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Global technology and chauffeur service company, drvn, announced its partnership with the Hollywood Music in Media Awards as the official ground transportation provider for this year’s awards ceremony, which took place on November 16. Drvn provided attendees, nominees, performers, and presenters car service to and from the event at The Avalon in Hollywood, California.
"We are thrilled to have drvn as our official ground transportation,” said Brent Harvey, executive producer of the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. “I don’t have to think twice about our guests’ transportation needs, knowing they are getting the highest standard of car service.”
Florida-based drvn has been steadily expanding its footprint nationwide and launched chauffeur services in Los Angeles in May of this year. The company has garnered a reputation for featuring painstakingly vetted and extraordinarily professional chauffeurs and an exceptionally easy-to-use technology interface.
“We’re honored to be the official chauffeurs of the Hollywood Music in Media Awards,” said drvn CEO Mario Medina. “As experts in providing a fantastic ‘moving’ experience, we understand the logistics involved and what it takes to provide meticulous service for this kind of prestigious event.”
In LA, drvn also provides airport transfers for the area’s airports as well as cruise transfers to the Los Angeles World Cruise Center; long-distance car service; private group transportation for special events, conventions, and conferences; and executive car service for across downtown and the greater city area.
Visit drvn.com for more information.
[11.22.22]
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Technology provider AddOns.LA (AddOns) will be acquired by Fullsteam and join its portfolio of Software as a Service companies. This is the second strategic acquisition in the travel and transportation sector for Fullsteam, which purchased Limo Anywhere, a software solution in ground transportation and a close partner with AddOns, earlier this year.
“With both companies now part of Fullsteam, AddOns and Limo Anywhere brought forward the opportunity to unlock new value as a single business. Fullsteam agreed,” said Fullsteam CEO Michael Lawler. “Merging these companies sets the stage for an unparalleled offering in the ground sector of travel, and I’m excited for the tremendous opportunities it presents us where travel, technology and payments intersect to benefit our customers and shareholders.”
Limo Anywhere and AddOns have worked together since AddOns’ founding in 2014, collaborating to provide operators with the best functionality and features that work across their platforms. As a single company, AddOns and Limo Anywhere will create the industry’s most comprehensive and leading-edge platform. Additionally, with financial backing and operational support from Fullsteam, the combined companies will have expanded capabilities to focus on technology innovation and strategic development that not only will make a difference for operators’ daily business, but also transform the industry.
The combined companies will operate as Limo Anywhere going forward, leveraging Limo Anywhere’s nearly two decades of history and name recognition, as well as its market-leading position in the ground transportation industry.
“We have always viewed AddOns as a key differentiator,” said Limo Anywhere President Sean Arena. “They have an extraordinary team, innovative solutions, and forward-thinking technology. AddOns has been an incredible partner for many years, and joining forces to become a single end-to-end solution just makes sense. As a unified business backed by Fullsteam, we are pushing the envelope to deliver unprecedented solutions.”
AddOns Founder and CEO Andrew Norman echoed Arena’s enthusiasm for the merger and the opportunities it presents.
“Bringing together the talent and capabilities of AddOns and Limo Anywhere, along with the support of Fullsteam, enables us to even better serve our operators and the industry. Limo Anywhere is the largest player in the market, and combining their leading status with our team’s leading-edge solutions, positions us to move the industry forward in new and meaningful ways,” said Norman.
Visit fullsteam.com for more information.
[11.22.22]
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FASTTRAK Technologies, a leading software provider for the scheduled ground transportation industry, announces the appointment of Jessica Lynn Buchholz as its national sales & customer relations manager.
Buchholz has experience in all facets of livery/limousine operations management as well as IT management experience. Since 2007, she has worked for three St. Louis-area transportation companies, which involved a variety of positions from dispatching, to charter/DOT management, operations management, and IT management. She also participated in the migration of these companies from their existing industry software systems to the FASTTRAK Cloud Platform.
“We are excited and pleased to welcome Jessica to our management team,” said FASTTRAK CEO Eddie McCoy. “With her strong background in livery industry operations and her experience in migrating clients from major platforms to FASTTRAK, we know she will be an asset to the company and more importantly, to our clients.”
“I have long wanted to be a part of technology in this industry and FASTTRAK was the right fit for me to bring my experience and knowledge to the FASTTRAK Team,” said Buchholz.
Visit fasttrakcloud.com for more information.
[11.21.22]