Articles tagged “uber”

Uber grabs Blacklane + Airbnb gets airport rides = Better options for business travelers?

Uber decided it couldn't go it alone in premium travel — so it bought Blacklane.

Consider the complexity that Fuldner is walking into. Airbnb is tasking him with reshaping the company's teams and systems into a unified "intelligent platform." All this, while Airbnb is launching new verticals, and trying to become a native AI app.

India’s domestic aviation market is the third largest in the world, but its airlines continue to post massive losses. Multiple Indian airlines have shut business over the past few decades due to financial hits, despite booming demand.

With the Macau entry, Uber is making its way back into Asia. But it is moving slowly. And this time, it is sticking to the rules.

By recruiting travel experts to train external clients’ generative AI models, Uber signals it wants to become a behind-the-scenes infrastructure player for trip planning. But are travel planners and agents going along for the ride?

Driverless rides are here; driverless adoption in corporate travel is likewise in its infancy.

If consumers respond positively to agentic AI and if these ChatGPT apps gain traction, then travel companies will be required to develop them, just as they do today for the Apple App Store and Google Play.

As Joby aspires to bring its flying taxis to the public within the next year, the company has partnered with Uber to start offering helicopter flights that will be operated by Blade.

Uber has found its way back to users in China, just not on Chinese roads. It's targeting Chinese outbound travelers by partnering with the app nearly everyone in China uses: WeChat.