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National Car Rental Ranked No.1 by Travel + Leisure
National Car Rental received Travel + Leisure Magazine’s top honor in its annual World’s Best Awards, followed by Enterprise and Hertz.

National Car Rental received top honor from Travel + Leisure Magazine for the sixth year in a row.
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National Car Rental brand is ranked No. 1 on Travel + Leisure Magazine’s World’s Best Awards for the sixth year in a row.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is ranked at No.2, followed by Hertz, Alamo, and Sixt.
The World’s Best Awards is voted on by readers of Travel + Leisure Magazine. It honors the destinations, companies, brands, and agencies that exemplify excellence in car selection and availability, locations, services, and value.
In other categories, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas placed first as the top hotel brand in the world; the Leela Palace Udaipur in India ranked as the top hotel; JetBlue Airlines ranked as the top domestic airline; and Singapore Airlines ranked as the top international airline.
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