Magazine for the professional car and truck rental industry.
▲ Bluebird Auto Rental Systems provides computer systems to vehicle rental operations worldwide, offering products designed to increase effi ciency and profi tability. The company is celebrating the fi rst anniversary of Rentworks, Blue- bird's Windows-based vehicle rental software, in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud environment. The adoption of the Amazon cloud technology gives Bluebird a global reach, and because of RentWorks' application architecture, customers can deploy popular features such as signature pads, handheld terminals and driver's license scanners at the rental counter while hosting their data in the cloud. Later this year Bluebird will deploy its new data mining reporting engine and will introduce the fi rst multi-tenancy database for auto rental operators with full tenant security. BOOTH 200
▲ Computime, headquartered in St. Louis, provides biometric, electronic signa- ture pads and software for the car rental industry. As an authorized fulfi llment part- ner for Topaz Systems, Computime offers the SignatureGem Backlit LCD 4x5 pad, which is ideal for signing forms and agreements, in addition to the SignatureGem Color 5.7, featuring a full-color LCD screen with hotspots and graphics. Both prod- ucts help car rental agencies save time and money by completely or partially elim- inating the need for paper documents. Computime offers free, lifetime technical support and free plug-ins for Word, Excel and Acrobat. BOOTH 221
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▲ Subrogation Management Team offers full- service damage recovery for owners and managers of car rental fl eets of all sizes. The company's owners and staff have nearly 80 years of car rental operations ex- perience and understand many types of loss. With this experience, staff members can professionally explain, justify and prove a client's full loss to the insurance industry, rental industry, at-fault third parties, credit card benefi t companies, employers, and all other responsible and liable parties. Clients are informed of the status and collection of each fi le through various detailed reports. BOOTH 321
▲ KLC Brands' newest product Marvel-US Daily Refresher gives rental cars that "just cleaned" smell. The odor-killing spray contains fragrance in addition to deodorizers that work together to neutralize musty and stale smells. Rather than providing fruity perfumes that merely mask pungent scents, Marvel-US Daily Refresher eliminates the odor. The product aims to ensure that rental car customers are not deterred by any unnecessary and prevent- able odor problems that could exist in a frequently used vehicle. BOOTH 225
▲ NS Wash Systems, a vehicle wash system company, has provided thousands of vehicle wash systems that accommodate cars, SUVs, vans, buses, trucks and trains around the U.S. since 1961. With the Mini Express Wash, it's practical to own an automated car wash no matter the size of your fl eet. A small pad, a garden hose and electricity are all you need. The system has a Lammscloth/Soft Scrub combina- tion for a thorough wash. With hose activation for machine and rinse, a built-in pre- soap applicator and a built-in wax applicator, the Mini Express allows you to plug the system in and begin washing your cars at up to 60 cars per hour. BOOTH 109
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