Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd., India’s largest urban personal ground transportation company, was awarded the CIO Bold 100 award at the CIO 100 Awards ceremony held in Jaipur recently. The award was given to honor Carzonrent’s initiatives for successfully introducing and implementing innovative technology in the car rental domain. The decision was taken based on the benefits arising out of the successful implementation of such technology by the organization and the industry at large.

Said, Mr. Rajiv K. Vij, CEO, Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd., "It is a proud feeling to know that the steps taken by us to improve the urban personal ground transportation in the country are being noticed. Our focus has always been to innovate and improvise in our core area of operations and give a more structured and organized look to the Indian car rental industry. Carzonrent will continue to come up with better technology that helps its business, customers and the industry alike."

Carzonrent has been the pioneer in introducing superior technology and processes in the car rental domain and vastly employs technology in its Car Rental, Operating Lease & Fleet Management and Radio Taxi (EasyCabs) businesses to provide safe, reliable, consistent and easily accessible services to its customers. A few noteworthy technologies/ processes implemented by Carzonrent are:

· All cars are equipped with GPS/GPRS, navigation devices

· 24x7 monitoring and tracking of vehicles through control center for surveillance and security

· Availability of record archives – car number, driver details, route, distance etc.

· Auto Dispatch System for assigning cars

· Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) for real-time assignment of cars and forwarding car and chauffeur details to customers

· Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) for quick, automatic processing of requests

· Advanced system for Fleet Management

· Bookings & reservations over phone and internet

· Real time inter-city call processing through Auto Dispatch System and IVRS

· Digitally printed receipts and credit card swipe machines inside the taxis

· Customer call back facility and auto-storage of customer details for faster processing of subsequent requests

Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd. has been managing the premium and luxury segment of cars for over six years now and has become the largest Branded car rental player in the market.

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Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd. is the #1 Car Rental Company in India in terms of customer satisfaction index, network, fleet size, corporate client base and revenues. Significant number of corporate clients has been signed up for providing short term and long-term car rental services in all cities creating a base of over 650 high profile corporate clients.

Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd. aims to redefine the Personal Urban Ground Transportation industry in India and has taken important steps in the direction. The company has introduced a portfolio of car rental services (Chauffeur Drive and Self Drive) for short term and long term rentals, besides radio taxi for the masses and car lease services for corporate clients offering them a hassle-free experience. The company is supporting the state governments’ efforts to improve Urban Transportation Infrastructure in the cities.