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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Advantage Launches Franchise Operations

Peter Fritz joins the company as director of franchising operations.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Synopsis of Avis Budget's Q2 Earnings Conference Call

This synopsis of Avis Budget's second quarter earnings conference call gives an overview of where the company is headed and general industry trends. Avis Budget says it is targeting a $100-150m of cost reduction to be realized over the next three years.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Rental Driver Watching GPS, Not Road, Crashes

Crash highlights distraction dangers of GPS units in rental cars.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Advantage Promotes Endless Summer Savings

The program offers special daily and weekly rates beginning at $24.99 and $119.99 respectively on a new Chrysler, General Motors and foreign fleet of compact, intermediate, full size, premium, luxury and sport utility vehicles.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Enterprise First in Customer Satisfaction

According to the Market Metrix Hospitality Index for the second quarter of 2007, National Car Rental and Payless Car Rental have showed the biggest improvement this year while Alamo has dropped sharply compared to 2006.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Dollar Launches Travel Agent Points Program

The car rental company is giving travel agents the chance to earn Dollar Dividends points four times as fast—which are then loaded on American Express prepaid cards.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 22, 2007

Advantage Introduces Expansion of Highway Helpers

Features of the new program include: lost key replacement, free towing, gasoline delivery, lock outs, tire change and directions.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 15, 2007

Black Book: Resale Value Strong for Passenger Cars

Yet, trucks and SUVs "took the hardest hit" to their values in the past three months.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 15, 2007

UPDATE - Ryan Gets 71-Month Prison Sentence

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former Thrifty operator Michael W. Ryan to 71 months in prison and fined him $100,000 for defrauding customers in a windshield replacement scheme.

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Rental Operationsby StaffAugust 15, 2007

GEM Rental Company Opens

On Tybee Island, near Savannah, Ga., Red Rock Electric Co. opened recently to rent neighborhood electric vehicles.

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