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Orbitz Loses World's
Largest Car Rental Operator As A Customer By Eddy Metcalf |
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April 1, 2011 - Enterprise Holdings, which owns and
operates the largest fleet of rental cars in the world
under the Alamo Rent A Car, National Car Rental, and
Enterprise Rent-A-Car brands, announced it will end its
relationship with Orbitz and its sister site
CheapTickets after months of difficult discussions.
"We are ending our negotiations with Orbitz following
their decision to de-list National and Alamo, and insist
on unacceptably high commission rates from our "Their position greatly limits consumer choice and makes renting a car less affordable. It is also punitive towards rental car brands that have contributed to Orbitz's success for many years." |
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"Through
our many decades of serving customers in this industry, we have
learned it is difficult to fully meet the changing
transportation needs of consumers with only one brand," said
Nicholson. "As a result, following our purchase of
"We
realize our role as the industry leader comes with a
responsibility to keep our product affordable and to
aggressively advocate for the rights of consumers," Nicholson
said. "For example, we lead our industry in the fight to curtail
excise taxes that unfairly single out rental car customers.
Today, rental car taxes account for as much as 20 percent of the
cost in many markets, placing our industry's customers among the
highest taxed in the |