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2007-04-16T02:04:00.000Z

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Infiniti G35

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Infiniti G35
A slick sports sedan that both delights and disappoints.

Avis and Coastal Vacations Director Dean Marino Launch Avis First (PR Web)
Avis Rent A Car has invited Coastal Vacations Director and travel professional Dean Marino to help launch a new program aimed at their most frequent renters. Marino travels extensively as a top level Director with Coastal Vacations and as an independent travel agent. The Coastal Vacations lifetime travel membership program is explained at www.CoastalPassiveIncome.com. (PRWeb Apr 15, 2007) Post ...

2007-04-13T02:05:00.000Z

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)
Accident Exchange has issued its second profit warning in two months on the back of lower car rentals and slower processing of payments.

A more festive Christmas City (The Morning Call)
ArtsQuest plans for longer hours, more days of holiday events. Jeff Parks tells a story about a car with New York plates he noticed in front of Bethlehem City Hall one Christmas. Inside was a family who wanted to get a firsthand holiday experience in the so-called Christmas City. But the best they could do was McDonald's cheeseburgers and the municipal creche on Payrow Plaza.

2007-04-11T02:04:00.000Z

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)
Accident Exchange has issued its second profit warning in two months on the back of lower car rentals and slower processing of payments.

Thieves steal rental cars from Daytona Beach lot, police say (Orlando Sentinel)
Daytona Beach police are looking for the burglars they say broke into a rental car lot and stole several vehicles.

2007-04-09T02:03:00.000Z

The History of Hybrids

The History of Hybrids
With good timing and technology, hybrid vehicles have evolved into the vehicle transportation mainstream.

2007-04-06T02:05:00.000Z

Enterprise buys Vanguard to consolidate hold on U.S. auto rentals (International Herald Tribune)

Enterprise buys Vanguard to consolidate hold on U.S. auto rentals (International Herald Tribune)
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has agreed to buy Vanguard Car Rental Group, owner of the National and Alamo brands, combining three of the biggest rental brands in the United States.

2007-04-03T02:05:00.000Z

Car-share service opens in Philly (Courier-Post)

Car-share service opens in Philly (Courier-Post)
Flexcar, one of the nation's largest car-sharing companies, will launch operations today in its 11th U.S. city, Philadelphia.

2007-03-31T03:08:00.000Z

Critics Say U.S. 'No Buy' List Snares Regular Citizens (NPR)

Critics Say U.S. 'No Buy' List Snares Regular Citizens (NPR)
For most people, attempting to buy a car or house is hard enough. But if your name happens to resemble that of a person on a government list of suspects, you could be turned away altogether. Some ordinary consumers in California say that's exactly what's happened to them.

2007-03-29T03:05:00.000Z

Paris embracing bike rentals to cut pollution, travel times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Paris embracing bike rentals to cut pollution, travel times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
PARIS – Paris is for lovers – lovers of food and art and wine, lovers of the romantic sort and, starting this summer, lovers of bicycles.

2007-03-27T03:04:00.000Z

Paris embracing bike rentals to cut pollution, travel times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

2007-03-25T03:04:00.000Z

Car-Sharing Company To Operate At JHU (WJZ 13 Baltimore)

Car-Sharing Company To Operate At JHU (WJZ 13 Baltimore)
Seattle-based Flexcar says it plans to put four hybrid cars at Johns Hopkins University for hourly rentals by students, faculty members and local residents.

2007-03-22T04:08:00.000Z

Johns Hopkins Unveils New Car-Sharing System (WJZ 13 Baltimore)

Johns Hopkins Unveils New Car-Sharing System (WJZ 13 Baltimore)
A "smart' new alternative for students who do not have a car was unveiled at Johns Hopkins University Wednesday.

Invicta Group Inc. Acquires Escorted Tour Operator (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Invicta Group Inc. announced today that the company has acquired Maupintour Inc. a 55-year-old escorted tour operator

2007-03-20T04:04:00.000Z

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (The Journal News)

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (The Journal News)
It's getting more difficult for business travelers to find the best car rental rate.

Actual Mileage Will (Still) Vary
The federal government is adjusting fuel economy ratings to better reflect real-world driving. But the feds still don't use real-world driving to calculate the numbers.

2007-03-16T04:07:00.000Z

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (USA Today)

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (USA Today)
It's getting more difficult for business travelers to find the best car rental rate.

Housewares expands commitment to serving customers (The Meridian Star)
Freddie Miller, owner of Housewares, 3316 20th St., recently added U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to its services currently available. Miller chose to make U-Haul rentals part of the business because of the international company’s well established name and reputation among customers.

2007-03-14T04:05:00.000Z

Brand New Site Offering Travel Deals for the UK Makes Its Debut (PR Web)

Brand New Site Offering Travel Deals for the UK Makes Its Debut (PR Web)
http://www.TravelDealsDiscounts.co.uk proudly announces it brand new website. It offers several types of travel discounts for air travel, car travel and more. It can be considered a one-stop travel shop for those looking to travel from the United Kingdom. With everything that a person could need to make their travel plans complete, luggage, car rentals, airfare, hotel, customers have no need to ...

