Alamo Local Market Wins 2001 'TechKnow' Award

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--April 5, 2001--Alamo's Local Market Division, a division of ANC Rental Corporation , recently won the 2001 TechKnow Award from Inside Business Magazine for its desktop Web-based application, MPOWERENT. The award recognizes companies that use innovation and creativity in information technology to create economic benefits for the companies and the customers as well as for their employees and communities. MPOWERENT, a Web-enabled insurance claims management tool designed for the company's many insurance clients, simplifies the insurance adjuster's previously cumbersome and costly process of doing business.
    MPOWERENT connects insurance companies to Alamo's legacy rental system, enabling adjusters to better manage car rental details and order new car rentals. Just as its name implies, it empowers adjusters to create and track reservations from their desktop computers in addition to providing customized management reports and receiving and printing invoices.
    "This is a powerful tool and a real competitive advantage for Alamo Local Division," said Todd M. Faver, Alamo local market division president. "Because more than 50 percent of our business comes from the insurance market, we were particularly interested in developing a sophisticated E-commerce application that makes life easier for our business partners. This product not only makes life easier for them, it's so advanced, it's actually challenging the competition to meet the new standard that we've set," he continued.
    "MPOWERENT virtually eliminates the previous paper-based system," added Kevin Gill, vice president business development, sales and marketing for Alamo Local Division. "By creating direct links with adjusters and claims centers, we lower the cost of doing business for us and for the insurance company in addition to making the entire process more efficient."
    With more than 425 locations, Alamo Local Market serves the insurance replacement and neighborhood auto rental needs of customers throughout the United States. Its parent company, ANC Rental Corporation , is one of the world's largest auto rental companies with revenues of approximately $3.5 billion in 2000. ANC Rental Corporation has more than 3,000 locations in 69 countries and employs approximately 19,000 associates worldwide.