Mumbai’s business is spread across six districts and two airports. A day of it is easiest with one car, one sarathi and one figure.
BKC for the banks, the National Stock Exchange and the consulates; Nariman Point and the Fort for the old houses of finance and Dalal Street; Lower Parel and Worli for the new towers; Powai and Andheri for technology; Navi Mumbai across the harbour.
Four meetings in three districts is one car for the day, not four journeys: the sarathi plans the order and the roads, and the figure is written before the first door.
Your assistant or travel desk receives the sarathi’s name, the car and each change, and one invoice with GST at the end.
Met inside arrivals with a board, the flight watched, a card from abroad accepted — from abroad.
Executives come to Mumbai from London and Frankfurt for its banks, from Tokyo and Seoul for its factories and offices, from New York and Singapore for its markets, and from Dubai, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for its deals. The house meets each of them the same way — by name, on time, with one figure. The business account sets out monthly billing.
Inside every written figure: the car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking at both ends and GST. Nothing is added on the day, and no meter runs.
Reserve for a day of meetingsSend the addresses and the times; the house plans the order.