The Emergence of Online Rental Systems Has an Impact on the Rental Market as Customers Have the Ability to Shop around for the Cheapest Deals

DUBLIN, Ireland--Jan. 3, 20061, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31875 ) has announced the addition of Car Rental: Global Industry Guide to their offering.

Our Car Rental: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the car rental industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

-- Contains an executive summary and data on value and segmentation

-- Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

-- Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

-- Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

-- Multinational firms and car manufacturer fleets dominate the global car rental market.

-- Online booking facilities are popular with consumers, particularly across the world's developed markets, and allow companies to offer lower prices by reducing staffing costs.

-- The emergence of online rental brokers has discouraged brand loyalty and prompted consumers to shop around for the cheapest deals.

Why you should buy this report:

-- Spot future trends and developments

-- Inform your business decisions

-- Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

-- Save time carrying out entry-level research

Definition

This report covers the market for private car hire including airport as well as non-airport car rentals and accident replacement vehicles, but excludes taxi hires. The car rental market consists of all car rentals contracted to be of less than one-year duration, for corporate or individual use, for recreational or business purposes. The market includes all passenger car types, but excludes vans and light trucks.

Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report, Europe consists of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Asia-Pacific consists of Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global market consists of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Canada and the US.

Topics Covered

-- CHAPTER 1 Introduction

-- CHAPTER 2 Global Car Rental

-- CHAPTER 3 Car Rental in Asia-Pacific

-- CHAPTER 4 Car Rental in Europe

-- CHAPTER 5 Car Rental in Belgium

-- CHAPTER 6 Car Rental in Canada

-- CHAPTER 7 Car Rental in China

-- CHAPTER 8 Car Rental in France

-- CHAPTER 9 Car Rental in Germany

-- CHAPTER 10 Car Rental in Italy

-- CHAPTER 11 Car Rental in Japan

-- CHAPTER 12 Car Rental in Spain

-- CHAPTER 13 Car Rental in the Netherlands

-- CHAPTER 14 Car Rental in the United Kingdom

-- CHAPTER 15 Car Rental in the United States

-- CHAPTER 16 Company Profiles

-- CHAPTER 17 Appendix

-- LIST OF TABLES

-- LIST OF FIGURES

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Source: Datamonitor