Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG), part of The Hertz Corp., has expanded its existing network in Germany with 116 additional locations in cities such as Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich.
The 2015 Maserati Ghibli has become the newest member of the Avis Signature Series in select U.S. Avis Car Rental locations.
Joining with the Vermont Department of Tourism and marketing, the “Who Taps it Best?” Campaign encourages Zipcar members to use its car-sharing vehicles when traveling in the Green Mountain State.
Jeffrey (Jeff) T. Foland has been appointed senior executive vice president and chief revenue officer of Hertz Global Holdings Inc., effective later this month. Foland recently served as executive vice president, chief marketing and strategy officer at United Airlines.
During the month of January, Silvercar, the app-based car rental operation, is offering customers a daily rate of $59 to rent one of its silver Audi A4 vehicles.
General Motors sold the most fleet vehicles in 2014 on the strength of its daily rental fleet sales, while Ford delivered the most vehicles to commercial and government fleets amid a rising tide of vehicle sales to close out the year.
Although airport rates continued to decline in December, Hertz Global Holdings’ recent announcement to increase U.S. retail prices for all Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty car rentals after Jan. 1 appears to have boosted rates this past week.
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For the Christmas period spanning Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, New York City had the highest daily rental car rates at $178, according to a survey from CheapCarRental.net. West Palm Beach followed in second with a daily rate of $133 for the cheapest available car.
Andy Taylor, executive chairman of Enterprise Holdings, is one of four travel executives recently inducted into the Business Travel Hall of Fame.
The U.S. government lost $9.26 billion in its financial rescue of the auto industry, and closed out its last investment earlier this month six years after initiating the plan.
Travis Kalanick, Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief executive officer, was indicted in South Korea for disregarding a local transportation law prohibiting rental cars from operating as cabs.
Avis Budget Group has announced that three vehicles in its Canadian 2015 model-year fleet (2015 Volkswagen Golf, 2015 Hyundai Sonata and the 2015 Hyundai Genesis) have been named as “Best Cars of the Year” by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada.
Opening as the first car rental company on the Pacific island of New Caledonia in 1964, Hertz has expanded to more locations and now has a fleet of 170 vehicles.
Avis Budget Group has agreed to acquire its licensee for the Avis and Budget brands in Norway, Sweden and Denmark for approximately $50 million.
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