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Grab Advance Booking: Why wait? Book your trip in advance!
Published on 21/10/2024
» How many times have you struggled to hire a taxi to go to a planned important meeting or to go to Suvarnabhumi airport at odd hours? Me, as a Bangkokian, major traffic jams and unpredictable rainfalls are part of my daily city life and going somewhere without proper planning in advance can easily cause me to be late on appointments. But with Grab's new advance booking service these headache-inducing situations can be avoided.
Chinese travel companies resume full operations
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2023
» Chinese travel agencies will today resume outbound group tours to 20 countries including Thailand, following the relaxation of rules governing personal foreign travel at the beginning of the year.
On-demand app struggle poised to intensify in 2023
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/11/2022
» Thailand's on-demand commerce battle between "super apps" is expected to intensify in 2023 amid slower market growth, economic headwinds and an exodus of funding, as some food delivery players are likely to exit the market next year, according to industry pundits.
Delivery platforms dig in for war
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 10/08/2020
» Fired up by the pandemic, the battle between online food ordering platforms is intensifying as operators seek more capital, expand services in provinces and gear up for cloud kitchen investment to stay afloat in the contentious market.
Dettol and Grab collaborate to help protect passengers
Published on 25/06/2020
» During recent weeks, easing of lockdown has taken place across the country. With life gradually returning to the ‘new normal’, this comes with even greater responsibility to make sure people in Thailand stay safe and protected.
Rejigging the model
Business, Published on 25/05/2020
» Unicorn startups operating under the sharing economy model have not been spared by the coronavirus pandemic, as social distancing measures and travel restrictions have dimmed their outlook.
Online delivery gets a boost as fear keeps diners homebound
Business, William Hicks, Published on 04/03/2020
» Online food delivery platforms are seeing a boom in orders as customers stay home to avoid contact with the deadly coronavirus, with GrabFood enjoying a 200% increase in deliveries compared with a normal period.
Secret services
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 28/02/2020
» Bangkok is rapidly becoming a city with innovations that make life much easier. Yes, we at Guru have complained a lot about the city's many negative aspects but we also can't deny that the city has improved. Is there room for improvement? Oh, definitely. But there are many things that we use right now that we simply cannot imagine life without. What would life be without the services of GrabFood to deliver meals to your door or Shopee and Lazada to do your shopping from the comfort of your home? How about the Lock Box storage facilities we see in many BTS and MRT stations that help tourists roam without having to drag their luggage with them? Can we forget about the lifesaving GrabTaxi and GrabBike services? There are more services on the rise that you may not know about and that's what we're here to spotlight this week.
The true cost of convenience
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/02/2020
» The relatively high income of online food delivery riders comes at a cost, with drivers complaining of heavy workload, long hours and the strain of having to deal with customer complaints.
Armed with data and nowhere to go
Business, William Hicks, Published on 01/01/2020
» On the ninth floor of True Corporation's sprawling digital park in Bangkok, a team of 150 parses billions of data points, attempting to shape the sea of information into sense.