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    the market was flooded with established companies such as Hertz and Avis who operated out of airports and Executive could not compete. The cutthroat competition lead Executive Leasing to find another niche away from the airport where customers could get a car for just a day or two and insurance adjustor could rent cars for clients whose cars were stolen or damaged in accidents. As a result, the rental car division launched in 1963 as a home-city rental company put a fresh twist on the market, differentiating

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    The rental car industries as well as other industries within the travel market are challenged with developing a pricing strategy that will maximize profits for the firm. In our analysis of three firms, Hertz, Avis and Budget, our team used qualitative and quantitative methods to develop an understanding of their pricing strategies. We wanted to determine which company has the best overall pricing strategy. Furthermore, these methods helped us develop recommendations involving segmentation and brand

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    Final case this semester is the case for EasyCar.com Company created by Stellios and the Easy Corporation. Stellios Haji-Ioannou a Greek entrepreneur and the son of a shipping billionaire received enough capital to start the Easy Corporation. He first started in the airline business and went that prove successful he created The EasyCar.com Company which started an internet based way to rent a car, customers could log into an account and reserve a car without having to ever deal with a sales person. Their

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    world 's largest car sharing and car club service. It is an alternative to traditional car rental and car ownership. Subsidiary of Avis Budget Group; founded in January 2000, serving urban areas throughout Austria, Canada, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, founded by Antje Danielson and Robin Chase in the state of Massachusetts (Zipcar, 2014). Each and every Zipcar takes 15 personally owned vehicles off the road, 10% of the population is expected to adopt car sharing as their

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    Enterprise Rent-A-Car is one of the largest car rental companies in North America. It specializes in providing customers temporary or a replacement vehicle. Jack Taylor founded the company in 1957 where he started Enterprise Rent-A-Car as an Executive Leasing Company with only seven cars. The company began leasing cars for longer periods. Later on executive leasing launched itself as a short-term rental operation with 17 cars plus a car sales division. That’s when the company changed its name

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    CASE: 1 Olympic Rent-a-car U.S.: Customer loyalty battles Company Name: Olympic Car Rental Co. Characters: Laura Walkins(VP-Marketing) , Andy Kim(Manager CRP),Seth Bergman(Senior Financial Analyst),Eva Chan(Southwest regional Manager Sales), Marvin Fleming(OM), Sriny Vajarain,Jorge Martinez & Amy Mckeever( Franichisee operators). Theme of Case: One of the competitor company named “Enterpise Car Rental Co.”-the biggest player in the market has announced an attractive custom loyalty program. This

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    MKT5017- Delivering Superior Customer Value Submitted to: Donovan McFarlane Submitted by: Paige Chin- paige.chin@live.com Date of Submission: July 25, 2012 Title of Assignment: Case Analysis 1- Enterprise Rent A Car CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledge and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas of words

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    environment) Society/Subculture Enterprise is a privately held company and is also the nation’s biggest car rental service. They expanded their service in nearly 200 airport location within 10 years. With so many different consumer cultures and subcultures, the company Enterprise should make sure that they are providing quality vehicles and customer service to fulfill what consumers are looking for. Enterprise also provides electric and hybrid cars which caught eyes of many. “Enterprise offers customers

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    management is very important in the business world. It is the way leaders or organizations steer their company to success over both the short- and long-term. It encompasses a host of decisions that range from what the company will produce, to how it will compete in its industry, to how it will grow over time. At the heart of strategic management is strategic planning. In this paper, the company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., will be analyzed as a strategic plan is presented in regards to

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    Did you know the global car rental industry is expected to reach an estimated value of $81.2 billion by 2019? The transportation sector is one of the main operating sectors of the tourism industry. Looking further into the transportation sector, since the beginning people have been traveling by various modes, rather it was by feet, by aircraft or some form of vehicle. Tourism and transportation are very inextricably linked, that’s why it’s hard to overstate the importance of transportation. As tourism

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