Entrepreneurs Forum with the founders of Drivania International
Published on May 4, 2009
Filed under Entrepreneurs Forum, Lunches |
The Rafael del Pino Alumni Association has organized an Entrepreneurs Forum with the Martret Brothers, founders of Drivania International (see complete profile below). Drivania International is a young services company, specialized in the International operation of chauffer driven business cars in the main cities of the World, which with only 7 years has become one of the first European companies transportation services for executives.
The Forum took place on 16 April 2009, at the restaurant “La Provenza”. Brothers Igor and Osvald Martret spoke about their entrepreneurial experience and the obstacles that entrepreneurs face currently in the Spanish society with a group of ex – scholars of the Rafael del Pino, “La Caixa“, Fulbright, March, CajaMadrid, Ramón Areces and Barrie de la Maza foundations, as well as with ex- post graduate alumni from MIT, Stanford, University of Chicago, London Business School, Wharton, and Columbia.
DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF DRIVANIA
The origins of Drivania International Chauffeur Services go back to 2001, when the Martret Brothers spot an opportunity in the business travel segment, as a result of their professional experience in the transport and tourism sector and of their interest in developing a project of their own with an international scope.
The first two years took place in the storage-room of a friend’s office in Olesa de Montserrat (Barcelona). In January 2003, Drivania International Chauffeur Services moved its corporate domicile to Sant Cugat del Vallés where a stage of growth and consolidation commenced.
All services are processed in a single operations centre with client attention in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, RUssian, Arab and Hebrew. The result of all that is a transportation services network with worldwide coverage and a 24 hour service, which coordinates more than 2,000 chauffeurs in 450 cities, from a single global operations centre located in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona).
Awarded Best Business Initiative of Year 2004, named one of the Best 100 Spanish Companies of Year 2005, Best PYME 2007 Prize by the employers’ association Pimec, and Recognition to the Business Progress Cecot 2008, Drivania International exemplifies a new batch of transnational companies which are born with a global spirit.
With a clear business strategy driven towards expansion, the company already has two branches in Madrid and Paris. Last 2007, Drivania had a turnover of 3,25 million Euros.
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