Hertz has dominated this year’s Zagat Car Rental Survey. The New Jersey-based car hire firm said in a press release issued this week that it had taken top honours in 15 different categories, including the top prize of Best Overall Car Rental Company. The firm beat out 10 other US-based car hire providers surveyed for [...]

Car hire firm Hertz is launching a new set of city-centred iPhone travel applications. New Jersey-based Hertz Corporation said in a press release this week that its new suite of 11 Apple iPhone applications, dubbed My Explore, would further enhance its NeverLost navigation products and customers’ experiences in several top US cities. The software, developed [...]

Enterprise Rent-a-Car has backed efforts to enable US federal authorities to regulate recalled rental vehicles. The u-turn from Enterprise Holdings comes after nearly eight years of campaigning for federal oversight by safety groups and just two weeks after rival car hire firm Hertz said it would support the measure, which now being pushed to US [...]

Car hire giant Hertz will soon being testing wireless charging devices for its electric rental cars. The company, which last year introduced several all-electric cars into its fleet in select cities in Europe and the United States, said it will be the first company to launch a pilot program that utilises new cable-less charging stations [...]

Car hire firm Hertz has announced the launch of its new global sustainability strategy. The program, called ‘Living Journey’, aims to make Hertz equipment solutions and sustainable mobility an industry leader in environmental practices via a defined set of new initiatives, the company said in a press release this week. Hertz has outlined three specific [...]

The growing trend of online shopping in the Middle East is likely to spread to car hire bookings, Hertz UAE has said. The prediction comes this week via an official release from one of the region’s largest car rental providers, which said that following a 35 per cent increase in internet bookings over the last [...]

US-based car hire giant Hertz has announced it will soon begin renting electric vehicles in China. Hertz officials said to reporters in Shanghai that the firm will begin offering the eco-friendly cars next week, complete with chauffeurs, since the Chinese government doesn’t recognise international driver’s permits. The vehicles will be available in three major cities [...]

US-based Rental firm Dollar Thrifty is seeking its final offers from Hertz and Avis for a much anticipated acquisition. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc has been the centre of an ongoing saga between the two of the largest US rental firms for months, as both have thus far seen failed attempts to move forward with [...]

The Lotus Evora sports car will now be available to rent with Hertz at several European destinations. After a successful launch in Italy in 2010, the partnership with Lotus has been extended, meaning the sexy motor, which will make up the new Adrenaline category in Hertz’s Fun Collection, will now be available to hire in [...]

Two new car rental hubs have been opened up in Bangladesh’s business district, Dhaka, by the Hertz Corporation. Set to cater for both business and leisure travellers, the world’s biggest general use car hire firm will be offering long-term rentals, chuffer driven cars and airport transfers at the new locations. Also available are inner-city transfers [...]