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The privileged geographical location of Malaga has always attracted holidaymakers. A city that now and before has a cosmopolitan nature, universal, opened, relaxed and hospitable character. From the west coast of Cadiz to Nerja on the border of the province of Granada, there is a long series of beaches, which makes it the main tourist [...]

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Situated on the extreme South of Portugal, the Algarve was the last to be conquered from the Moors by the Portuguese king in 1292. Traces of the Moorish presence are still seen in its unique architecture – terraces, chimneys and whitewashed houses.
Faro is the administrative centre for the whole of the Algarve region. The city [...]

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Many car hire companies offer hybrid models – for a price
No doubt, car hire companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions. But whether or not these car hire companies [...]

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Green cars are dominating the car hire industry to the point that some of the world’s largest car rental companies are battling to boost their eco credibility in an effort to win a larger market share.
Hertz has become the latest company to get in on the act. Firstly, it is introducing a new car-sharing offering [...]

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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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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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The replacement of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. President and CEO Gary L. Paxton with Chief Financial Officer Scott L. Thompson may speed the car rental company’s sale to a rival, a national analyst said Tuesday.
Dollar Thrifty announced the leadership change late Monday. The Tulsa-based company said Paxton will remain a director at Dollar [...]

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AS US car-hire giants reel from a painful 2008, the operations manager at Dublin based Murray’s Europcar says the market in Ireland has been “diabolical” this year.
“It’s been our worst year since 2001 in both volumes and prices,” Pat Geagan says. “The numbers renting from the US are down 35 to 40pc, numbers from [...]

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Some countries are worse than others when it comes to holiday car rental accidents, according to new statistics.
Research by holiday car rental broker CarDelMar reveals that Chile is the worst place in the world to hire a car – with the highest percentage of returned damaged cars (7.7 per cent).
This is more than 25 times [...]

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One of the leading online car rental brokers in Spain has written a nice post about cheap car hire in Spain called “Car Hire in Southern Spain”.
According to this post “Car hire in Spain is cheap due to the strong competition, specially in Andalucia or the Costa del Sol”.
A recommended read if you plan to [...]

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