Expedia’s Loss Is Uber’s Gain — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report
Photo Credit: New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi poses with the Uber leadership team. The move could have big implications for Uber's push into corporate travel. Twitter / @amir
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Will Uber, under Khosrowshahi, continue to push even deeper into corporate travel as he attempts to turn the company around? Seems likely.
The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought, and sold.
As August comes to a close and the summer fades away, news across the travel industry continues to break at a rapid pace.
Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has moved to Uber, Hurricane Harvey has devastated Texas, and Hyatt has purchased yet another wellness brand.
Under Khosrowshahi, Expedia's Egencia corporate travel division has grown into one of the biggest travel management companies in the world with ambitious growth plans still ahead. Uber itself is in the midst of a renewed focus on providing enhanced tools to corporations and business travelers. The new CEO's wide knowledge of the travel industry should help the ride-sharing company with its
