[UPDATE, April 18, 2017: Uber for Business now lets users request and pay for rides for others. The account is centrally billed. Uber business clients access the “Central” service dashboard via tablet or computer. They can request multiple rides for fellow employees, customers or others. Those riders do not need to use the Uber app or have their own Uber…
At a limo conference in Atlantic City last fall, a couple of entrepreneurs announced the ground transport platform to compete with Uber. Seconds later, a black car exec whispered, “We’re building one, too.” This week it was déjà vu as The Company Dime looked into announcements about two other similar initiatives. Evidence of a third turned up, then a fourth. Shouldn’t the car service industry…
[UPDATE, April 8, 2016: We published new information related to this article here.] The business jet industry is attracting loads of entrepreneurs offering tech-fueled brokerages, marketplaces and communities. Some of the ideas have gone too far for the FAA’s taste, but others could improve the affordability and utilization of unscheduled aircraft if they find a market. Whether that market includes…
Atlanta – Consulting giant Accenture appears ready to urge limo-loving employees to use Uber. It would not be the first big company to approve the red-hot service, which remains questionable from a risk management perspective. “We basically treat Uber like a taxi,” said Accenture global travel program manager Lisa Keller during last week’s Association of Corporate Travel Executives conference. “You are more than welcome to use it. Interestingly,…
When Morgan Stanley and Citi authorized employees to use Uber, cynics scoffed that they were just trying to earn Uber’s business. Managing an Uber IPO, for example, would be lucrative. The Company Dime set out to prove the skeptics wrong, but could not. Supplier vetting is a standard procurement and travel management process. Sensible practice calls for close examination of all suppliers — especially one…
Atlantic City — No one in the fragmented and diverse ground transportation industry underestimates Uber anymore. For chauffeured car execs meeting here last week at a Chauffeur Driven magazine conference, “Uber” was the four-letter word everyone could not help but say. The rhetoric was dire, with operators described as being at “war” and destined to suffer many “casualties.” Tristar Worldwide…
Car hailing app Uber offers a new kind of customer convenience that hits you on the first try. Now it’s often better to tap at your device than do the driving yourself or call a taxi. No need to step outside until a driver you superficially already know has arrived. Uber and the like are winning over consumers and, more…
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