Sharon Faulkner and Greg Scott of the American Car Rental Association round out the lineup of speakers for “Car Rental and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Global Check In” convening Tuesday, March 31.
The Independent Drivers Guild called on the government and ride-hailing companies to do more to protect ride-hailing drivers and to deliver emergency financial compensation.
The company, which says it has over 5 million users, has been previously valued at over $1 billion by investors.
The app allows for fully remote touchless rental contracting and payment with no personal consumer interaction or long-term financial commitment.
Hertz is working with Mount Sinai Health System to make vehicles available to its employees throughout New York City, and is also supplying the Health System with free cargo van rentals to transport ventilators and other medical supplies to support the crisis.
In addition to employee furloughs, CEO Kathryn Marinello is relinquishing 100% of her base salary. Hertz is temporarily closing some 600 locations in Europe.
The closures come with hour and wage reductions. At the same time, the licensee is donating the use of 40 chauffeured vehicles for two weeks to the Costa Rican mail service and Ministry of Health to deliver medicine.
When one licensee’s parking lot needed sealing, an employee came to him and said, “Can we do it ourselves instead of paying a sealing company $20,000?”
The webinar convenes Tuesday, March 31 with subject matter experts and speakers representing car rental companies from across the globe
As much of the U.S. is under mandatory stay-at-home orders, airlines have already seen a drastic decline in full flights.