Articles tagged “uber”

The story of travel in 2014 is one of evolutionary leaps and breaks from the past. Understand the year in 25 travel moments.

It's smart for HomeAway to give its users more reasons to use its mobile app to improve their local experience with rides, food, and local attractions.

Uber sure is getting around and has been aggressive about notching a bunch of partnerships.

If there's one combined lesson travel companies can take from Uber it's this: Make the experience seamless.

Concur has done an excellent job in recent years thinking about what the business traveler needs to do their job better rather than focusing on putting the travel manager first. This is simply the next logical step.

FedEx is too big to worry about pesky Uber nipping at its heels in the same-day delivery business. Still FedEx CEO Frederick Smith could be downplaying Uber's potential for diversifying beyond its core people-transportation business.

Uber will first introduce ride-sharing services in cities where its losing customers due to too-high fares or regulations. Its further expansion will likely depend on how consumer pickup in the early markets.

The global travel industry is going through a lot of disruption, and the biggest sectors include the sharing economy and ground transportation, as well as one large potential winner in the hotel booking sector.

The ride-sharing sector is getting uber-aggressive, city-by-city. Were Uber's tactics against Gett the product of one rogue sales force or the way business is done across the country? Uber has told its sales teams to cut out this crap.

Bring it on, 2014.