car rental

Already in poor shape before the pandemic, American rental company Hertz had no choice but to place its operations in the United States and Canada under the American bankruptcy regime. However, operations in Europe, Australia and New Zealand are not affected by the restructuring linked to this Chapter 11 filing. "The impact...

The rental company Enterprise Holdings is rolling out the "Commitment to Complete Cleanliness" programme across all its brands - Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car. Following best practice recommended by leading health authorities, the rental company has extended and strengthened its cleaning protocols, supported by training...

Reassuring business travellers: this is the challenge that all those involved in business travel have set themselves in order to revive a business that has been at a standstill for many weeks. Following in the footsteps of the big names in the hotel and events sectors, Europcar has now turned to Bureau Veritas to help it implement a...

3 questions to Julie Troussicot, Managing Director France of AirPlus International What are the advantages of your centralised payment card for car rental? Julie Troussicot - First and foremost, there are the intrinsic virtues of any payment by debit card, whatever the sector - airlines, hotels, car hire, etc. Thanks to the...

Already present in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan, Enterprise is set to strengthen its offering in the region. The specialist car rental group has just announced a roll-out in Oman, based on a partnership with Ayn Zain Global. Business travellers will thus have access to...

Having recently opened its first branch in Norway, at Oslo airport, Enterprise is now heading for Brazil. The car rental group was already present on the Brazilian market through the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands. Now it was time to add the group's flagship brand, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which...

Business travellers to the Norwegian capital now have a new option when it comes to car hire. In fact, three new options, as the Enterprise Group's debut in Oslo sees the arrival of three brands: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, all of which are available...

Europcar Mobility, Europe's leading car rental company with a market share of 27 %, is about to take a major step forward in the United States. Europcar Mobility has just announced the acquisition of Fox Rent A Car, one of the leading independent car rental companies in the USA. Present in 15 of the country's top 25 airports,...

With its results back in the black, the car rental market is smiling again. This good health is attributable both to the return of international tourist customers to France, and to a real change in consumer habits, particularly noticeable among the younger generation. A clientele that is more interested in...

Since the beginning of June, Enterprise Holdings has been able to accompany business travellers on their professional trips to Sweden. The American car rental company has just opened its very first branch on the Swedish market, at Stockholm Arlanda airport, thanks to a partnership with Shared Mobility A/S. The...

Good news for European travel managers: car rental costs are set to remain stable over the next twelve months. That's the message from American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) in its Ground Monitor 2019 report. The business travel agency is even forecasting a fall in rates over the...

Enterprise is moving ahead in the field of new technologies. On 17 January, the leasing company announced its intention to acquire - from the first quarter - its partner Deem, a technology platform specialising in travel booking and management for business travellers, travel managers, travel agencies and...

Presented at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, the new service offered by Avis Budget Group and Continental will enable business travellers to manage their car hire exclusively from the rental company's application. Developed by the equipment manufacturer, the KaaS ("Key-as-a-Service") technology will be integrated into almost 50,000 vehicles in the United States and Europe....

Connected travel throughout Europe. That's what Hertz wants to offer its customers for its 100th anniversary. The promotion, announced on 15 May, gives drivers who are members of the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards programme access to unlimited 4G in Europe. However, the customer must spend more than 250 euros and make the transaction in one of the...

The short-term car rental market benefited from the economic recovery in France in 2017, marked by a 1.9 % increase in GDP according to INSEE. The sector was particularly buoyed by the surge in car-sharing, which now accounts for more than 15 % of transactions, compared with just 6 % in 2016....

The change has gone relatively unnoticed, yet it is indicative of a profound transformation in the sector: in mid-April, the CNPA (Conseil national des professions de l'automobile) abandoned the term 'short-term hire companies' in favour of 'shared mobility professions', and did not simply opt for a cosmetic makeover. The new name...

Are business travellers less responsible than the average when it comes to driving in a foreign country? In any case, this is the problem highlighted by a study published this summer by Enterprise, the vehicle rental company, which even refers to them as "bad drivers". To back up its claim, Enterprise...

Smoothing the user experience is one of the strategic issues that car rental companies have been working on for several years now. Sixt has just achieved a new feat by inaugurating a new service in France, available since 3 May at the Nice airport branch. In practical terms, business travellers - holders of a Sixt...

After the "new lease of life" that lifted the short-term rental market in France in 2014, the stagnation recorded in 2015 could easily look like a loss of momentum. Not so. The market has simply "reached a plateau", as André Gallin, Chairman of what is now known as "Métiers de la mobilité", would prefer to stress...

Advocating sharing rather than ownership: the idea does not come from a political leaflet, as you might think, but from a profession - the car rental industry - which is seeking to get back on track by identifying new sources of growth. After all, the market has been through a few dark years, and the...