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Miami — On-demand transportation service miRide has expanded their chauffeured car experience to residents and travelers in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Available on iPhone and Android, miRide delivers a fixed-price, top-tier black car service, designed specifically for daily users. This luxury experience is available for slightly more than a taxi, with no surge pricing.
Driving its business forward is the company's "miRide later" option, which the company calls a sophisticated, flexible, book-in-advance option. Catering to those that aren't concerned about a ride in minutes, miRide later takes the tension out of their day with the reliability and connectivity of a pre-arranged pick up for an arrival in style.
"With miRide later, you have the power to pre-book hours, days, even weeks, in advance for your daily business destinations, shopping, evenings out, or for airport pick up or drop off, with safety, comfort and convenience," said JC Carey, miRide co-founder and managing partner. " MiRide later is being lauded and embraced by the business savvy and travel planners for its accessible booking tool via website, corporate vertical, or app, and its seamless technology that delivers real-time service monitoring, including automatic text message updates regarding driver status and vehicle location," Carey added.
Also coming to the miRide platform is miKids, a safe and secure transportation service for tweens and teens. Tailored to help simplify the lives of working parents, miKids safely transports children to and from school, after school activities, sports practice, playdates or anywhere your kids need to be.
"MiKids is a safe, affordable pre-scheduled transportation alternative that allows parents to wheel around the stress of their demanding schedules. MiKids facilitates their childrens' back and forth needs with reliability, dependability, safety and security." Carey explained. "MiKids shares the same highest, safety-serious miRide standard of transporting only in best in class vehicles, with fully-vetted and stringently screened, professional licensed chauffeurs with stellar driving records. MiRide will safely pick up and deliver children according to parents' specific instructions, commuting children with real time updates and tracking of vehicle location with an ability to talk to the driver directly. MiKids offers safety and convenience while providing parents peace of mind."
Visit miride.com for more information.
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Taylor, Mich. — Metro Cars, metro Detroit’s leading ground transportation service, recently announced that it has undertaken a strategic re-organization of its major transportation divisions to ensure that customers are able to better identify Metro Cars’ high quality services.
As part of the re-organization, Metro Coach, which has long provided large group transportation options in metro Detroit, and the ADA Transportation vehicles owned by Metro Cars will be re-branded under the Metro Cars umbrella. For added convenience, riders seeking sedan service can also utilize the Metro Cars app to book their ride in minutes.
“The Metro Cars brand is one of the strongest, most recognizable brands in Michigan,” said Metro Cars CEO Daniel Ret. “It only made sense for us to ensure that all of our customers can easily identify the Metro Cars name for all of our quality services.”
Metro Cars was recently named the Best Transportation Company in Michigan by Michigan Meetings & Events Magazine and has won numerous awards and commendations for its unparalleled service.
Visit metrocars.com for more information.
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Gary Kessler, President and CEO of Carey International
Washington, D.C. — Carey International, a provider of chauffeured service solutions, customer-centric travel technology, and ground transportation logistics management, recently announced that it is moving its global headquarters from Washington, D.C. to a new facility in Frederick, Md.
The new Carey International headquarters will be located at 7445 New Technology Way, in Frederick, Md., and will consolidate Carey’s customer engagement center, executive offices, administrative and account services office, and information technology and innovation lab. The new facility will also house the Carey International regional dispatch center for the East—a state-of-the art operational hub orchestrating transportation logistics management functions for Carey and Embarque service cities on the East Coast.
While significant investments in proprietary technology—such as vehicle tracking, GPS route mapping, and two-way communication—have allowed Carey International to move the bulk of its operational functions to the new headquarters, both Carey and Embarque services will continue to maintain fully staffed offices in the cities they service. Local operations will focus on training and supporting chauffeurs, service standards, and client outreach.
“This move is a significant step for Carey International and great news for our clients”, said Gary Kessler, president and CEO of Carey International. “Consolidating our mosaic of support, administrative, and executive functions into one building facilitates improved efficiency and productivity, while at the same time allowing the operations teams in each service area to provide greater focus in supporting the two most important aspects of our business, our valuable clients and the chauffeurs who serve them every day.”
Carey International’s new headquarters features 50,000 square feet of modern workspace to accommodate approximately 300 employees, five multi-purpose conference spaces, three productivity lounges, a 150-person capacity dining room, and a fitness center. The property has also been outfitted with the latest in cutting-edge communication and energy infrastructure to serve Carey International’s significant technology systems.
“The new facility offers more physical space as we continue to grow, as well as a custom-designed environment to accommodate our current technology development initiatives”, remarked Carey COO Sally Snead.
Carey International plans to start welcoming employees to the new facility by the end of the third quarter of 2016 and be fully relocated by the end of the year.
Visit carey.com for more information.
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