CharterUP Launches Mobile App

CharterUP, a tech platform marketplace for charter bus booking, launched a mobile app, Corporate Shuttles. Since the inception of CharterUP in 2018, the company has grown to feature over 3,000 buses across 500 bus companies, servicing more than 25 cities nationwide—including Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose.

“We saw a very strong demand [from] corporations across the country wanting a secure mobile app [that was] fully dedicated to their employees,” says Armir Harris, founder and CEO of CharterUP. The mobile app is available to corporate partners and offers customized bus contracting with features like the ability to contact drivers, engage live trip tracking, and enable push notifications on delays and traffic.

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Recovering And Refining

The San Diego County Lodging Association released its 2023 Hotel Economic Forecast last November, predicting that the region’s hotels will continue to recover this year from pandemic shutdowns. While leisure travelers chose the county as the preferred vacation destination in the state in 2021 and 2022, the association is excited to see business and convention travelers make the choice to gather in the Southern California hub as well.

The forecast suggests that San Diego hotels are likely to see a 9.8% increase in business and convention travel compared to last year, in addition to staffing stabilization as hires appropriate for projected occupancy increases. lodgingsd.com