Global leaders in car hire, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, have joined a number of other major brand names in setting up an app on independent media network, Youth Media. The new app will feature on the YouthWire Desktop Platforms on computers located in libraries and study areas in universities and colleges around the country. The app is [...]
Leading UK car hire site, Carrentals.co.uk, has decided to launch a competition to find the best car related video clip online. Those wishing to join in have until September 30 this year to upload a clip, which is no more than 90 seconds in length, to their own YouTube page, as well as the Carrentals.co.uk [...]
Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, has warned that if politicians don’t start facing up the problems of grid-lock and congestion on British roads soon, then it will be the next generation of drivers who will suffer. In a report he argues that the only sensible solution to dealing with the growing number [...]
Car hire giant Hertz has announced the acquisition of one of Hollywood’s leading equipment suppliers, 1st Call Studio Equipment. The move represents Hertz’s first foray into the film industry, and according to chairman and chief executive, Mark P Frissora, Hertz is looking for more opportunities to expand in the world of entertainment. Frissora added that [...]
European leaders in car hire, Europcar, and Germany’s Air Berlin have joined forces to offer airline customers the best available rates on vehicle rental. Since the beginning of 2008, Europcar has been one of Air Berlin’s topbonus partners, and now it has become a Premium Partner. This means that the car rental giant will be [...]
Peugeot has announced that it is launching pilots of its car club scheme ‘Mu by Peugeot’ in the UK. The operations will role out in Bristol and London offering those who sign up for membership the chance to rent a vehicle from a participating Peugeot dealership for just a few hours or over a week. [...]
Avis, one of the world’s largest general-use car hire brands, has just increased its dominance in Asia by opening its first branch in Vietnam’s southern economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City. The new operation means that Avis is now the only international car hire firm to be operating in both the north and the south [...]
Industrial giant Barloworld has announced the sale of its car rental operations in Scandinavia. The South African based company has been seeking a buyer for its Avis and Budget businesses in Sweden, Denmark and Norway since 2008. According to Barloworld’s head of investor relations, Sibani Mngomezulu, a number of investors approached the company following the [...]
Six travel consultants have been named as the finalists in the Avis Travel Agent Scholarship of Excellence. The winner of the award will be announced at Sydney’s Four Seasons Hotel on August 5. The finalists have been selected from across the country and according to Russell Butler, Avis Travel Industry Manager, represent diversity and strength. [...]
Andy Murray is doing his best to keep English hopes of sporting success this summer alive. He has earned himself a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals tomorrow, where he will face world number one, Raphael Nadal. Murray won his place after knocking Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of the competition in four sets. Talking after his victory over [...]
