Articles tagged “zipcar”

Ground Transport

Hertz on Demand and Zipcar face off over corporate car-sharing leadership

Both Hertz and Avis Budget now have their little ride-sharing subsdiaries to play with, and both are positioning themselves to tap into the business travel market.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Zipcar feeling Avis Budget vibe with expansion to first airports

This is a smart move by Zipcar and Avis Budget as it will give travelers new choices in their rentals at airport locations. It should also attract customers to Zipcar who may not have considered car-sharing until now.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Zipcar CEO leaves the day after $500 million buyout deal with Avis closes

Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Zipcar a breath of fresh air for smaller and smaller U.S. cities

Federal funding is bolstering cleaner air as Zipcar's membership fees are being waived.

Josh Flory, Knoxville News Sentinel | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

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

Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Avis Budget acquisition of Zipcar expected to steer clear of antitrust roadblocks

Zipcar likely won't be sharing much of its startup juice with Avis Budget, but it is difficult to envision U.S. regulators blocking the deal on antitrust grounds.

Diane Bartz, Reuters | 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