Car hire firm Sixt has said it is experiencing an increase in enquires from Brits about vehicle rental ahead of expected severe weather across much of the UK, as well as engineering work and strikes on Underground and rail networks. The company said that its switchboard was seeing a 72 per cent rise in calls.
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One of Europe’s leading car hire firms has announced that any customers affected by a possible strike by BAA workers will be able to cancel their car rental bookings without incurring a penalty. Sixt rent a car made the announcement at the end of last week after airport workers voted by 3 to 1 in [...]

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 [...]

A new poster campaign launched by car hire firm, Sixt, could find the company in trouble with the French President and his wife. The ads have been launched to encourage customers to choose a Citroen C3 hatchback, one of Citroen’s smallest hatchbacks, as their next rental vehicle. However, the posters have raised more than a [...]

Together with car hire company Sixt and BMW ConnectedDrive, Design Hotels and 11 other member hotels have come up with unique driving itineraries for travellers heading to Austria and Germany. The programmes were designed for holidaymakers to discover attractions that are situated off the beaten track.
The tourist sites and routes can be downloaded into the [...]

Those of us who are fed up of the winter weather may well be looking forward to getting away for some much needed summer sun. If Spain is the destination of choice then now is the time to book car hire through premier rental company Sixt Rent A Car. As of 6pm today Sixt is [...]

Sixt Rent A Car, one of the worlds foremost vehicle providers to professionals who need a vehicle for business purposes, individuals who need to hire a car for a special purpose or families wishing to take a break or holiday has been awarded the prestigious title of Best Car Rental Agency for 2009 by Travel [...]

Carrentals.co.uk has cemented its position as the internet’s leading car hire comparison site by coming top of the search rankings for the month of September. Internet analysts Greenlight have just published their Car Hire Sector Report for the third quarter and it shows that Carrentals.co.uk managed to take fifty-four percent of the 1.5 million car [...]

One of the UK’s largest car hire firm’s, Sixt, has launched a new rental service from the Abu Dhabi International Airport.
The openingof the new hire car outlet allows passengers toaccess world-class car rental services with the added benefits of booking using Sixt’s website from anywhere in the world.
Sixt, which has over 4,000 outlets and affiliates [...]

As the downturn in the global economy and concerns over the H1N1 outbreak have turned many customers away from travel, the car hire industry has not remained untouched by the trend.  This has many in the industry wondering how they will survive the upcoming years and looking for creative ways to draw in new business.  [...]