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NewsJune 11, 2012

Saudi Arabian Car Rental Company Encourages Formation of Car Rental Association

The car rental company believes forming a group will help address issues and changes in the industry.

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NewsJune 11, 2012

Global Business Travel Association Expands to Africa

GBTA now reaches six continents.

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NewsJune 6, 2012

San Mateo County Car Rental Tax Measure Too Close to Call

According to the county’s semi-final ballot results, Measure T, which would impose a car rental business license tax in unincorporated areas of the county, is winning by 62 votes. All mail-in ballots are expected to be counted by the end of the week, if not early next week.

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NewsJune 5, 2012

Zipcar Adds American Express Vice Chairman Ed Gilligan to Board of Directors

In his role as vice chairman of American Express, Gilligan is responsible for the company's global consumer, small business services, merchant services and network services groups, and has led numerous merging and acquisition efforts for American Express.

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NewsJune 5, 2012

Avis Launches New Vehicle Selection Service for Avis Preferred Members

With the new Select & Go service, customers drive their selected vehicle to the exit gate, present a valid driver's license to the Avis representative and the rental check-out process is completed.

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NewsJune 5, 2012

Singapore Man Creates Fraudulent Car Rental Packages

A Singapore man falsified a holiday special, cheating rental customers out of a total of $30,000.

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NewsJune 5, 2012

May’s Average U.S. Car Rental Rates Lower than May 2011

Compared to May of last year, car rental rates in the U.S. dropped by almost $2 on average in the six major cities included in the survey. Rates last month were also down compared to April 2012.

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NewsJune 5, 2012

Hertz Reports ExpressRent Kiosks Now in 153 Locations

As well, the company said that Hertz Gold Choice is now available in 48 U.S. locations and seven European locations, with plans to add 10 additional locations with the year.

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NewsJune 4, 2012

Iowa Car Rental Employee Caught Privately Renting Out Vehicles

A Des Moines woman was reported to police after she took the keys from four Enterprise cars and rented them on her own.

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NewsJune 4, 2012

Hertz Measures Influence of Social Media Usage on Rental Purchases

The ‘Hertz Path to Purchase Study’ assessed the online behavior of customers when making a purchase, and found that users who were involved in social conversations about the brand, its competitors, car rental and/or travel at the beginning of the purchase process were twice as likely to visit the Hertz website, among other behaviors.

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