PARKVIA WELCOMES ROYAL VISITOR TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
PARKVIA WELCOMES ROYAL VISITOR TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
Europe’s favourite airport parking retailer, ParkVia, has this week welcomed a royal visitor to its head office to formally receive its second prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.
The Queen’s personal representative, Mr Warren Smith JP, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, attended a ceremony hosted by ParkVia to present Managing Director, Mark Pegler with the official Queen’s Award trophy and celebrate the importance of the occasion with the wider team.
During his visit, the Lord-Lieutenant was introduced to each of the company’s department teams and was given a first-hand insight into how ParkVia’s award-winning entry was realised.
Following its outstanding continuous expansion in international sales over the last six years, ParkVia impressed with a total overseas growth of 223%, having extended its network of car parks to 43 countries and establishing itself as the European leader in its field.
As the highest official UK awards for British businesses, Queen’s Awards for Enterprise entries require the approval of both the UK Prime Minister and Her Majesty, The Queen.
Mark Pegler, Managing Director at ParkVia, said:
“To have the opportunity to celebrate our second Queen’s Award for Enterprise alongside the team has been a very proud moment. As noted by the Lord-Lieutenant in his address, our continued success has only been made possible by the collective efforts of our hardworking team, and I am thrilled that this has been acknowledged with such a prestigious accolade.”
Having secured its inaugural award in 2014, ParkVia is one of only 200 companies nationally to have a received an award in 2019.
To find out more about ParkVia, please visit www.parkvia.com.
Image 1: (LtR) Lord-Lieutenant, Managing Director Mark Pegler and Commercial Director, Valentina Moise.
Image 2: Team ParkVia
About ParkVia
As Europe’s favourite airport parking retailer, ParkVia is dedicated to connecting the world’s drivers with parking spaces in 43 countries. Its online retail platform allows consumers to book parking as part of their journey, working with both car park operators and travel industry market leaders to ensure that parking is visible at the right time.
Encouraging its philosophy of ‘Choose parking’, ParkVia believes pre-booking is the key element in the travel process, allowing customers to plan in advance and giving them freedom of choice to select the parking product that suits their specific journey type.
Founded in 2008, ParkVia has grown in popularity and reputation over the last 11 years, particularly within the wider airport parking sector. As an established partner for many of the world’s leading international airports, ParkVia is able to maximise visibility for official car parks and ancillary products by covering more points of entry with its targeted marketing expertise.
Today the services of over 2,000 parking providers are promoted to ParkVia’s 3.8m registered users, as well as a large network of partner websites, that includes airlines, travel partners, online travel agents and in-car navigation technology – making it an attractive and lucrative proposition for partners looking to collaborate for white label and in-path projects.
ParkVia. Choose parking.
Winner of Queen’s Award for International Trade
Awarded to ParkCloud 2019