In Uber’s drive towards profitability, the professional travel sector has been an area of keen focus – with Uber for Business, the company’s ride management platform for businesses, aiming to stake a claim in this lucrative market.
Data from Global Web Index shows that the service already has decent numbers of business travelers who are comfortable using Uber, who could therefore be amenable to using the professional version of the service. Even as the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region may not be as enthusiastic as Latin America or Asia Pacific, it scores higher than regions such as Europe.
Sharing economy brands like Uber and Airbnb have seriously disrupted the vacation travel industry in recent years and the business travel sector provides another opportunity for these companies to expand.
