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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 9, 2012

Sixt Announces New Airline and Hotel Partnerships

Sixt announced this month partnerships with Preferred Hotel Group, and airBaltic and Iberiaairlines.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 9, 2012

Average Car Rental Rates Up Over May But Still Down Compared to 2011

In the car rental rate 6 City Average looking at Boston, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Seattle and Los Angeles, Rate-Highway and The Tennant Group look at a drop off in rates compared to 2011 average rates in those cities.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 9, 2012

Malta International Airport Blocks Rental Car Parking

Rent-A-Car vehicles at the airport in the European country were directed to use the main parking lot instead of the designated rental car lot due to a contract dispute.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 6, 2012

<i>Global Snapshot:</i> Australian Car Rental Company Boosts Marketing through Sixt Partnership and Two Loyalty Programs

In this web-exclusive Q&A with Dan Mekler, managing director of Redspot Car Rentals of Australia, he discusses the company’s new marketing and trademark partnership with Germany’s Sixt and how Redspot’s ‘Business Club’ loyalty product has been its largest growing program in the company since the club was started in 2005.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 6, 2012

In Memoriam: George S. Kairalla, Owner of Datura Auto Sales and Rentals and Founding Member of the South Florida Auto Rental Association

Kairalla, who passed July 1 while vacationing with family, was a founding member and past and current president of the South Florida Auto Rental Association, as well as owner and president of Datura Auto Sales and Rentals, where he worked for more than 50 years.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 3, 2012

American Airlines Travel Survey Shows Preferred Car Rental Brands

In an online survey of more than 1,100 American Airlines Business ExtrAA travel managers of small- and medium-size businesses, Survey results showed Hertz as the most popular rental car brand.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 3, 2012

Boston and Las Vegas Top Hotwire’s June Travel Savings Indicator Report

This month, travelers can expect staggering discounts on car rentals with available rates as low as $19, according to the Hotwire report.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 3, 2012

What Are Car Rental Operators Doing Around the World?

Find out by signing up for our Global Reporter email newsletter, which includes our Global Snapshot segment featuring car rental companies, how they operate and how the industry is faring in their part of the world. Check out this list of features so far.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 3, 2012

New Magazine Issue of <i>Auto Rental News</i> Online

The July/August issue of ARN is now available on the web. The issue looks at industry trends in selling and buying cars, steps to securing your vehicle lot and Hertz's home-based agent program.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJuly 3, 2012

Customer Gets Charged for Driving Rental Car with Expired Registration

While a customer was driving the Budget rental vehicle in New Jersey, she was cited for driving a vehicle with outdated registration. Budget then had to send a representative to the courthouse to have the ticket switched out of the renters name.

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