Articles tagged “taxis”

News Blog

Lyft Will Pay Airport Riders Up to $100 to Take an Uber — If Scheduled Ride Is Late

Lyft launched an on-time pick-up promise when riders schedule an airport trip, and if the driver is 10 minutes or more late, the company pledges to shell out $100 in Lyft cash to passengers if they ended up needing to use another service such as Uber or a taxi. Screengrabs of the Lyft app. Source:…

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Startups

Whimstay Raises $10 Million for Last-Minute Vacation Rental Bookings

Short-term rentals are continuing to gain ground everywhere, as can be seen with raises this week for platforms in three different parts of the world.

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Whimstay Raises $10 Million for Last-Minute Vacation Rental Bookings

News Blog

Lyft Names Former Amazon Exec as Its New CEO

Ride-sharing firm Lyft has appointed David Risher, a former Amazon and Microsoft senior exec, as its new CEO. Lyft's co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are stepping down from their respective roles as CEO and president, and moving into non-executive roles, the company revealed on Tuesday. Risher was employee number 37 at Amazon, and was…

Matthew Parsons | 8 months ago

Startups

Roami Raises $14 Million for Group Travel Vacation Rental Platform

Roami has a unique approach for acquiring short-term rentals units, and Doroni Aerospace wants to make personal aircraft that can be stored in a two-car garage.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

Roami Raises $14 Million for Group Travel Vacation Rental Platform

Airlines

Uber Triples Reservation Window to Sync With Airline Bookings

The ride-hailing company said it wants to "redesign" the entire airport experience, and has business travelers in its sights with a new 90-day reservation feature and business-class ride category.

Matthew Parsons | 9 months ago

Uber Triples Reservation Window to Sync With Airline Bookings

Startups

FreshBus Raises $3.1 Million for Electric Buses Across India

The roundup this week: Four travel tech startups based in four different continents, all focused on ground transportation.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

FreshBus Raises $3.1 Million for Electric Buses Across India

Startups

Welcome Pickups Raises $5.6 Million for Personalized Taxi Rides

The taxi drivers of Welcome Pickups double as tour guides, while Cabana is offering vacation rentals in high-tech camper vans and Customcells wants to create a next-generation battery for airplanes.

Justin Dawes | 12 months ago

Welcome Pickups Raises $5.6 Million for Personalized Taxi Rides

News Blog

Uber’s $30 Billion Quarter Shows the Travel Recovery Is Well Underway

Taxi tech company Uber has just recorded its busiest quarter, with gross bookings reaching an all-time high of $29.1 billion in the three months to June 30, 2022. That number’s up 33 percent on the same period last year. However, losses prevail. Uber posted a net loss of $2.6 billion, with a $1.7 billion net…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Business Travel

Hertz Tests WeWork Alliance to Pick Up More Remote Workers

Expect to see plenty more travel-infused partnerships over the coming months, because everyone wants a bite of a recovery that could smash records this year.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Hertz Tests WeWork Alliance to Pick Up More Remote Workers

Tourism

Taxis, Limos in Demand for Canada Border Crossings to Skirt the Air Travel Quarantines

Here's one sector of travel the industry that is seeing a unique opportunity in this pandemic. Taxis and limousines shuttling snowbird Canadians back home across the border from the U.S. are racking up the fares.

Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters | 3 years ago

Taxis, Limos in Demand for Canada Border Crossings to Skirt the Air Travel Quarantines