The world’s largest car rental brand, The Hertz Corporation, has won a favourable ruling from the US Supreme Court in the hotly debated case of Hertz vs. Friend. The case revolved around a lawsuit which brought into question how the principal place of business for a national corporation could be defined by the court.
The hire car giant has argued that the headquarters of a corporation are its epicentre and therefore should be classified as the primary place of business. This position was upheld by the Supreme Court who implemented what they termed a nerve centre test. Such a test sees [...]

Hertz, the world’s largest car rental company and premier hire organization inside the United Arab Emirates, has been ranked the region’s leader under a new survey using mystery shopper. The survey was undertaken by Dubai-based Arabian Travel News and Ethos Consultancy, a leading travel publication for the travel industry.
The leading rental group in the UAE, won points for its keenly maintained depot appearance, ease of access to location, tidiness and cleanliness including how well employees are presented and groomed. This included the prominent display of name tags in addition to the actual length of time a customer was kept waiting [...]

The Irish county of Fingal is set to receive a much needed employment boost after car hire giant Hertz announced plans to create up to 100 new jobs at the Swords Business Park outside of Dublin.
Seeking to expand its European services, Hertz, the world’s largest rental car organisation, will upgrade Dublin operations at the Swords based rental centre. The announcement was made at the centre by Mary Coughlan, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Coughlan highlighted the successful partnership that the Dublin area and Hertz have had over the years as testament to the strong work ethic of the [...]

The issue of finding a rental car at this Winter Olympics in Vancouver has become more serious following the decision by Hertz staff to man the picket lines on Tuesday this week.
According to the union representatives of the 51-strong group from Hertz Rental Cars the move to strike could result in significant disruptions in and around downtown locations in addition to the critical travel hub at Vancouver International Airport as the Canadian city gets set to host the winter spectacular.
Spokesman for Local 378 of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Bob Derby, argued that the disgruntled employees had no [...]

Second quarter profits for rental giant Hertz fell by 92% on the back of poor car and equipment hire, although the figure was still higher than the company’s own forecast.
Figures for the quarter revealed that profit fell from $51 to $4 million, with share prices rising by a mere 1% in contrast to the 16% for the same period last year.
For the second quarter, Hertz reported a profit of $3.9 million, or 1 cent a share, down from $51.2 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding restructuring and related charges, earnings dropped to 12 cents a share [...]

ertz Corporation has announced plans to lay off an unspecified number of employees. The employee cutbacks will be mainly out of the IT department, as the company is struggling to introduce more efficient practices into this everyday actions. “What’s going on in Oklahoma City is over a year ago we announced some outsourcing arrangements with IBM for some of our IT work,” said company spokesman Richard Broome.
The job cuts are located at the company’s data center, in Oklahoma City, and there are no plans to release the number of job losses. Hertz employs [...]

This month, Hertz has reduced the charge on customers that do not refuel their hired car before they return it, and they are beginning to offer the drivers that purchase a full tank during their hired time a discount. While this is going on, the prices of refueling hired cars is beginning to get attention from agencies of the state.
Prior to this, customers who didn’t refuel their car hire before returning it were charge about 7.99 dollars a gallon, according to Paula Rivera, a Hertz Corp. spokesperson. Now the customers will be charged the same for fuel as [...]

The next time a traveler hires a car, they should look very closely as they may notice something a little strange.  As all of the hired cars come with a spare tire, jumper cables, and a first aid kit in the trunk, there is also something else that they get too.  They will notice that when they open the trunk, it is completely covered by advertisements.  The advertisements may remind customers of picking up a race car by mistake or hitting a billboard as they are leaving the Hertz parking lot.  The extra advertising in the trunk is not only [...]

“Hertz Mustang” is a term that you may have heard before. This refers to the special Mustang that Shelby developed for Hertz’s rental company, which is known officially as GT350H.
However, Hertz is now kicking things into a higher gear by offering a special version of the Corvette as a rental, which is called the ZHZ. This Corvette is a build off of the standard version. It also has the new LS3V8 and a sport exhaust to bump up the cars power to 436 horses. The ZHZ has a V8 that is mated with an automatic transmission, just like most cars [...]

Hertz has been offering car rentals at discounted rates on the weekends in the United Kingdom, which start at a low price of just £22.50. Customers can look forward to getting an economy car, like a Ford Fiesta, for that price, but for the people who are looking for more comfort than that have the option to rent the Ford Focus, a compact passenger car, for just £29.99. The renter has to hire a car for 3 consecutive days, which must be pre-paid in full at the time of their reservation, in order to get the daily rate discount. Plus, [...]