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Car Rental Business Market
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This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Car Rental Business in
Millions of US$. The market for Car Rental in this report is analyzed
both by Location (Airport, & Non-Airport), and Car Rental Business by
Sector (Leisure, Business, and Insurance Replacement). The report
provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan,
Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual forecasts
are provided for each region for the period of 2001 through 2015. A
ten-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets with
annual market analytics. The report profiles 90 companies including many
key and niche players worldwide such as Avis Budget Group, Inc., Avis
Rent-A-Car System, Inc., Budget Rent-A-Car System, Inc., Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Companies, Dollar Rent-A-Car, Thrifty Car Rental,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc., Alamo Rent-A-Car,
National Car Rental, Europcar, Payless Car Rental, Rent-A-Wreck of
America, Inc., Sixt Aktiengesellschaft, and The Hertz Corporation.
Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary
research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and
reported select online sources.
CAR RENTAL BUSINESS MCP-1044 A GLOBAL STRATEGIC BUSINESS REPORT
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS Study Reliability and
Reporting Limitations I-1 Disclaimers I-2 Data Interpretation &
Reporting Level I-2 Quantitative Techniques & Analytics I-3 Product
Definitions and Scope of Study I-3 Car Rental Business by Location I-4
Airport Car Rentals I-4 Non- Airport Car Rentals I-4 Car Rental Business
by Sector I-4 Leisure I-4 Business I-4 Insurance Replacement I-4
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Industry overview II-1 A Peek Into the Travel Industry II-1
Table 1: Worldwide Travel Industry (2005): Number of People Traveling to
Different Regions-France, Spain, United States, Italy, China, United
Kingdom, Russia., Mexico, Canada and Austria (In Thousand) (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) II-1 Industry Recovered from Twin Turmoil of
Recession & Terrorism II-2 Car Rental: An Integral Part of the Travel
Industry II-2 General Traits of Car Rental Industry II-3 Car Rental
Industry: A Highly Unregulated Market II-3 Market Pulse II-3 Correlation
Between Air Travel & Car Rentals: A Peek Into Its Dynamics II-3 Players
Fight to Stay Afloat In a Challenging Environment II-4 The New Order of
Fleet Ownerships: A Peek Into the Changing Paradigm II-4 Profitability
II-4 Customer Service II-5 Sweeteners Offered by Car Rentals II-5
Branding II-5 Car Rental Companies Go Global II-5 Online Booking Takes
Car Rentals to Higher Grounds II-6 Reduction of Rental Time: A Key
Competitive Variable II-6 Environmental Rental Cars: A New Craze in the
Car Rental Industry II-7 Regional Market Trends II-7 The United States
II-7 Travel Spends II-7 Car Rental Fleet II-8
Table 2: Travel Spending Pattern in the US: 2000-2006 (In US$ Million)
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-8
Table 3: Car Rental Fleet in the US: 2000-2006 (In Million Units)
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-8 Japan II-9
Table 4: Car Rental Fleet in Japan: 2000-2006 (In Million Units)
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-9 Europe II-9 Impact of the
Economic Recession and Subsequent Recovery II-10 Car Rental Fleet II-10
Table 5: Car Rental Fleet in Europe: 2001,2005 & 2006 (In Million Units)
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-10 South Africa II-10
Table 6: South African Car Rental Market (2004): Percentage Market Share
Breakdown of Leading Players-Avis, Imperial, Budget, Hertz and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-10
Table 7: A Peek into Key Statistics in the South African Car Rental
Market (2003-2005) II-11
Table 8: South African Car Rental Fleet (2003-2005*): Fleet Size (In
Numbers) & Percentage of Fleet Utilization for the Years 2003 through
2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-11
2. Car Rental Business - An Overview II-12 Introduction II-12 Car Rental
Background II-13 Age Restrictions Imposed by Car Rental Companies II-14
Additional Charges Borne By the Customer In Addition to Base Rental
Charges II-14 Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) II-14 Personal Accident
Insurance (PAI) II-14 Personal Effects Coverage (PEC) or Personal
Effects Protection (PEP) II-14 Liability Insurance II-14 Refundable
Charge II-14 Fuel Charge II-15 Peak Season Surcharge II-15 Out-of-state
Charges II-15 Airport surcharges and drop-off fees II-15 Mileage Fees
II-15 State and Local Sales Tax II-15 International Tax II-15 Parking
tax II-15 Convention Center/Stadium/Sports Arena Tax II-15 Frequent
Flier Tax II-15 Additional-driver fees and underage-driver Fees II-15
Equipment-rental Fees II-15 Airport Concession Fees II-15 Reimbursement
Fee/Vehicle License Fee/vehicle Excise Fees II-15 Late Fees II-16
Additional Drivers Fees II-16 Young Drivers Fees II-16 Car Rental
Business: A Classification by Location & Sector II-16 Car Rental
Business by Location II-16 Airport Car Rentals II-16 Non- Airport Car
Rentals II-16 Car Rental Business by Sector II-16 Leisure II-16 Business
II-16 Insurance Replacement II-16
3. Recent Industry Activity II-17 Hertz Pockets 6 Vehicle Rental Sites
II-17 Avis Budget Plans to Acquire Operating Rights for Budget Brands
II-17 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Acquires Vanguard II-17 Hertz Acquires Auto
