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Auto Rental Focus

Chris Brown

Chris Brown

Associate Publisher

The Auto Rental Focus Blog takes side trips through the car rental industry, spotting trends, asking questions, and taking on topics. Martin Romjue, managing editor of Auto Rental News and co-chairman of the International Car Rental Show, and Chris Brown, ARN associate publisher and co-chairman of ICRS, are primary contributors.

Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownOctober 28, 2021

What the Hertz/Uber Partnership Means to Mobility

There will be short-term impacts to the TNC model and long-term implications to our autonomous future. How will this work operationally?

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Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownOctober 26, 2021

Hertz Just Wrote Chapter 1 of the EV Rental Playbook

With an order of 100,000 Model 3s by 2022, Tesla is now on par — or even surpassing — Hertz’s previous number one supplier. Can Hertz get the infrastructure in place to support this timeline?

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Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownOctober 18, 2021

7 Ways to Manage the Vehicle Supply Crisis

Yes, the situation has officially reached Code Red. But in the disruption lies opportunity for car rental operators willing to adjust their plans.

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Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownAugust 23, 2021

The Elephant in the Ballroom at ICRS

Interacting with attendees at the 2021 International Car Rental Show, it’s clear that car rental is the most resilient sector in travel. That resiliency will again be tested on the road ahead.

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Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownJune 2, 2021

Charting Disruption and Resiliency in Car Rental

Multiple external disruptions have impacted the car rental industry in the last 25 years. Each time, the industry has convened at the International Car Rental Show to figure it all out and bounce back stronger than ever.

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Auto Rental Focusby Chris BrownDecember 9, 2020

Welcome to 2021, Car Rental’s Recovery Year

The coming year will begin with upside down fleet patterns, a constricted lending environment, a looming tax liability, and a changed rental customer. Yet by the second half, business could be gangbusters. Will you be ready?

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