Upright CEO Paul Wilke pulled some thoughts and advice together on the recent United Airlines crisis, highlighting what all companies can do in times of trouble. Read it...
On August 24, 2014 at 3:20am, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California and the surrounding area. This was the largest earthquake to hit the SF bay area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. As the middle of the night turned into day, those of us in the area...
As PR professionals, we don’t often get to talk to reporters about anything other than PR or our clients. Travel and tourism is a strong foundation of Upright Position Communications and something I’m very passionate about, so it was wonderful to be...
I love to travel. My mom was a flight attendent for TWA back in the 60s and my grandparents used to live so close to the landing approach at JFK, you could see the faces of the passengers in the plane as they were about to land. With that in mind, I’m convinced that I...
By Sarah Sandbek (Sarah is the owner and operator of Sommelier on Wheels, which specializes in hosting guests to visit privately with ownership at wineries not typically open to the public.) With Christmas behind us, one doesn’t traditionally associate the Napa/Sonoma...
What happens when a much-loved phone app undergoes a major metamorphosis overnight and the knee-jerk reaction is not what the company expects? I had a conversation with GateGuru Co-Founder and CEO Dan Gellert to look at what happened with his company last week, and...
