Car Rental Blog

Global Car Rental Research and Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Car Rental to their offering. According to their press release Global Car Rental industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the car rental industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies. Scope of this title: - Contains an executive ...

Avis Europe patners with SkyEurope

Avis Europe has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with SkyEurope, one of the fastest growing European low cost passenger airlines, covering destinations throughout Central and Western Europe, and the UK. From 1st February 2007, SkyEurope customers booking through the airline’s website, skyeurope.com, can reserve a rental car with Avis. With rental locations at every SkyEurope destination, including Bratislava, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Rome, Barcelona, London and Manchester, Avis ...

Car Rental companies talk merger

Four of the major U.S. rental car brands are discussing a merger of their two parent companies, according to a published report. The New York Times said the talks involve Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (Charts), which operates under those two names, and privately held Vanguard Car Rental, which operates the Alamo and National rent-a-car brands. The deal might be worth $3 billion, according to the report. The paper said the combined operation would move into No. 3 in terms in the sector in t...

Car Rental Comparision

CarRentals.co.uk claims to be the first impartial comparison site as it does not charge companies to be included in its search, unlike other comparison websites. The website features car hire deals from 40 different rental websites for 4,000 destinations across the world, including companies such as Holiday Autos, E-Bookers, Opodo, Alamo, Thrifty and EasyCar. "We have developed what we believe is the first genuine car hire comparator with extensive reach. It uses the latest technology to...