2011 Car Rental Show: What Happened in Vegas?
The 2011 Car Rental Show convened March 8-9 in Las Vegas. As usual, attendees and exhibitors crammed education, training, expo floor interaction and face-to-face networking into two days at the Hilton.
The 2011 Car Rental Show convened March 8-9 in Las Vegas. Here is a compendium of information on what went down, including photos, speaker presentations and blog posts.
2011 Car Rental Show: What Happened in Vegas?
The 2011 Car Rental Show convened March 8-9 in Las Vegas. As usual, attendees and exhibitors crammed education, training, expo floor interaction and face-to-face networking into two days at the Hilton.
Here is a compendium of information on what went down, including photos, speaker presentations and blog posts from Auto Rental News editor Chris Brown.
Chris Brown's show blogs:
2011 Car Rental Show summary:
Car Rental Show: What Happened in Vegas?
Larry De Shon opening keynote:
CRS 2011: What Larry De Shon Said
American Car Rental Association panel recap:
ACRA Panel: A Rational, Safe Way to Handle Recalls
Auto manufacturer's panel recap:
Here are photos of the show.Where are you?
http://www.automotive-fleet.com/PhotoGallery/ImageViewer.aspx?imageID=205
(More photos to come!)
Visit the Car Rental Show front page to view seven speaker presentations, including:
The Triple Bottom Line: keynote presentation by Lee Broughton, Enterprise Holdings
Carsharing: Extending Your Reach, Improving Your Margins: Neil Abrams, Abrams Consulting Group, Inc. and Julian Espiritu, Abrams CarSharing Advisors
Rental Car Satisfaction Recovers - Now What?: Stuart Greif, JD Power and Associates
Click here to download the JDPA service excellence report for free.
Innovative Marketing Techniques for Independents: presentation by Jim Davis and Tom Sabol, Leslie Saunders Insurance & Marketing International
How to Explain Car Rental to Banks and Investors: presentation by Scott White, C.L. King & Associates
Tennant Group Roundtable: presentation by Jim Tennant and the Tennant Group

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