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Europcar Discovers Travel Stress Giving Brits A Serious Case Of PHT

Europcar has discovered in its latest survey that for over half a million Brits*, their last trip to the airport was 'one of the most stressful experiences of their lives'. According to the new survey** 24%of Brits admitted to suffering PHT (Pre-Holiday Tension) as their best-laid travel plans start to unravel. ...

Europcar Lands Touch-Screen Technology At Heathrow

Europcar, the European leader in car hire, continues to show the way in customer experience by adding to its series of innovative products, such as weDeliver and its recently released iPhone App, with the introduction of state-of-the-art touch-screen technology at its Heathrow Terminal 5 station. The touch-screen, which allows customers ...

Europcar Reveal The Cost Of Dormant Urban Cars To Motorists

Europcar has revealed new research that shows the cost of dormant urban motors is £65bn. Parked cars clogging up residential roads in the UK’s cities is a long-familiar sight, but the cost of dormant urban motors (DUMs) is today revealed to be £65bn a year*. According to new research by Europcar, which ...

Paragon Car And Van Rental of Chicago , IL Announces The Retirement Of An Era

Joe Bellino respected Chicago businessperson started in the car rental business in 1961, working for Hertz Rent-a-car. This is where he fell in love with the auto rental business. He later became District Manager of the greater Chicago area and grew the business successfully. Being an entrepreneur, Bellino later seized ...

Europcar Making Driving To The Continent Easier

Europcar, the UK's leading car hire company is going the extra mile to take the hassle out of its customers' travel plans as the travel industry recovers from the effects of the volcanic ash cloud. To help with the situation Europcar has made a huge effort to re-distribute its fleet to ...

Europcar Launch Sale To Beat The Winter Blues

Europcar has launched its New Year sale with up to 50% discount on UK car hire in January 2010. With free delivery on hires of 2 days or more, Europcar is making it easy for customers to enjoy a quick escape in a hire car for a New Year bargain ...

85% Of Brits Have Changed Car Use To Cut Costs

The recession has forced a change in driver behaviour according to a new survey from Europcar, the UK's leading vehicle hire company. With winter on the doorstep, when reliability becomes even more important, drivers are turning to vehicle hire for long journeys and breaks away to bring peace of mind ...

EuropcarClub Launches in the UK

Europcar, the UK's leading vehicle hire company, has launched EuropcarClub to offer the membership benefits of a car club with the flexibility of daily hire. The UK launch follows a successful roll out in France in 2008. Bringing a fresh approach to car clubs, EuropcarClub is a subscription based service with two ...

Europcar Has Been Named The World’s Leading Car Rental Company At The 2008 World Travel Awards

Europcar has been named the World's Leading Car Rental Company, at the 2008 World Travel Awards ceremony in London, following its title of Europe's Leading Car Rental Company in Portugal on October 17. The World Travel Awards are the 'Oscars' of the travel industry, with 187,000 industry professionals voting for the ...

Europcar Revamped Its Website By Enhancing Their Location Based Pages

Europcar, the UK's leading vehicle hire company, has announced that it has revamped its website by enhancing their location based pages throughout the site. This update will provide customers with additional information on all car and van hire locations across its 160 countries. The new location pages have been designed to ...

Europcar Launched A New Service Which Makes Reserving Vehicles Easy Via Mobile Phone

With over 8 million adults in the UK accessing the internet via their mobile phone, a growth of 42% on 2008, Europcar, Europe’s leading vehicle hire company, has launched car hire booking on the go with a new mobile car hire service reservation service for online booking from any web enabled ...

Smart Customization System For Car Rental Launched at Europcar

Europcar and Accor have launched a customized car rental reservation service to facilitate their customers' travel and lodging plans. When an Accor customer confirms a hotel reservation on www.accorhotels.com, a pre-selection of three vehicles available for rental f r o m Europcar is proposed. The selection is based on the customer's destination, ...

Europcar Has Launched A Competition To Win A Fiat 500

The competition is running until October 15th 2009 and can be played on the 'Fiat Green' dedicated Europcar micro site. Entry is restricted to those living within Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Austria and Belgium, where the competition is currently being run. To be in with a chance of winning one ...

Renault and Europcar Sign Partnership Agreement in Zero-Emission Mobility

Renault and Europcar, the Renault Group's No.1 short-term rental partner in Europe, has announced an agreement aiming to speed up the implementation of shared innovative solutions as part of Renault's "Zero-Emission" vehicles program. The agreement will be signed at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt on September 16. Europe's leading car rental ...

SWISS & Europcar Extend Their Partnership

Europcar and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) have announced that they have renewed their partnership agreement. The number one car rental company in Europe, and Switzerland's national carrier have been partners since 2003. SWISS passengers benefit from preferred rates and until October 15 they will enjoy a free upgrade when renting ...

Europcar, The European Leader In Car Rental, Has Been Awarded An ISO 14001 Certification For Fulfilling Its Environmental Promises

The main measures implemented by Europcar in terms of social and environmental responsibility are formally documented in its "Charter for the Environment," which was certified by Bureau Veritas in 2008. This was the first certification of such a charter in the fields of quality, safety, health, environment and corporate social responsibility ...

Europcar, The UK’s Leading Vehicle Hire Company, Drives Change In Customer Experience

Europcar, the UK's leading vehicle hire company has taken a leaf from its counterparts in the airline and hotel industries to create a fresh approach to customer experience management. Following detailed research amongst customers and analysis of the customer journey, Europcar has created what it believes is the car and van hire ...

Europcar, European Car Rental Firm, Has Partnered With Fiat To Add A New Range Of Eco-Friendly Cars To Their Car Rental Fleet

The new Fiat models offered by Europcar include the eco-friendly Punto, Grand Punto, Idea, 500, Panda, Qubo and Bravo. Speaking about Europcar's decision to partner with Fiat, Global Marketing Director Jehan de Thè described how the company's drive to be more eco-friendly meant that Fiat who are currently "the best-selling brand ...

Europcar Is Making Car And Van Hire Both More Accessible And More Affordable To Keep Businesses Moving During The Economic Downturn

Europcar, the UK's leading vehicle hire company, is making car and van hire both more accessible and more affordable to keep businesses moving during the economic downturn, as SMEs focus on reducing their long term financial commitments and cutting costs. Marketing Director of car hire firm Europcar, Catriona Lougher said: "With the ...

Europcar Has Launched Hire Rewards To Make Vehicle Hire More Accessible And More Affordable For UK Households

Europcar, the UK’s leading vehicle hire company has launched Hire Rewards to make vehicle hire more accessible and more affordable for UK households. Offering potential savings of over £200 on a week-long hire, Hire Rewards is a loyalty programme created specifically for customers hiring once or more a year to provide ...

Biggest Ever Range of Used Cars on Motormart.co.uk This Summer

Dedicated online used car sales exchange Motormart.co.uk has announced that it has enjoyed a bumper summer which has seen it offer more cars than ever before. The site is home to a specialized used car search engine which now offers customers more vehicles to choose from than previously. Buyers can search ...

Europcar Discovers Travel Stress Giving Brits A Serious Case Of PHT

Europcar has discovered in its latest survey that for over half a million Brits*, their last trip to the airport was 'one of the most stressful experiences of their lives'. According to the new survey** 24%of Brits admitted to suffering PHT (Pre-Holiday Tension) as their best-laid travel plans start to unravel. ...

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