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On Monday 29th July BMW launched its revolutionary Electric vehicle the BMW i3. The worldwide event took place simultaneously in London, Beijing and New York with Travelhire providing ground transport and co-ordination for the London Old Billingsgate venue. This was a demanding assignment involving over 250 simultaneous individual Journalist arrivals from Europe into London’s Heathrow, City, Luton, and Gatwick Airports as well as the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras. All arrivals and departures were completed within a 24 hour period using our BMW 7 and BMW 5 Series fleet.

Driven by a locally emission-free electric motor the BMW i3 also qualifies for a full 100% discount in the London Congestion Zone. The BMW i3 has an impressive real-world range of 80-100 miles thanks to the high-voltage lithium ion battery. The BMW i3 Range Extender adds to the achievable range.

Travelhire provided a fleet of Vianos  for the Boeing Company which were sent from London and based near the event venue at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, fulfilling a ground transport solution for Boeing executives and VIP visitors.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the world’s largest motoring events. This annual festival brings together the very best in automotive design and technology showcasing Formula One cars alongside vintage vehicles and state of the art supercars alongside steam-powered engines.  Travelhire provided BMW  with a shuttle service using their BMW 7 Series fleet during the event.

Our most high profile project to date saw Travelhire plan, coordinate and deliver the entire ground transportation solution for the G8 Summit held at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland last month.

A Travelhire team of seven on-site coordinators worked around the clock to deliver the solution that involved more than 100 vehicles and 2500 delegates and staff for whom we were responsible. Working alongside our service partner in Northern Ireland, Ulsterbus, more than 65 coaches were deployed to meet the requirements of the visiting press delegations from around the world. A further 35 vehicles from Travelhire’s fleet, that had been repositioned from the UK mainland, were used to shuttle the international delegations and various accredited delegates on-site at Lough Erne and between the key Summit locations. This was a hugely challenging project that firmly establishes Travelhire as the UK’s premier ground transport provider and event coordinator.

Our famed pink ties even received a big thumbs up from the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who congratulated members of our team on a job well done.

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Travelhire provided and co-ordinated all of the coaches and support vehicles for domestic and overseas guests and government officials invited to attend the funeral of Baroness Thatcher by HM Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Travelhire supplied a fleet of liveried BMW 7 Series as part of an airport shuttle service to transport members of the European Team to Heathrow Airport. The Team were flying out to take part in The Ryder Cup 2012, held in the United States.

The Prima High Street Fashion Awards is one of the UK’s most high profile fashion events. This is the 18th year that Prima have held the awards. The event is held in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the key beneficiary; raising a staggering £670,000 for the charity. For the fourth year in a row, Travelhire co-ordinated the transportation elements of the show supplying 25 chauffeur driven vehicles for the Awards Ceremony held at Battersea Evolution on Thursday 13th September. We completed more than 50 individual movements to and from the venue. Patrick, our dedicated onsite co-ordinator, ensured that the assignment ran as smoothly and efficiently as always.

Travelhire was proud to have been selected to support LOCOG’s transportation function at London 2012. As well as providing dedicated transportation to the IOC President’s team and event sponsors, we also provided embedded support advising Olympic volunteer drivers on best routes in and out of the various Olympic venues.

In July, Travelhire successfully completed another Farnborough Air Show for the aerospace giant, The Boeing Company. This year Travelhire provided more than 80 vehicles for the duration of the show incorporating more than 1000 individual movements. This was the eighth consecutive show at which we have had a major presence.

Travelhire has increased its fleet of executive saloons by acquiring 15 new BMW 520d saloon vehicles from its partner BMW (UK). The BMW 520d is our standard executive offering and has class leading environmental credentials.