ESTERO, Fla., Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz
Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the world's largest general use car rental
brand, made a clean sweep at Travel Weekly's 13th Annual
Readers' Choice Awards. Hertz won Best Domestic Car Rental Company
for the 13th consecutive time, the only winner in the history of
the category, and Best International Car Rental Company for the
12th time.
Pamela Wright, Senior Vice
President Sales Strategy and Operations, accepted the award on
behalf of Hertz. "We are honored to end 2015 with such prestigious
awards from the readers of Travel Weekly," she said. "At
Hertz, we are committed to putting the customer first and offering
the best cars and service in the industry. We will continue to
focus on innovation and truly differentiating the Hertz customer
experience."
These widely recognized and coveted awards are presented
annually to the industry's suppliers who led the way in product and
service during the past year. The open ballot phase of the voting
was conducted during the summer. Readers were invited to write in
the names of any company they believed best exemplified that
particular category.
In addition to the Travel Weekly awards, Recommend
magazine recently named Hertz as "Best Travel Agent Support Car
Rental Company" in their 19th Annual Readers' Choice Awards and
readers of Premier Traveler Magazine recognized Hertz as the
"Best Rental Car Company" in its Best of 2015 survey.
These latest awards complement the vast array of honors achieved
by Hertz during 2015, including being named as the "Best Car Rental
Company" by TTG Asia; awarded the 2015 Travelers'
Choice for Car Rental in Italy,
Spain and the U.K. by the
TripAdvisor community; and receiving the GlobeRunner Award for
"Best Car Rental Chain in the World" by Frequent Business
Traveler. Hertz's Gold Plus Rewards program was named "Best
Rewards Program of the Drive" category across the Americas,
Europe/Africa and Middle
East/Asia/Oceania at the
2015 FlyerTalk Awards, and the U.K.-based readers
of Business Traveller magazine named Hertz the
"Best Car Rental Company." Additionally, Hertz was named to
Newsweek's 2015 Green Rankings, one of the world's most recognized
assessments of corporate environmental performance, and was chosen
as a recipient of the 2015 Airports Going Green Award from the
Chicago Department of Aviation.
Hertz is one of the most recognized brands in the world,
signifying leadership in quality rental services and products. This
past year, Hertz has been honored with more than 25 best-in-class
travel industry awards, both in the U.S. and internationally. Hertz
understands customers want speed and convenience at every
touchpoint of the rental experience, from pick up to drop off.
Hertz is dedicated to maintaining superior quality and customer
service in car rental through a variety of innovative service
offerings, such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, a free loyalty rewards
program entitling members to a number of exclusive benefits;
exclusive vehicle collections; NeverLost® GPS, the award-winning
in-vehicle navigation system that is available to rent along with a
Hertz vehicle and offers hands-free calls, a travel guide, access
to weather and flight information, live concierge operators and
more; Carfimations, Hertz's mobile email SMS text service that
confirms a Gold customer's reservation and advises them of their
car location; and many others.
To learn more about Hertz and the company's recent recognitions,
visit Hertz.com.
About Hertz Global Holdings
Hertz Global
Holdings, Inc. operates the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly car
rental brands in more than 10,000 corporate and licensee locations
throughout approximately 150 countries in North
America, Europe, Latin
America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle
East and New Zealand. Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. is one
of the largest worldwide airport general use car
rental companies with more than 1,600 airport locations
in the U.S. and more than 1,400 airport locations internationally.
Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards,
NeverLost®, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles
offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige
Collections set Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. apart from the
competition. Additionally, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. owns
the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation,
operates the Hertz 24/7 hourly car rental business in international
markets and sells vehicles through its Rent2Buy program. The
Company also owns Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation ("HERC"), one
of the largest equipment rental businesses with more than 350
locations worldwide offering a diverse line of equipment and tools
for rent and sale. HERC primarily serves the construction,
industrial, oil, gas, entertainment and government sectors. For
more information about Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.,
visit: www.hertz.com.
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