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Hertz eyes carmaker co-operation

The transfer buses that connect Heathrow’s airport terminals with the Hertz rental car depot keep arriving and departing at regular intervals. It was not always so. For years the service was both slow and chaotic, until Hertz asked the drivers for ideas on how to improve it. “We sat down and said ‘let’s question it’,” [...]

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Amadeus says it has become the first company in the car rental industry to go 100% electronic for reservations with all car rental companies worldwide. The technology company says its entire network of agencies can now use e-vouchers, first launched in December 2006, giving access to 24 global car rental companies in 36,000 rental locations [...]

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Car sales plunge in Spain

Car sales in Spain plummeted by 28 percent last year, the worst slump on record, manufacturers said Monday. Automobile trade association ANFAC said 1.16 million vehicles were sold in 2008, down from 1.61 million the previous year. Looking at monthly figures, the association also said sales flopped by 49.9 percent to 72,377 in December, compared [...]

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