Ouibus, a bus subsidiary of SNCF, which in turn SNCF said it has led a $113 million (€101 million) investment in the startup. BlaBlaCar

Skift Take: Rail operator SNCF also announced that it is has led a $113 million investment in BlaBlaCar as a new investor. Perhaps carpooling could prove to be a path to building a major travel brand.

— Sean O’Neill

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Carpooling Startup BlaBlaCar Looks to Take Over Long-Distance Bus Service Ouibus