Ace Airport Parking (meet-and-greet) was originally formed in 2006. Its purpose was to create a rival (challenge) to the established park-and-ride business model generally associated with airport parking. Customers would drive their vehicle to a long stay car park, some distance from the airport terminal, then catch a bus to the airport. Some of the off-airport facilities are many miles from the airport and these park-and-ride options could take a great deal of time to get to the terminal after arriving at the park and ride facility. Whilst Ace was not the architect of the meet-and-greet model, there was a clear potential for this newer type of service – which could guarantee to save the customer time and offer much greater convenience than traditional parking options. Ace Parking offers customers a professional driver to meet them at the nearest point to the airport terminal and Ace drives the cars to the off-airport car park then brings the car back to the terminal on the customers return – the benefits are obvious. Since Ace Parking’s formation in 2006 there have been some pivotal moments – From 2009 Ace Parking Gatwick expanded beyond all expectations and became one of the market leaders of meet-and-greet parking at Gatwick Airport, offering a professional parking service at an affordable price. By 2012 Ace Parking was established as one of the largest meet-and-greet companies operating from this Airport, parking in excess of 4000 customers every month, and growing.