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Legislative Update
ACRA Welcomes Several New Car Rental Companies and Associate Members
The American Car Rental Association (ACRA) is currently accepting new members and renewing memberships for 2012. This month, ACRA welcomes the Hertz Corp. as its newest car rental company member.
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CRA was formed to represent the entire car rental industry in legislative forums, public policy con-
cerns, travel issues and tax initiatives. With Hertz's membership, ACRA has the support of all the major car rental companies.
Sharon Faulkner, executive director of ACRA, said that the organization is pleased Hertz has become a member. "T eir inclusion will strengthen our position as being recognized as a strategic industry organiza- tion," she says. "T e industry is facing diffi cult legisla- tive issues that need a unifi ed front carrying a consis- tent message when meeting with legislators and their staff . T is year ACRA will be as strong as the industry needs it to be."
Hertz is the world's largest general use car rental brand, operating from approximately 8,500 locations in 150 countries worldwide. Hertz is the No. 1 airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 94 major airports in Eu- rope, operates corporate and licensee locations in cities and airports in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand with licensee locations in Africa and the Middle East. Tag OKC Inc., a franchise of Dollar T riſt y that covers the Oklahoma City area, has also recently joined ACRA. Wendell Steward Jr. is president of the company. Majesty Rent A Car, located in Pompano Beach, Fla. joined in January; it is a new rental car company servic- ing Florida only.
ACRA has also recently added fi ve new associate members:
1. LexisNexis from Alpharetta, Ga. is a global provid- er of content-enabled workfl ow solutions. A member of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 15,000 employees worldwide. Lexis-
Nexis Risk Solutions is a natural extension of the core competencies and technologies proven in LexisNexis online products over the past 30 years, building on the LexisNexis tradition as a trusted provider and custodi- an of quality information, and leveraging new technol- ogy, unique data and advanced scoring analytics to cre- ate total solutions to address client needs. 2. Town and Country Insurance Agency Inc. in Hous- ton is a full-service insurance agency.
3. Vehicle Valuation Service Inc. in Illinois, in response to the request of major insurance carriers, automobile dealers and fl eet rental companies, developed the nation's fi rst automated diminished value product, which today is the recognized source accepted and used in hearings, trials, arbitrations and diminished value needs. 4. Wrap Media Group in Boca Raton, Fla. has opened the rental car industry to the advertising world and cur- rently off ers brands the ability to advertise on rental ve- hicles in partnership with car rental companies. 5. HGS, located in Illinois, is a customer relations and business process management company, with a glob- al footprint across North America, Europe and Asia. It off ers contact center solutions, back offi ce transaction processing services, domain analytics and process con- sulting solutions.
With each new member and renewed member, ACRA grows stronger and off ers members the benefi ts of a large organization with powerful lobbyists that can make the diff erence when bills are introduced to legislatures. If your company hasn't become a member of ACRA yet, consider joining now and becoming a part of the grow- ing and profi table force of the car rental industry. For information, contact Faulkner at (888) 200-2795 or join at www.acraorg.com.
6 ARN • MARCH / APRIL 2012
