Uber Technologies is launching a new set of products and features at its annual GO–GET product event, including hotel bookings and new travel tools.
“Uber is becoming an app for everything—helping people go, get, and now travel all in one place,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement. “We’re all living through a moment of real cognitive overload: too many apps, too many decisions, too much noise. At the end of the day, our job is to help people reclaim their time, spending less of it managing the logistics of life and more of it actually living.”
Hotels on Uber
Among the new offerings, Uber introduced a partnership with Expedia Group that will let Uber customers book hotels directly in the Uber app. The platform is set to have as many as 700,000 properties worldwide, and vacation rentals from Expedia Group brand Vrbo will be added later this year.
“Travel should feel effortless, and this partnership gets us one step closer to offering a seamless traveler experience,” said Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin. “By connecting our two-sided marketplace with Uber, we’re bringing Uber rides directly into the Expedia app and Expedia Group’s lodging inventory into the Uber app through our Rapid API technology. Together, we’re helping travelers spend less time planning and more time enjoying the journey.”