Rental Operations

There are many rental operations factors that go into running a car rental company effectively and efficiently. This channel covers all rental operations including vehicle cleaning and maintenance, marketing, training, franchising, front line performance, operator profiles and car sharing.


Capitol Collision Repair Adds Star Rent-A-Car Satellite Location

Capitol Collision Repair added Star Rent-A-Car as a satellite rental company to better serve its customers in need of alternate transportation.

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Car Rental Rates Stay Strong But Increases Slowing

In our monthly 6-city survey, March's rate quotes may signal an end to the substantial year-over-year increases that we have seen for the last five months.

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Irish Car Rentals Expands in Ireland

The car rental company opened two new locations in Galway City and Navan, Ireland in the first half of 2013.

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April Fools! Bandago Contest Will Put ‘First Band In Space’

Celebrating its customers’ 7 million miles traveled in 2012, the van rental company Bandago is launching a competition for bands to be the ‘First Band In Space.’ Please note that this story was published as an April Fools joke.

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Enterprise Holdings Launches ‘Cash-In-Club’ Promotion

Cash-In-Club members will earn triple points on rentals booked with Alamo, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental between April 1 and May 31. Elite members will earn four times the points.

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CheapCarRental.net Lists Most Expensive U.S. Cities for Car Rentals

Using data from CarTrawler, the survey found that New York, New Orleans and Honolulu were at the top of the list as the most expensive cities to rent a car during the survey period of April 2012 to March 2013.

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Autorent Car Rental Opens New Branch in Musaffa, Abu Dhabi

The company said that this opening marks the 19th branch the company has opened in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Hertz On Demand to Operate Lufthansa CarPool for Airline's Employees

The car sharing service will be available to employees of Deutsche Lufthansa and the company's partner firms at the airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg.

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Sixt Car Rental Partners with Singapore Airlines

Under the new partnership, members of Singapore Airlines’ frequent flyer program will have the opportunity to earn 500 miles with every Sixt car rental.

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Toyota Starts EV Car Sharing in the U.S.

In a company first for the U.S., Toyota launched an electric car sharing initiative in partnership with the Advanced Power & Energy Program from University of California, Irvine.

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GM Goes High Touch at Fleet Preview

Amid new products such as the light-duty pickups, the 2014 Impala, the Cruze diesel and the announcement of a new small cargo van, it’s the one-on-one attention that sticks with you.

How Will VW Sell 800,000 Units in America?

At its annual fleet preview, Volkswagen talked fleet sales, residual strategies, product lineup, three new turbo engines and how diesel can help your costs (but not your heart rate).

A Coda for Coda Automotive

Coda Automotive’s bankruptcy is not surprising, though it was surprising that the company was able to play off the good intentions of the green industry for as long as it did.

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