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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffFebruary 4, 2021

Auction Rental Risk Prices Up 8% Year-Over-Year

According to the mid-month Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index average mileage for rental risk units in the first half of January — 49,800 miles — was down 3% compared to a year ago and down 4% month-over-month.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 3, 2021

GM Cuts Production at Four Assembly Plants Due to Microchip Shortage

General Motors will shutdown or reduce production at four of its global assembly plants beginning the week of Feb. 8, 2021 due to the ongoing automotive semiconductor shortage.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2021

GBTA: Business Travel Full Recovery Expected by 2025

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) says the financial impact of global travel decline is expected to be 10 times worse than the Great Recession and 9/11. A 21% increase in business travel spending is projected in 2021, mostly at the end of the year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2021

Navotar Rental Software Acquired by Valsoft

Navotar, a Canadian-based car rental software provider, is joining Valsoft Corp. Inc., a company specializing in the development of vertical market software business. This is the third car rental software company acquired by Valsoft.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2021

NP’s Bowie Recognized for Employee Training Methods

Pat “The Trainer” Bowie, recently featured in an article on her successful methods, provides training for hundreds of car rental employees at NP Auto Group and at the International Car Rental Show.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2021

ACRA Asks Congress for $3.64B in MAG Relief

ACRA seeks the funds to allow airports to provide minimum annual guarantees (MAGs) and rent relief for airport concessionaires.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2021

Finalrentals Launches Franchise Initiative

The company has already signed three franchisees, in U.A.E., Poland, Malta, and Ireland and aims to grow to 15 by the end of this year.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2021

Car Rental Volumes Hit Pandemic High in December

RateGain’s state of the travel industry report found that car rental volumes for the week of Dec. 7 to 13 reached 83% of 2019 levels. New York, SFO, New Orleans, and Las Vegas saw the biggest spikes.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2021

Europcar Consolidates Nordic Operations

Managing Director Stéphane Soille will be supported by a country head for each of the three markets, with a strong commercial focus: Christian Øien for Denmark, Kimmo Vainio for Finland, and Bjørn Briskeby for Norway.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 28, 2021

Virtuo Adds Hyundai Kona Electric to its Fleet

Virtuo chose the Hyundai Kona model as the first electric vehicle in its fleet because of its range of 484km (64k Wh battery).

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