Uber overtakes taxis as top choice for US business travellers
The sharing economy is catching up fast to conventional modes of ground transport and accommodation for business travellers, a new US report suggests.
The report says Uber has overtaken taxis in the second quarter of this year as the number one choice among on the roads.
Travel and expense management company Certify looked at millions of expense reports and said 31% of ground transportation receipts were from Uber, 24% from taxis, and 45% from rental cars.
At the same point last year, Uber had only 8% market share.
It said Chicago, Miami and San Francisco were the markets showing the largest growth in ride-sharing services.
The report also said Airbnb’s share of the business travel market jumped 143% compared to the previous quarter.
"It’s clear that the sharing economy is here to stay for business people," said Robert Neveu, CEO of Certify.
"We believe this market shift is based on both convenience and price, since these newer services are typically more cost-effective compared with traditional vendors. Established travel providers will need to adapt quickly or face further market share erosion to the sharing economy."
The top cities for Airbnb stays for business travellers were San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Miami and Tampa, the report said.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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