Posts Tagged ‘rental cars’

Alamo celebrates Johnny Depp Film Release

Monday, July 13th, 2009

www.alamo.co.uk

Johnny Depp’s latest film, Public Enemies, was just released in the UK and Alamo car rental is celebrating by highlighting the Midwest driving routes used in the movie. Drivers of Alamo rental cars will be able to follow in the footsteps of John Dillinger, as played by Depp, as they cruise the popular Midwest destinations featured in the film.

The film features several isolated towns and rural areas in the Midwestern United States. This part of the country was a hide-out for the gangsters of the 1930’s. (more…)

Avis rolls out Satellite TV for Hire Cars

Friday, July 10th, 2009

www.avis.com

Avis is taking car rental to the next level of comfort. They have teamed up with RaySat Broadcasting (RBC) to offer satellite TV in their rental cars. The new service is called AT&T CruiseCast and it serves up 22 television channels complimented with 20 audio channels.

For safety reasons the mobile units are mounted in the car’s headrest and the screen is not visible to the driver. (more…)

Sixt car hire announces new joint venture

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

www.sixt.co.uk

Car rental giant Sixt and Hotel Reservation Service Ltd (HRS) are partnering to offer combined services to customers of the two companies.

This new arrangement allows HRS customers to get car rental reservations at the same time as they book their hotel rooms. As an added incentive to use the new service, special rates are being offered by Sixt when car hire is booked on the HRS web site. (more…)