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CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- The Charlotte City Council voted April 10 to send a 3% tax hike on car rental transactions to the North Carolina legislative session for approval. The revenue produced would fund a portion of a cultural facilities project.
Read More →LOS ANGELES --- Fox Rent A Car has hired Mike Williams to fill the newly created position of Vice-President of Fleet and Remarketing.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, Va. --- Representatives from the major car rental companies and the National Business Travel Association met to discuss the ongoing trend of local governments targeting RACs with tax hikes to fund local projects.
Read More →WASHINGTON --- Call center employees, those who both initiate and receive calls, would have to disclose their physical location to callers according to a Senate bill that the Senate Commerce Committee is currently perusing.
Read More →NEW YORK --- Cendant Corporation announced in late March that the parent of its vehicle rental business, Cendant Car Rental Group LLC, is planning to offer $1 billion aggregate principal amount of eight- and ten-year senior notes.
Read More →TULSA, Okla. --- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. has acquired the Thrifty Car Rental franchise operations in Providence, R.I., which includes an airport location as well as an off-airport parking business.
Read More →LAS VEGAS --- Driveitaway Inc., a provider of Web-based upstream remarketing programs for commercial fleet vehicles, has launched programs that are now available for the rental car sector.
Read More →SOUTHLAKE, Texas --- Global distribution system Sabre Travel Network has launched the first GeoShopping feature offered through a GDS, allowing for site-specific car rental searches.
Read More →LAS VEGAS --- Beginning in 2007, Global Holdings International will introduce its line of Chinese-manufactured vehicles to the U.S. market, expecting unit prices to be 30% to 50% less than similar vehicles currently sold domestically.
Read More →PARSIPPANY, N.J. --- Budget Rent A Car's Budget Business Program for small and midsize businesses has been named "Best Car Rental Value" in the 2006 Business Travel Awards presented by Entrepreneur magazine.
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