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NewsJuly 28, 2010

Hertz Manages Employee Lifecycles With Peopleclick Authoria Solutions

The rental car provider will use the Peopleclick Authoria talent management suite to manage employee lifecycles and identify future organizational leaders.

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NewsJuly 28, 2010

Hertz Creates Gulf Coast Rental Center

The center will assist retail customers, business people and government employees with car and equipment rental needs.

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NewsJuly 28, 2010

Avis Secures Financing for Possible Dollar Thrifty Offer

Although Dollar Thrifty has already signed a merger agreement with Hertz Global Holdings, Avis has expressed interest in making a ‘substantially higher bid’ for the company.

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NewsJuly 14, 2010

Avis Readies Dollar Thrifty Bid

Avis is looking to take on more debt to finance the deal. The offer, which would top Hertz’s $1.2 billion bid, could come in late July or early August.

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NewsJuly 7, 2010

Hertz Completes European Refinancing Objectives Ahead of Schedule

The car rental company closed an offering of €400 million in senior notes and completed a €220 million revolving credit facility. It also plans to close a €400 million asset-backed securitization facility tomorrow.

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NewsJuly 7, 2010

Dollar Thrifty Expects Strong Q2

The car rental company expects second quarter improvements on guidance, though it is lowering revenue guidance, along with fleet costs, for full year 2010. Avis Budget bid likely before Aug. 18, analysts say.

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Articlesby Chris BrownJune 28, 2010

What’s Your Big Idea?

At the 2010 Car Rental Show, Jim Tennant of the Tennant Group held a profit idea session in which six products, services and ideas were presented that operators could bring home and employ in their businesses. Seminar attendees voted on the best idea. The winner, Sarah Romanowski of Ride Share Systems LLC, received a free pass to a future Car Rental Show. These six concepts could reduce expense and boost your bottom line.

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NewsJune 16, 2010

FTC Asks Avis Budget to Provide More Information on Dollar Thrifty Acquisition

Industry analysts caution that the FTC’s second request should not be viewed as either leaning toward approval of or against the acquisition.

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NewsJune 16, 2010

Avis Bid for DTAG Could Be Months Away

Avis expects the regulatory review process to take several months and believes it is under no immediate pressure to bid for Dollar, according to people familiar with the situation.

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NewsJune 9, 2010

Hertz Rent2Buy Offers Customers Finance Options Through Chase

Chase Auto Finance gives Rent2Buy customers, who buy used vehicles from Hertz’s online car-sales program, a full range of financing options. Chase was the No. 1 auto lender in the United States in new loan production in 2009, lending $23.7 billion to finance 1.1 million new- and used-vehicles for consumers.

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