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Karhoo adds London chauffeur service to platform

Karhoo has partnered with Carey to allow users to book executive chauffeured services across London including to all airports in the UK capital. The deal is set to expand Karhoo’s current offering of around 25,000 taxis and cars which are operating in London. Sandy Miller, CEO of Carey, says users can now access the company’s service on the Karhoo platform in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The partners plan to expand the integration to incorporate Carey's network in more than 1,000 cities worldwide.
April 23, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Karhoo has partnered with Carey to allow users to book executive chauffeured services across London including to all airports in the UK capital.

The deal is set to expand Karhoo’s current offering of around 25,000 taxis and cars which are operating in London.

Sandy Miller, CEO of Carey, says users can now access the company’s service on the Karhoo platform in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

The partners plan to expand the integration to incorporate Carey's network in more than 1,000 cities worldwide.

Last month, Karhoo and Taksee – a Spanish provider of taxi services to the corporate market – launched a %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external roaming service false http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/transmart/news/karhoo-launches-roaming-service-with-taksee/ false false%>which allows Taksee customers to access taxis while travelling from country to country on the company’s app.

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