Posted in car rental, tagged automotive industry, Avis, British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, business, buy-back, buying cars, BVRLA, car, car customers, car hire, car manufacturers, car ownership, car rental, car rental firm, car rental firms, car sharing, carmakers, cars, City Car Club, dealership, discipline, drivers, Enterprise, environmental transport, Europcar, export, fleet, fleet of vehicles, Ford, Ford Focus, guaranteed buy-back, Hertz, Hertz Europe, hire, local authority, London, maintenance, membership, Mini Cooper, New York, opportunity, Paris, petrol, president, recession, rental, rental companies, research, residual value, retail, retail sales, rival, sales, scheme, short-term car hire, Streetcar, suppliers, urban drivers, Urbigo, vehicle rental, vehicles, world on December 26, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the world’s biggest car customers is launching a scheme this week that could threaten its suppliers – the world’s carmakers.
Car rental firm Hertz, which buys 550,000 cars every year, has just launched a car sharing club that aims to make people stop buying cars. “It’s an alternative to car ownership,” grins Michel [...]
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Posted in holiday destinations, tagged 2009, airline, airport, alarm, Alicante, Alicante airport, Almeria, arrivals, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Benidorm, Bilbao, Britain, british tourism, Brits, business, Canaries, companies, company, Costa Blanca, crisis, cutbacks, destination, devaluation, dollar, downturn, Easyjet, economic crisis, Egypt, euro, exchange, exchange rate, expenditure, Fuerteventura, Gerona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Granada, Great Britain, holiday destination, holidays, hotel, Ibiza, invest, investment, june, Lanzarote, Malaga, Malaga airport, Mallorca, Mallorca airport, Mediterranean, million, Murcia, negative, pence, people, pound, pound seterling, recuction, Reus, Ryanair, Santiago de Compostela, September, Spain, spanish companies, Thomas Cook, tourist, tourist administration, tourist infrastructure, tourists, Turkey, U.S., United Kingdom, US dollar, Valencia, yesterday on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The devaluation of the pound sterling against the euro in the last six months has caused an estimated 20 per cent increase in the price of holidays for British tourists choosing the Costa Blanca as a holiday destination.
According to the hotel employer’s association Hosbec in Benidorm, the negative affect is thought to have been [...]
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Posted in car rental, tagged airports, Alamo, automakers, business, car, car hire, car loans, car manufacturers, car rental, car rental agencies, consumers, credit crunch, Detroit, economy, Enterprise, excess vehicles, fleet, Guardian, inventory, National, profitability, rent a car, rental, rental agencies, rentals, resale value, used cars, used vehicles, vehicle, vehicles on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
U.S. automakers have long relied on sales to car rental agencies to boost sales and raise cash, but as rentals have slowed with the weakened economy, it will be harder for the Big Three to unload their excess vehicles.
“For a long time fleet sales have served as a pressure valve for U.S. automakers,” said Michael [...]
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Posted in car hire, tagged airport, almond trees, Balearic Islands, beach, beaches, benefit, business, capital, car, car hire, car rental, car rental companies, coves, February, holiday, island, January, local agencies, Majorca, Majorca airport, Mallorca, Mallorca airport, Mediterranean, nature, old town, painters, Palma de majorca, Palma de mallorca, photographers, rent a car, rent a car in Majorca, rent a car in Mallorca, rental car, renting a car, sand, service on June 24, 2008 | Comments Off
Majorca is an island with small coves and golden sand beaches, it is the largest island of Spain. It is located in the Mediterranean Sea and part of the Balearic Islands. The capital Palma de Mallorca is known for its charming old town characterised by its historical past and its beaches. The island of Mallorca [...]
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