Articles tagged “uber”

Running an airline isn't easy, and neither is launching ridesharing, financial services, and delivery businesses from scratch. AirAsia has its work cut out for it in terms of the required investments and trying to be everything to everyone in Southeast Asian markets with entrenched incumbents.

With big car companies rethinking their plans for ridehailing platforms, it looks like Uber's grasp will only get stronger.

It's as good a time as any to test new revenue models, but this may just be a financial buffer until demand comes back.

Don't count your deals before they've hatched. Coronavirus has killed valuations of many companies, and deals along with them. On the other hand, some companies, such as Grubhub, are in the right place at the right time.

Ground transportation is often the weakest link in a travel program, but if suppliers ramp up their safety protocols in a similar way to the airline and hotel sectors, they'll play a pivotal role for those travel managers eager to rev their businesses back up.

If you are grasping for any signs that the U.S. or global economies have a heartbeat, then consider that Uber's rideshare revenue has been ticking upwards in the past two weeks after plummeting over the past two months. No, this is not the same as China reopening or a promising coronavirus vaccine in the making, but at this point we'll latch onto almost anything.

The figure $20 million might not sound like a huge amount, but in the world of flat-pack hotels, it can probably get you quite far.

Ground transportation in corporate travel has evolved into a complicated and costly mess. There is some hope that new platforms will solve these issues, but that point isn't coming any time soon.

This is yet another casualty of the Uber and Lyft era. Other airport shuttle services will likely be next.

Uber has the potential to be a big tool for corporate event planners, but the company doesn't do a great job of marketing itself.