Dollar Web Site, dollar.com, Takes Number One Spot on Gomez's Internet Car Rental Scorecard(TM) for Fourth Consecutive Time
27 October 2000
Dollar Web Site, dollar.com, Takes Number One Spot on Gomez's Internet Car Rental Scorecard(TM) for Fourth Consecutive Time- Continues As Only Car Rental Company to Win Award - TULSA, Okla., Oct. 27 Dollar Rent A Car today announced the company's Web site, dollar.com, has again landed the number one spot on the Gomez Internet Car Rental Scorecard(TM) for the fourth consecutive time and continues to be the only car rental company to win the award. Since Gomez began the Internet Car Rental Scorecard in winter 1999, Dollar has consecutively held the number one spot overall on the Winter 1999-2000, Spring, Summer and Fall 2000 Scorecards. Gomez is the leading provider of e-commerce customer experience measurement, benchmarking, and customer acquisition services to help firms build successful e-businesses and guide consumers in transacting online. Gomez provides an unparalleled view of online customer experience by combining industry specific expertise, a thoroughly objective and extensive Internet evaluation methodology, and high-quality community ratings and reviews of online businesses. "We are very proud to be the only car rental company to ever win this coveted award," Charlie Coniglio, Dollar Rent A Car, staff vice president, e-commerce, says. "We are constantly looking at ways to improve the car rental reservations process for our customers, and will continue to update our site to best meet their travel needs." Dollar.com drove off with the top positions in the On-Site Resources category as well as the Road Warrior (business traveler), Vacationer and Occasional Renter profiles. Dollar also scored second in the Ease of Use category. Gomez.com attributes the site's new location pages dedicated to major cities where Dollar rents as a key reason why Dollar captured the number one finish overall again this quarter. Also noted by Gomez were the site's offering of local information as well as the integration of both pre-set weather and interactive maps into the details of each rental location. The Internet Car Rentals Scorecard can be viewed at: http://www.gomez.com/scorecards/index.cfm?topcat_id=28&item_id=170&itemclass=S CORECARDPROFILE. About Dollar Rent A Car Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , has approximately 430 worldwide locations in 26 countries, with a significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, including 260 locations in the United States. The company and its licensees have locations at most major airports across the nation, and a fleet of more than 97,000 vehicles. DOLLAR(R) worldwide headquarters is located in Tulsa, Okla. For additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is dollar.com. About Gomez GomezPro provides firms with e-commerce customer experience measurement tools, analysis, and advanced data services to help them build successful e-businesses by understanding and utilizing e-commerce best practices. GomezNetworks provides companies with real time site performance measurement and diagnosis/analysis. Gomez performance measurement technology and tools enable companies to optimize customer experience and improve service performance. Gomez.com provides consumers with Scorecard rankings and merchant certification of more than 6,000 firms in over 75 industries. Gomez content, tools and incentives enable consumers to navigate and transact on-line with confidence. The Gomez.com Performance Media(TM) program allows merchants to reach desirable consumers at a guaranteed acquisition cost.