Travel II-17 Orbitz Partners with Avis Budget Group II-17 Hertrz India
to Expand the Fleet with Luxury Cars II-17 Sixt Introduces its Rental
Services in China II-17 Sixt Expands its Presence in Eastern European
Market II-18 Eurazeo Acquires Europcar II-18 Northgate Acquires Arriva
Vehicle Rental Ltd. II-18 ARC Venture Acquires Advantage Rent-A-Car
II-18 Rent-A-Wreck Merges with MBFG, Inc. II-18 Europcar Acquires Keddy
Car & Truck Rental II-18 ANZ Bank Sells FleetPartners Unit II-19
Europcar Inks Pact with Mazda Car Rental II-19 Sona Group Enters Indian
Car Rental Market II-19 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Undertakes Large Scale
Acquisition Program II-19 Hertz Spreads Out its Operations in Various
Locations II-19 Hertz Forays into Indian Leasing Business II-19 ATA
Airlines Selects National Car Rental II-20 GE Fleet Services Bags
Contract from Akzo Nobel II-20 Alamo Rent a Car Moves to an On-Airport
Location II-20 Sixt Partners with European Air Express II-20 Dollar
Thrifty Automotive Commences Operations in Washington DC Airport II-20
National Car Rental Opens Two New Locations II-20 Hertz Opens Yet
Another Car Rental Facility in New York II-20 National Car Rental
Relocates to New Location II-21 Europcar Spreads Out its Operations in
Finland II-21 Ford Sells Hertz Car Rental Business II-21 ING Car Lease
Acquires Autoplan II-21 ALD Ventures into Indian Car Rental Market II-21
Thrifty Car Rental Opens New Car Rental Facility in Florida II-21
Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Rent A Car Opens New Locations in Ohio
II-21 Enterprise Rent-a-Car Bags Car Rental Contract from State of
California II-22 IC Places, Inc. Joins Hands with ACE Rent-A-Car and Fox
Rent- A-Car II-22 HVB Leasing Goes Online II-22 Budget Rent A Car
Commences Operations at London’s Heathrow Airport II-22 Zipcar Starts
Operations in San Francisco II-22 Sixt Spreads Out its Car Rental
Operations in Ukraine II-22 1Car1 Commences a New Branch in Cambridge
II-22 Budget Opens a New Office in Bahrain II-23 Vanguard Launches
“Navigation Station” in Association with Motorola II-23 Thrifty
Introduces Mitsubishi Pajero Rental Cars in Kuwait II-23 ZipCar Brings a
New Revolution with Introduction of Zipcard II-23 Cendant Corp. Acquires
Orbitz, Inc. II-23 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Acquires Facilities of
Thrifty Car Rental II-24 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Acquires Facilities
of Dollar Rent A Car II-24 Cendant Acquires ebookers Web Travel Agency
II-24 Cendant Acquires Gullivers Travel Associates and OctopusTravel.com
II-24 Fexco Purchases Nova RentaCar II-24 Nissan-Rent-A-Car Spreads Out
its Operations in Cebu II-24 Travelocity Joins Hands with American
Express for Online Booking of Car Rentals II-25 Sixt Joins Hands with
Brasilia Rent a Car II-25 Dollar Rent A Car Associates with Frontier
Airlines Early Returns Frequent Flyer Program II-25 Enterprise Joins
Hands with American Express II-25 Anji Car Rental & Leasing Opens New
Branch in China II-25 Thrifty Car Rental Starts Two New Franchise
Locations II-26 Payless Starts Four New Franchisees in Mexico II-26 City
CarShare Opens Two New Car Rental Locations in San Francisco II-26
Dollar Rent A Car Starts a New Car Rental Locations in Manhattan II-26
Car & Fly Opens a New On-airport Car Rental Location in Munich II-26
Avis Adds New Locations to its Chain of Car Rental Outlets II-26 Payless
Commences Six New Franchisees at Leading International Airports II-27
Payless Car Rental and Payless Car Sales Sign Up Eleven New Franchise
Locations II-27 Payless Opens New Corporate Stores in Las Vegas II-27
Rent Centric Joins Hands with C-Chip II-27 Avis and SBC Communications
Team Up to Provide Wi-Fi Service to Customers II-27 CarPro Enters into
Different Agreements with Europcar, Budget and Hertz II-28 Mazda Motor
Divests its Car Rental Business II-28 Thrifty Car Rental to Offer
Services to Passengers of Lake Express High Speed Ferry II-28 Hertz
Launches NeverLost(R), the GPS navigation system in its Rental Cars in
Calgary II-28 Avis and Motorola Start “Avis Assist”, A New Mobile Phone-
Based Navigation System II-29 National Car Rental Launches IP VPN for
Fast Accessing of Booking Data II-29 National Car Rental and Alamo Rent
A Car Equip Their Vehicles with XM Satellite Radio II-29 e-Sixt and Tele
5 Commence "Sixt TV" to Start the First TV Leasing Program II-29 Cendant
Starts New Avis and Budget WebLinks for Travel Agents II-30 Enterprise
Rent-A-Car Starts a New Website for Corporate Pre- Flight Rental Car
Booking II-30 Enterprise Commences a New “Month or More Rental Plan”
Rental Program II-30 Thrifty Car Rental Introduces the First "Best Rate
Guarantee" program for Online Bookings II-30 Thrifty Car Rental Starts
SmartBizTM Program for Small and Medium Range Businesses II-30 Targarent
Commences Last Minute Car Rental Service II-31
4. Focus on Select Global Players II-32 Avis Budget Group, Inc. (USA)
II-32 Avis Rent-A-Car System, LLC (USA) II-32 Budget Rent-A-Car System,
Inc. (USA) II-32 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG) Companies (USA)
II-32 Dollar Rent-A-Car (USA) II-32 Thrifty Car Rental (USA) II-33
Enterprise Rent-A-Car (USA) II-33 Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc. (USA)
II-33 Alamo Rent-A-Car (USA) II-33 National Car Rental (USA) II-34
Europcar (France) II-34 Payless Car Rental (USA) II-34 Rent-A-Wreck of
America, Inc. (USA) II-34 Sixt Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) II-34 The
Hertz Corporation (USA) II-35
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