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Articles tagged “sharing economy”

Ground Transport

6 Charts That Show Business Travelers Prefer Uber During Trips

Rental cars have felt some of the burn during Uber's rise but this data show they still have a foot in the game if they can create smarter marketing tactics and make doing business with them simpler for business travelers.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

6 Charts That Show Business Travelers Prefer Uber During Trips

Hotels

Airbnb CEO Visits Stephen Colbert’s Show to Talk Disruption and Communism

Colbert is becoming the go-to place for Silicon Valley unicorn companies to explain to the masses how they are disrupting legacy businesses.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Needs to Watch Out for Booking.com’s Apartment Ambitions

Booking.com wants to answer the needs of "one customer," the one who books an apartment one day and a five-star hotel the next. Yes, a revolution in lodging is under way and Booking.com is now shouting about it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Airbnb Needs to Watch Out for Booking.com’s Apartment Ambitions

Uncategorized

The Sharing Economy Gets Its Day Before a U.S. House Subcommittee

We're still a long way from political leaders really understanding what's happening at brands like Uber and Airbnb.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 9 years ago

The Sharing Economy Gets Its Day Before a U.S. House Subcommittee

Hotels

The Lodging Revolution Begins With One Customer, Says Priceline CEO

Convergence is happening big time these days as online travel companies around the world, driven by the varied and changing accommodations' needs of their customers, are rapidly expanding and will continue to broaden their array of lodging options.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

The Lodging Revolution Begins With One Customer, Says Priceline CEO

Business Travel

Top Business Travel Concerns: Sharing Economy Growth, New Airline Surcharges

The rise of the sharing economy is a trend in business travel that won't get put easily back in the bottle, although it isn't for everyone. On the other hand, it is possible that Lufthansa's battle with the business travel community could get recorked and disposed with.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Top Business Travel Concerns: Sharing Economy Growth, New Airline Surcharges

Hotels

It’s Beginning: Onefinestay Pilot With Hyatt Highlights Sharing Economy Collaboration To Come

We've been watching how early adopters in business travel are beginning to partner with Uber and Airbnb. Likewise, segments of the hotel industry are beginning to accommodate the sharing economy. Five years from now that collaboration and cooptation will be in full swing.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

It’s Beginning: Onefinestay Pilot With Hyatt Highlights Sharing Economy Collaboration To Come

Business Travel

How Uber and Airbnb Are Winning Over Business Travelers in 9 Charts

For first time Uber is now more popular among business travelers than taxis as a percent of all rides, a seminal moment if there ever was one for the business traveler transport economy.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 9 years ago

How Uber and Airbnb Are Winning Over Business Travelers in 9 Charts

Hotels

Airbnb’s Growth Doesn’t Scare Priceline at All

Airbnb, with its roughly $24.5 billion valuation, would likely be too big for most of the online travel agencies to acquire but if they are forced to enter the sharing economy in a bigger way several years from now they always have the resources to buy their way in.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Airbnb’s Growth Doesn’t Scare Priceline at All

Hotels

Onefinestay to Embark on ‘Very Deliberate’ Expansion With $40 Million Funding Round

In the same way that Onefinestay is the boutique Airbnb, this funding round is the smaller equivalent to its larger rival's recent $1.5 billion haul.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Onefinestay to Embark on ‘Very Deliberate’ Expansion With $40 Million Funding Round