Europcar, the European leader in car hire, and Air Berlin, Germany’s second largest airline, have decided to join forces by creating a new Premium Partnership to provide quality car hire services to all Air Berlin business and leisure customers.
Never mind the sat-nav, a London couple travelling to Glastonbury are to benefit from a trial innovation for their hire car – their own backseat Glastonbury guru for the journey.
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*.
Europcar today announced the appointment of Philippe Guillemot as new CEO of the Europcar group.
Europcar, the European car rental leader and a key player in sustainable development in its sector, is highlighting its fleet of green cars by creating a dedicated eco-friendly section on its website: www.europcar.com
Europcar has launched its new year sale with a whopping up to 50% discount on UK car hire in January 2010. With free delivery on hires of 2 days or more, a quick escape in a hire car for a new year bargain break or a larger vehicle for a splurge at the sales is easy and doesn’t have to break the bank.
With BA staff voting to strike over Christmas, Europcar, the UK’s leading vehicle hire company is increasing its fleet availability at all key airports and cities across the UK over the holiday period to help cope with the anticipated demand from travellers who had planned to take internal flights. However, the company is warning motorists to get booked up early as demand for vehicles across the whole of the vehicle hire market is expected to exceed supply if the BA strikes go ahead.
Whilst the UK has become a nation of keen recyclers, Government campaigns and developments from motor manufacturers have failed to make as much impact when it comes to the environment and motoring. In the annual Europcar Observatory, an independent survey covering 7 countries in Europe and over 5000 drivers, 45% of Brits said they have changed the way they drive to save the environment, compared to 54% in Europe. Brits aren’t quite as switched on to green driving as their European cousins.
The recession has forced a change in driver behaviour according to a new survey from Europcar, the UK’s leading vehicle hire company. And 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 and reduce wear and tear on their own cars.
At the 2009 World Travel Awards ceremony on 8th November in London, Europcar was named World’s Leading Car Rental Company, following its title of Europe’s Leading Car Rental Company in Portugal on 17th October.