Bangkok--22 Oct--BrandNow
GrabTaxi, Southeast Asia’s largest taxi-booking mobile app celebrates its 1st year anniversary in Thailand with over 350 free giveaways worth over Baht 100,000!
GrabTaxi has partnered with Air Asia, Major Cineplex, WearYouWant, True You, Why97 and Le Lapin to reward and thank the many thousands of passengers who have downloaded and used their app.
All passengers booking their rides within Bangkok via the GrabTaxi app during November 1s t -15th, will get a chance to win one of many prizes. Passengers’ names will automatically be entered into a lucky draw and winners will be announced on November 19th on GrabTaxi’s facebook page and notified by SMS.
Up for grabs are 2 flight tickets from Air Asia, 350 tickets from Major Cineplex, shopping vouchers from WearYouWant, gifts from True You, dining vouchers from Le Lapin and Why 97 plus lots more. Passengers also stand to win other surprise gifts from GrabTaxi drivers!
Remember – the more rides you book via GrabTaxi, the more chances you have to win!
GrabTaxi Thailand launched its beta trial in Pattaya last month on September 17th, making it the second Thai city after Bangkok. Since its launch in Bangkok last year, GrabTaxi has been extremely popular among passengers and taxi drivers. GrabTaxi has a regional footprint across Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia.
About GrabTaxi
GrabTaxi is a for-profit social start-up with a mission to revolutionise the region’s taxi industry. Runner-up in the 2011 Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest, its core product is a taxi-dispatch service with GPS-enhancements, allowing passengers to hail the nearest taxi with extreme ease. In May 2014, GrabTaxi announced it raised more than US$15 million in a Series B funding. The investors are Silicon Valley-based GGV Capital, Qunar (NASDAQ: QUNR) and Vertex Venture Holdings who previously led the company’s Series A round. Vertex Venture is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s Temasek Holding.
Since year 2012, tens of thousands of taxi drivers have been using the GrabTaxi smartphone-based technologies to receive bookings in Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and now Indonesia. With over 1.5 million downloads of the GrabTaxi mobile app around the region and with 275,000 users per month, GrabTaxi has become the market leader in Southeast Asia. Passengers can download the app to book taxis on their smartphones and tablets (iOS: http://bit.ly/grabtaxi-iOS, Android: http://bit.ly/grabtaxi-Android, BlackBerry: http://bit.ly/grabtaxi-blackberry and Windows: http://bit.ly/grabtaxi-Windows).
In Thailand, the app is available in Bangkok and Pattaya. GrabTaxi call center number is +662 021-2500. For more information, visit www.grabtaxi.com .
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