Car Rental Business

Here & There: Hospitality Industry 2013, Mobile Apps Updates, Survey Results

14 February, 2013 Air Systems, Airline Business, Airports, Car Rental Business, Consumer Travel Products, Hospitality Business, Interesting Facts, Mobile Technology, News, Travel Technology 1 Comment

Today’s Here & There covers updates from the airline industry, hospitality industry outlook for 2013, travel industry survey results, updates on travel mobile apps and thought provoking reads like – What does it take to fly for free? Increasing demand for self-service functionality at airports.

SilverCar – Disrupting Car Rental Business With Heavy Technology Influence

20 January, 2013 Car Rental Business, Consumer Travel Products, Mobile Technology, News, Travel Technology, Trips and Tips No comments

In the US, car rental is a $33 billion industry that employes 126,000 people. Car rental market is on a rise. Like flights and hotels industry, car rental too has cut-throat competition. We have traditional car rental companies like Avis, Enterprise, Hertz and car sharing companies like ZipCar (now part of Avis), Get Around.

US Car Rental Industry Outlook, Trends That Are Changing The Game

2 December, 2012 Car Rental Business, Interesting Facts, Thought Leadership 3 Comments

Car rental industry took a plunge in 2009 due to the economic recession wave. The primary reason to this is the hit in airline industry which affected the airport pickup/drop centric car business. Car rental companies were forced to think outside airport pickup/drop business. In 2011, car rental industry slowly emerged out from recession and the years 2012 and 2013 are looking very positive for the industry.

Working of Hospitality Industry

5 August, 2009 Airline Business, Car Rental Business, GDS, Hospitality Business No comments

Back to basics. Its always better to understand the basics before understanding a complex design. On that note, lets explore the basics of Hospitality Industry: How a customer books a room in hotel, to be specific: What are all the different methods to book a hotel room. As outlined in the illustration below, there are 4 ways in which a traveler can book a room in a hotel. Each method of booking is called “Sales Channel“.