Articles tagged “avis budget”

These kinds of lawsuits come out of the woodwork every time a high profile public company acquisition happens. The deal will go through, this is just noise on the way.

Is Avis Budget the Priceline of the rental car industry in allowing subsidiaries to operate independently? Zipcar and its employees will soon find out.

With the deal, Zipcar will have some big bucks backing its expansion as Avis Budget takes car-sharing more into the mainstream.

Hertz already has its own Hertz Connect program, but Zipcar has become the go-to name for car-sharing and should catapult Avis ahead of its rival.

The logical agreement of five companies, which represent 90 percent of the industry, is hoped to push along a Senate bill making the safety practice non-negotiable for all rental agencies.

Funny, yes, memorable, not so much. Nothing compared to its seminal and iconic "We Try Harder" tagline, but fewer businesses are willing to make long-lasting promises -- especially ones that they are beholden to every day.

The hassle of finding Internet while on the road is turning into profit for the travel industry, as companies come up with more ways to provide and charge for Internet.