2007-03-12T04:07:00.000Z

Moving? These Tips Will Make It Easier (Wellsville Daily Reporter)

Moving? These Tips Will Make It Easier (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - Moving should be an exciting time - you're off to a new apartment, your first home, maybe moving up to a larger home. But for many people, moving turns into a stressful, aggravating experience. It doesn't have to be that way.

Simplified, One-Stop-Shop, Created for Caribbean Vacation & Travel (PR.com)
caribbeantravel360.com is a site that simplifies Caribbean vacation and travel. What is different here is that this site is constructed with the User in mind; everything is simply laid out, clearly labeled and functional offering an easy-to-understand menu with the ability to search for various Caribbean vacation packages, tropical cruises and island luxury villa rentals. [PR.com - March 10, 2007]

2007-03-10T03:06:00.000Z

LAX commission votes 6-0 to tack $10 fee onto car rentals (Daily Breeze)

LAX commission votes 6-0 to tack $10 fee onto car rentals (Daily Breeze)
The surcharge, which may go into effect in May, will defray the cost of a project that would cut air pollution.

Preview: 2008 Audi R8
The stunning Audi R8 sports car incorporates technology from the Le Mans-winning R8 prototype to build on its racing success for the street.

2007-03-07T03:06:00.000Z

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www.cbs10kztv.com (KZTV10 Texas)
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www.cbs10kztv.com (KZTV10 Texas)
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2007-03-02T03:08:00.000Z

Making Your Travel Dollars Go Further This Season (Hope Star)

Making Your Travel Dollars Go Further This Season (Hope Star)
(ARA) - If you're tired of winter and wish it were spring already, you're not alone. This time of year, a lot of people feel that way; and since the best medicine for the winter doldrums is a change of scenery, now is one of the most popular times of the year to travel.

2007-02-27T03:09:00.000Z

Reserve Rental Cars in Hawaii on Your Mobile Phone or PDA (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Reserve Rental Cars in Hawaii on Your Mobile Phone or PDA (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Aloha Rents, a leading provider of of affordable car rentals for the Hawaiian Islands, recently launched a mobile version of http://www.AlohaRents.com.

Four beach condos damaged by fire (ABC 7 Gulfshore News)
Thirteen people were displaced when a car fire spread to a four unit condo building at the Beach Club II on Sanibel Island. The car was parked underneath one of the condos.

2007-02-23T03:06:00.000Z

Top Luxury Cars on MSN Autos

Top Luxury Cars on MSN Autos
The most popular luxury cars on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages.

2007-02-20T03:06:00.000Z

MIT researchers design stackable car of the future (Boston Globe)

MIT researchers design stackable car of the future (Boston Globe)
CAMBRIDGE ill the car of the future be foldable? That's the vision of a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. With backing from General Motors Corp. , they are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced, rented by commuters under a shared-use business model, and folded and stacked like ...

2007-02-17T03:07:00.000Z

10 Commandments of travel buying (USA Today)

10 Commandments of travel buying (USA Today)
Business Traveler column: After years on the road, I've developed some nearly universal rules for making a travel purchase. These particular dicta aren't written in stone the tablets are too big for my carry-on bag and that's just as well. The absurdities of business travel require that my Ten Commandments of Travel Buying be reconsidered, rewritten and road-tested on a regular basis.

Diesels Going Green
After a century with a dirty reputation, new technologies have diesels suddenly looking green.

2007-02-14T03:07:00.000Z

Return of the Plug-In Electric Car?

Return of the Plug-In Electric Car?
A huge improvement over GM's EV1 electric car, the Chevrolet Volt could travel 640 city miles if it comes together the way engineers have planned.

2007-02-12T03:05:00.000Z

Should You Buy When Private Equity Sells? (New York Times)

Should You Buy When Private Equity Sells? (New York Times)
Shares in buyout I.P.O.?s performed far worse last year than both the overall market and other companies that made their public debuts.

Car Rentals News

AUTO TECH Review: 2007 Infiniti G35

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)

Second profit warning for car rental group (Daily Telegraph)

The History of Hybrids

Enterprise buys Vanguard to consolidate hold on U.S. auto rentals (International Herald Tribune)

Car-share service opens in Philly (Courier-Post)

Critics Say U.S. 'No Buy' List Snares Regular Citizens (NPR)

Paris embracing bike rentals to cut pollution, travel times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Paris embracing bike rentals to cut pollution, travel times (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Car-Sharing Company To Operate At JHU (WJZ 13 Baltimore)

Johns Hopkins Unveils New Car-Sharing System (WJZ 13 Baltimore)

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (The Journal News)

Car rental prices can change in a heartbeat (USA Today)

Brand New Site Offering Travel Deals for the UK Makes Its Debut (PR Web)

Moving? These Tips Will Make It Easier (Wellsville Daily Reporter)

LAX commission votes 6-0 to tack $10 fee onto car rentals (Daily Breeze)

Sponsored Links (International Brotherhood Of Prizefighters)

www.cbs10kztv.com (KZTV10 Texas)

Making Your Travel Dollars Go Further This Season (Hope Star)

Reserve Rental Cars in Hawaii on Your Mobile Phone or PDA (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Top Luxury Cars on MSN Autos

MIT researchers design stackable car of the future (Boston Globe)

10 Commandments of travel buying (USA Today)

Return of the Plug-In Electric Car?

Should You Buy When Private Equity Sells? (New York Times)