International Car Rental Show: Call for Photos
Do you have photos of you and your car rental business over the last 20 years? We’d like to use them as part of the International Car Rental Show’s 20th anniversary in April.
Sharon Faulkner in front of Ajax Auto Rental franchise in Albany, N.Y.
Sharon Faulkner in front of Ajax Auto Rental franchise in Albany, N.Y.
Where were you the last 20 years? As the International Car Rental Show celebrates its 20th anniversary, the planning committee is looking for photos representing car rental from the last 20 years.
Please email photos to Amy Winter, associate editor, at amy.winter@bobit.com. by March 25. Along with the photo(s), please include a caption and the year it was taken.
If chosen, your photos will be on display at the International Car Rental Show as well as part of an online anniversary gallery on the Auto Rental News website.
Known as the global marketplace for the car rental industry, the International Car Rental Show offers two days of training and education, including sales and marketing tactics, legal and legislative information and business expansion ideas. The 2015 show will be held at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from April 13-14.
For more information, visit www.carrentalshow.com.
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