VINCI - 2005 annual report

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VINCI 2005 ANNUAL REPORT
and the loan of pushchairs. These new initiatives broaden the range of free
services that have been proposed since 2001. In addition, 250 car parks were
fi tted with Wi-Fi access terminals, which have been in operation since February
2006. A substantial marketing and communication programme (such as
posters, free gifts and the organisation of events for major brands) supports
the company’s service development policy.
VINCI Park broadened access to its services by extending to all its French car
parks the possibility of paying by Total GR card (1.5 million transactions in
2005, representing revenue of €11 million). It also pilot tested the sale of
Liber-t badges in 20 car parks in the Paris area, with a view to deploying this
payment method to about 300 parks in 2006. In addition, the company
launched a “business pack”, designed to promote partnerships with shops,
restaurants and cinemas located near their car parks, and tested a new mobile
phone based access control system.
International In line with its strategic refocus on Europe,
VINCI Park sold its business interests in Chile (seven car parks) and added several
long-term contracts to its European portfolio.
In Spain, VINCI Park was awarded its fi rst contract to operate on-street parking
(740 spaces) in Soria. This was followed very rapidly by a major contract
tooperate 30,000 on-street spaces in Madrid. The contract will come into force
in 2006. The company also won contracts to operate three new car parks
in Barcelona and Soria (1,300 spaces). In the United Kingdom, VINCI Park
strengthened its presence in the hospital segment by adding two new contracts:
Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool (1,100 spaces) under a PPP arrangement, and
Glan Clwyd Hospital (1,550 spaces).
In Central and Eastern Europe, a priority growth area, VINCI Park secured
long-term contracts in the Czech Republic (Europort car park at Prague airport,
500 spaces) and in Austria (Vienna, 415 spaces), as well as a contract to manage
a new car park in Bratislava city centre in Slovakia (320 spaces). The company
also penetrated the Romanian market by acquiring a majority interest in Unipark
Sistem Bucarest. A fi rst contract, signed at Vaslui, will come into force at the end
of the fi rst quarter of 2006.
In Canada, VINCI Park was awarded the management of three hospital
car parks in Montreal. Through its subsidiary, Gestipark, the company also
strengthened its position in that country with the takeover of Centre Parking,
one of the majors in the Ottawa, Ontario car park market. Centre Parking
operates over 6,000 spaces in 22 car parks. With this acquisition, VINCI Park
operates over 130 car parks and 60,000 spaces in Canada.
FIRST VINCI PARK SCHOOL GRADUATES
Created at the end of 2004, VINCI Park School trained its fi rst class of operations managers in 2005: 13 diplomas were awarded
on completion of this qualifying training programme provided to operations staff selected on the basis of their high
potential. VINCI Park School, designed to be a car park business school, aims to accelerate the dissemination of skills within the company’s network and
contribute to the professionalisation of a business that previously had no specifi c training programmes.