Travel and car rental company, Mayflower Acme Tours Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Warisan TC Holdings Berhad, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in technology start‐up GoCar Mobility Sdn Bhd, a car sharing service which provides an affordable short‐term transportation solution. This new acquisition is part of Mayflower’s strategy to expand its presence in the mobility market, search for new mobility solution opportunities, and to allow Mayflower to strengthen its leadership in the car service/livery business.
Mayflower was established in 1969 and is the leading total travel service specialist in Malaysia with over 3,000 rental vehicles, a network of 19 offices and branches including 4 airport counters, throughout Malaysia.
TJ Tan, Executive Director of GoCar said, “By joining the Tan Chong family, we will significantly scale our fleet, allowing us to expand to other regions in Malaysia seamlessly, as well as leveraging existing Mayflower’s airport and retail counters. Mayflower’s wealth of experience in this industry will bode well for GoCar, enabling us to build on Mayflower’s past learnings.”
Mayflower sees growth opportunity in this combined venture. It represents greater utilization of its fleets, cost reduction to operations, and significant efficiency optimization. Nicholas Tan, head of Tan Chong Financial Services added, “Mobility is such an important part of our lives these days and today’s investment is our commitment to continually improve our offering to society. We see GoCar as an evolution of our traditional car rental model.”
“With new technologies that GoCar has in its arsenal, we are trying to reach out to new markets, and offer crowd‐sourcing mobility to our corporate and retail customers,” he continued. Following the acquisition, GoCar will operate as a subsidiary of Mayflower but as its own name and brand. Key members of the GoCar management team, including Executive Director, TJ Tan, will continue to set the overall direction and run the day‐to‐day operations. “Globally, car sharing is growing. We are careful to ensure that each of these brands has a unique vision, product range, and way of communicating. Even though both GoCar and Mayflower brands are part of our group, we don’t hold back in allowing each brand to develop what is right for its customers and right for the founding partners.” said Nicholas Tan.
Keyword: Mayflower Buys Majority Stake In GoCar Car Sharing Service