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Myles Adjudged as a Travel Innovator by Phocuswright


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NEW DELHI, April 26, 2016 --

- The Award Felicitates Innovators That are Set to Bring in a Revolutionary Change in the Asia Pacific Travel Industry   

- Achieving This milestone Within a Short Span of Time, Myles Embarks on its Next Phase of Growth in India   

Cementing its position amongst industry stalwarts, Myles, a robust and cost-effective car sharing and self-driving solution, bags the runner's up position at the popular Asia Pacific Travel Innovator of the Year Award, organized by Phocuswright. Myles uses state-of-the-art sophisticated telematics technology to enable all cars to be available on a single web and mobile platform. Achieving the feat of being logged as one of the premium travel innovators of the year, Myles embarks on its next phase of growth.

Fostering smart strategic planning, tactical decision-making and organizational effectiveness, the leading travel industry research authority, Phocuswright, announced the award winners of the Asia Pacific Travel Innovation Summit during Phocuswright India, which concluded in Gurgaon, India. The awards had three categories under which, QuadLabs Technologies, Travog was announced as the Asia Pacific Travel Innovator of Year followed by AudioCompass felicitated with the 2016 People's Choice Award and Amadeus Next Award.

Commenting on the feat, spokesperson, Myles commented, "It is an absolute delight to be amongst and competing with the top players in the industry within a mere three years of commencing operations. This is the platform in which industry behemoths like MakeMyTrip, Rakuten, IBS, QYER, Trip Hobo, Guiddoo and Booking Boss were a part of, in the past."

The Asia Pacific region is a hotbed of innovation and is also very active with respect to acquisitions, mergers and IPOs. There is a proud history of APAC-based companies taking the stage at Phocuswright's Travel Innovation Summit. This year's presenting companies are a great representation of the region's innovations that promises to make an impact on APAC's growing travel landscape.

About Myles:   

Myles is India's leading self-drive service car rental company. Started in November 2013 with 14 cars and 3 locations has now grown to over 1000 cars and 200 locations with presence in 21 cities. Myles gives an option to its customers to choose from 34 car models depending upon their needs; be it hourly, weekly, monthly or yearly. All Myles cars are centrally tracked through GPS technologies and enable the consumers to find a car within walking distance of their location through a simple mobile application, web or calling 08882222222.

In the next 4 years we would like to bring together a fleet of 50000 cars in 50 cities spread across over 5000 locations. We want to provide a Myles car every 300 meters in a city. Myles can effectively solve the congestion problems in urban cities caused due to the growing number of owned cars leading to more parking space needed. We aim at providing a responsible product, which delivers financial benefits along with achieving an over-all infrastructure benefit to cities.