Articles tagged “avis budget”

Business Travel

Rental car exec is very happy about his industry’s mergers and rising prices

Airline and car rental mergers may be good for the largest companies in their respective industries, but they usually mean price increases for travelers, as AvisBudget attests to.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Zipcar’s Q4 profits triple before its pending acquisition by Avis

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Zipcar investor sues to block Avis Budget deal

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.

Sophia Pearson, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Zipcar tells employees why it went corporate with Avis Budget

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

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Analysis: Zipcar to expand to airports and embrace business travel under Avis Budget ownership

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

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Car-share pioneer Zipcar goes to Avis for $500 million

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.

Chris Reiter, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Uncategorized

Vehicles under safety recall in the U.S. won’t be leased by five major rental companies

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.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Business Travel

SkiftAds: Avis drops iconic tagline as it focuses on business travelers

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.

Skift | 12 years ago

SkiftX

Hertz doubles down in $2.5 billion bid to acquire Dollar Thrifty

The multiyear-merger maneuverings between Hertz, Dollar-Thrifty, and Avis Budget almost make American Airlines' merger scenarios appear tame.

Soyoung Kim, Michael Erman, Reuters | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Avis Car Rental now rents out WiFi devices at 7 German airports

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.

Skift | 12 years ago