Car rental agencies in Jordan fear that new regulations may force them out of business Recently proposed legislation by the Public Transport Regulatory Commission (PTRC) is threatening many hire company owners, with the rules governing operation making it increasingly difficult for small businesses in particular to survive. According to government officials, the new PTRC regulations [...]

Civil servants in the employment of the Welsh Assembly Government are costing taxpayers. Last year, the group ran up a bill of£23,000 in service charges due to neglecting to refuel their hire cars on return. The amount represents a £2,000 increase from the previous year and over twice that of refuel charges from 2004 when [...]

Men have dominated the results of the latest survey about British drivers abroad. A new study by leading car hire company Avis has found that when it comes to getting behind the wheel in a foreign country, it is a man’s world, with 94 per cent of British males stating categorically that they wish to [...]

Avis UK is capitalising on the success of its home delivery service. The leading British car hire company today announced it has extended the ‘Home Delivery’ service to the London. The move is designed to provide greater convenience to customers based in the capital, with the service allowing users to have their hire vehicle delivered [...]

The Avis Budget Group has suffered one of the biggest second-quarter losses on the share market. The group, which along with Hertz Global Holdings, is involved in the high-profile, protracted bidding war for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. The past five months have seen analysts estimates prove to be well off the mark as Avis tumbled [...]

The Parisian electric-car sharing program, Autolib, is on track for next year’s launch. A fleet of 3,000 vehicles has been ordered by city officials for what will be the largest such operation in the world. The city hopes to emulate the popular bicycle rental system Velib, despite that program sustaining severe damages from customers. Autolib, [...]

The Chairman of the Commonwealth Games organising committee has denied any accusations of misusing funds. According to Mumbai-based television channel TimesNow, the organising committee has allegedly paid a small London company close to USD$600,000 for the provision of makeshift toilets, road barriers and rental cars. Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said he was pained by what [...]

Leading US car rental organisation Hertz has announced the opening of a new Customer Care Centre on the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast of the United States, also commonly referred to as the South Coast or Gulf South, consists of coastlines of states that lie along the Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana [...]

UK consumers have been told to wise up when hiring a vehicle in the EU. The warning comes from leading consumer group the UK European Consumer Centre, who claims that British motorists are failing to take basic precautions when renting on the continent. The statement from the UKECC follows a sharp rise in number of [...]

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was by and large disappointing for the car hire industry. However, for Avis, the African odyssey was an unqualified success, largely due to their heavy investment in the local culture and research into the potential traveller, with consultations with previous World Cup holding nations proving highly beneficial. [...]