Articles tagged “san francisco”

Tourism

San Francisco’s new museum celebrates the city’s reputation for innovation

San Francisco is known worldwide as a tech hub so attractions that can tap into that will see branding benefits and an outpouring of local support.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

San Francisco considers renaming airport in honor of Harvey Milk

The international airport would be the first named in honor of an openly gay person, and could have the positive impact of reflecting the city’s open culture in the many countries it serves.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

San Francisco looks to legitimize ridesharing in a possible win for Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar

The taxi hailing/ridesharing legislation revolution is spreading from D.C. to New York and now back to where it all began. San Francisco will likely change the rules to allow for the new companies or institute a trial run like in New York.

Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

The growing pains of San Francisco’s app-driven amateur car service business

As they strive to make it easier for people to get around and people earn some extra cash, these (paid) sharing services will face their biggest challenge finding success in destinations not densely populated or where taxi and transit systems work well.

Mark Milian, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

Mozio launches site to ease flyers’ search for airport transportation

Before sighing in exasperation at news of another travel startup, think back to last time you spent an hour searching the cheapest way to get from an airport to nearby city. Mozio’s utility gives it a shot at success, even if its ultimate goal seems a bit lofty.

Samantha Shankman , Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Corporate hotelization shut down in residential San Francisco neighborhoods

Corporations aren’t allowed to lease short-term stays on long-term contracts, which isn’t much different from Airbnb’s shared housing model that the board says it’s still creating regulations for.

Skift | 12 years ago

Ground Transport

Peer-to-peer ride-sharing startup SideCar raises $10 million to fuel its momentum

In a crowded and contested market, SideCar convinced investors that it could play within city regulations and plans to use the funding for legal and operational hires for its city-by-city expansion.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Mozio finds fliers a ride to and from SF airport in another car service startup

Imagine Hipmunk for airport transporation. The site will be especially helpful when expanded to cities with fewer transportation than San Francisco where tech-savvy fliers can call Uber and Lyft.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Local SF startup Sosh scores big funding for finding “underground” weekend events

The next $4 million funding is large for a local recommendation app, especially with lots of competition, but strange are the ways of VCs who play favorites with certain buzzy founders and startups. What'll ultimately matter would be if it can scale.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb to spend $97 million over ten years on new office