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Europcar, India's ECO Rent a Car Form Partnership

ECO customers will be able to access Europcar’s car rental services directly from ECO’s website and will be able to purchase all-inclusive packages outside of India throughout the Europcar worldwide network. 

December 19, 2018
Europcar, India's ECO Rent a Car Form Partnership

ECO Rent A Car is India’s leading professional car rental since 1974, based in New Delhi.

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Europcar Mobility Group is forming a new strategic alliance with ECO Rent a Car in India. With this partnership, both ECO and Europcar customers will benefit from a consistent high quality service worldwide.

ECO customers will be able to access Europcar’s car rental services directly from ECO’s website and will be able to purchase all-inclusive packages outside of India throughout the Europcar worldwide network. 

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In the same way, Europcar customers will have access to ECO’s services through Europcar’s website and will be able to either rent a car, or book a chauffeur service in India.

ECO Rent A Car is India’s leading professional car rental since 1974, based in New Delhi. It offers a 5,000+ vehicles fleet across all categories and transports a number of 50,000 passengers every day. With its services spread across another 60 cities across India, ECO is shaping the sphere of mobility with continuous investments in the latest fleet, a customer-centric team and a best-in-class user-friendly technology.

ECO caters to the needs of a wide spectrum of travellers including individuals, corporates, hotels, tour operators, embassies, foreign delegates, and large multinational corportations. Additionally, ECO Rent A Car is the exclusive car rental service provider to many celebrated 5-star hotel chains in India as well as many Fortune 500 companies. The company has been awarded several years for the quality of its services (National Tourism Award — Best Transportation Company in India from 2015 to 2018 and Dun and Bradstreet award for Best SME Corporate in Travel and Transportation in 2014 and 2017).

Europcar Mobility Group is active in more than 130 countries, serving 6 million customers with its network of 3700 stations worldwide, comprised of its wholly-owned subsidiary as well as sites operated by franchisees and partners. The Europcar Mobility Group has an average fleet of more than 350,000 vehicles and operates through multi brands meeting every customer specific needs.

This partnership is an opportunity for the Europcar brand to benefit from the strong inflow of Indian tourists throughout the world, particularly in Europe. The UN World Tourism Organisation predicts that India will account for 50 million outbound tourists by 2020.

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Operators say that at present around 25 million tourists from India travel abroad. Around a decade back, eight million Indians were travelling overseas.

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