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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Suspect Sought in Death of Exotic Car Rental Business Owner

Victim was working to sell a silver 2008 Mercedes Benz coupe that he hoped would bring him $60,000.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Gear Up for Mobile Transactions: Visa OKs Smartphones for Use as Payment Device

The transactions — certified by Visa Inc. and Visa Europe — will use Visa’s ‘payWave,’ so car rental companies that offer this type of Visa transaction should be prepared when customers begin pulling out their cell phones instead of credit cards at the point of sale.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

Getaround to Launch in Portland with $1.725M Federal Grant

Getaround has partnered with the city of Portland to start a peer-to-peer car-sharing program, and will be observed and researched by the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

PhillyCarShare Expands, Replaces Entire Fleet

The car-sharing company replaced all its vehicles and expanded to 23 new neighborhood locations by increasing its fleet size by 25%

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Rental Softwareby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

TSD Expands Reporting Features, More than 20 Other Upgrades

The rental management company’s customers can now validate VINs in real-time, and create and design rental agreement reports from the recently expanded report system.

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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

U-Save Car & Truck Rental Offers Advanced Search Features, Mobile Site

The updated website allows customers to use an interactive map, and search for airport and international locations.

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Telematicsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

OnStar Opens API to Selected Developers

Peer-to-peer car-sharing company RelayRides will be the first 2012 business partner by creating its own mobile app on the OnStar application program interface (API).

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Rental Operationsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

Hertz Named Best U.S. and International Car Rental Company by Travel Weekly

These were two of 25 total awards that Hertz Corp. won in 2011.

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Legal & Legislativeby StaffJanuary 9, 2012

Virgin Islands Car Rental Surcharge Increases

The surcharge is getting raised along with the U.S. Virgin Islands’ hotel room tax.

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Telematicsby StaffJanuary 9, 2012

Thieves in London Target Vehicles with Keyless-Entry Systems

One BVRLA rental member reported that a customer made an electronic copy of the key and fitted a tracking device to the car so it could be located later, entered using the duplicate key and then stolen.

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