The spree is said to have included cash advances at casinos, hotel rooms and car rental.
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Other car rental agencies sniff that this is no way to treat a customer.
Revenue from the new California car rental tax is supposed to be used to promote tourism.
In my mind, I needed to turn my attention to flights and car rental.
They are going to be the last player standing in the car rental business.
The fuel is also being tested in shuttle buses operated by Alamo and National Car Rental.
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Always shop around to find the best deals among car rental company websites and independent travel sites.
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Zipcar has thrown a monkey wrench in the traditional car rental business over the last few years.
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But to truly help investors, Cendant should exit from vehicles entirely by unloading the Avis and Budget car rental businesses.
The irony will be car rental counters at the terminals because there are not adequate intra-city transit options.
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Global hotel room night rented was up 56% form a year ago, while car rental days was up 55%.
For the very large car rental firms procurement to disposition of the cars themselves is actually a profit centre.
The next two representatives in this process (the body shop and the car rental service) made the same plea.
This dream proved rather short-lived, though: after all, not too many tunes opine about loyalty cards and car rental.
Car rental agencies report that a secondary market has developed, with American officers subletting four-wheel-drive vehicles at a 50% mark-up.
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Even services like Travelocity and Priceline are silos, just ones that combine the silos of hotel, airline and car rental companies.
The car rental industry, with its close ties to airline traffic and hotel bookings, is particularly sensitive to cross-border financial turmoil.
Frequent business travelers are the most lucrative customers for car rental companies, and when they travel someone else pays their bills.
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Former billionaire Stelios Haji-Ioannou loves winning the good fight, whether battling U.S. movie studios, the car rental industry or travel agents.
By auto manufacturers, by insurance companies, by car rental companies, by marketers.
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Additionally, the U.S. car rental business came under pressure from fleet constraints and associated efforts by rental car companies to drive up pricing.
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Although car rental companies now quote rates including taxes, sticker shock is not uncommon when you finally see that hotel or restaurant bill.
Whereas traditional car rental companies choose standard cars in the dullest colors of the rainbow, the first Zipcar was a tricked-out lime-green Volkswagen Beetle.
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Just shoot over any email with confirmation details (a flight, car rental, hotel booking, etc.) and it'll update your trip and any connected calendars.
Other likely candidates for stock tickers: Zipcar (a car rental service), Nielsen (media measurement firm) and NXP Semiconductors, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics.
Analysts also note that Hertz is expanding its off-airport car rental locations, which are more profitable and less sensitive to the cyclical travel economy.
DriveNow was launched in Germany in June 2011 as a car sharing joint venture between the BMW Group and the car rental company Sixt AG.
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Registration showed that the red 2001 Mitsubishi Gallant Jarrah drove that night was owned by Garden State Car Rental at Newark, New Jersey, International Airport.
In fact, travelers are flying more and driving less, with the largest decreases in spending seen at car rental services for consumer and business groups.
Even better, due to more competition and excess capacity in the North American car rental industry, American Express expects rates to remain unchanged in 2012.
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