Avis has agreed to hold off on making a formal offer to acquire Dollar Thrifty so that the two car hire firms can work together to persuade regulators a tie-up will not breach competition rules. The move comes after Hertz failed to secure a positive vote from Dollar shareholders on its takeover bid.
Avis has confirmed [...]

Analysts believe that it is unlikely that another bidder will come to the table with an offer to purchase Dollar Thrifty. Currently, Hertz has put up a $940 million bid for the group, and rivals, Avis are considering putting in a counter offer.
Analyst at Abrams Consulting Group, Neil Abrams, said that he couldn’t see anyone [...]

Car rental giant, Enterprise Holdings, has decided to combine the shuttle bus service offered by its brands at San Antonio International Airport. Enterprise runs Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental at the airport, and said that by merging its shuttle services, it would help the airport to reduce traffic congestion.
The move [...]

National Car Rental is telling potential business customers as well as its shareholders that it is ahead of the competition in a new ad campaign set to run through the summer. The full page press ads also let the competition know that National is a force to be reckoned with.
The ads have already appeared in [...]

AARP is one of America’s most powerful lobbying groups for people over the age of fifty. It used to be an extremely important resource for those who had retired and wished to travel. However critics are saying that the clout it used to have in offering deals and discounts may be on the wane.
Some major [...]

For the sixth consecutive year Enterprise Rent A Car has topped the J.D. Power and Associates Rental Car Satisfaction Study. Every year J.D. Power assesses customer satisfaction across North America’s car hire companies and publishes the results. For 2009 it found that Enterprise was the most highly regarded by customers with National Car Rental coming [...]

An annual survey of customers who utilise car rental firms has placed Enterprise at the number one spot for the sixth year in a row. The J.D. Power and Associates report surveyed 12,718 responses to questions put to customers who had hired rental vehicle at airports. The questions were aimed at gauging customer satisfaction with [...]