Tagged Employee Incentives

Car Rental Q&A: How to Harness Social Media, Prevent Customer Profiling and Deal with Floods of New Applicants

Auto Rental News and industry professionals answer your questions about car rental trends, techniques and other current issues.

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Closing the Customer/Associate Perception Gap

Through an industry survey, more than 600 customers and car rental associates share their perceptions of the car rental experience. Do your frontline team members’ views match what your customers are thinking?

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Avis Budget Group Achieves ‘Gold Standard’ For Worker Health Programs

The company received accreditation because of its focus on smoking cessation programs, insurance incentives for nonsmokers, and diet and nutrition counseling among other initiatives.

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How to Improve Utilization – And Still Satisfy the Customer

With proper fleet planning techniques, having 25 cars on the lot and 100 expected reservations that day is a very manageable situation.

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Hertz Sued Over Muslim Prayers

The rental company also faces a similar discrimination lawsuit filed in 2007.

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Surviving the Car Rental Climate Change

The economic storm of 2008-2009 is causing shifts in the auto rental industry both in front of and behind the rental counter. Can you adjust to new market conditions and take advantage of this opportunity, or will you simply try to weather the storm?

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Watch Your Back: Car Rental Scams Exposed

Scams perpetrated by renters, vendors and employees run the gamut from inventive and brazen to just plain stupid. Here is an “around-the-world” view of scams in car rental, along with tips to keep you from falling victim.

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Which Hybrids Pay Back the Quickest?

After five years and 15,000 miles of driving per year, are there any hybrids that actually have a lower cost of ownership than their gas-engine counterparts? One unexpected vehicle takes the prize.

How Far Will Cell Phone Bans Go?

The federal government means business with its new law banning cell phone use while driving commercial vehicles. Can the laws go even further, and how should fleets react?

Righting a Wrong in Arizona

Arizona is one of a super minority of states in which auto rental companies are required by statute to pay for the negligent acts of their renters. Look for new legislation in the coming weeks that proposes to change that.

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