Ryanair Holdings PLC RYANAIR LAUNCHES NEW CAR HIRE SERVICE (0063X)
August 25 2015 - 6:12AM
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RNS Number : 0063X
Ryanair Holdings PLC
25 August 2015
RYANAIR LAUNCHES NEW CAR HIRE SERVICE,
POWERED BY CARTRAWLER
Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (25 Aug) launched
Ryanair Car Hire and announced a new partnership with CarTrawler, a
leading travel-technology platform and online aggregator of car
rental services, allowing Ryanair customers to book the widest
range of cars at the best prices on the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair's new car hire partnership with CarTrawler offers
customers a direct connection to over 1,500 leading and independent
car rental agents in over 30,000 airport and city locations, across
174 different countries, and the launch of Ryanair Car Hire is the
latest in a series of improvements under Ryanair's "Always Getting
Better" programme, with much more to come, including a new
personalised website, new interiors and new cabin crew
uniforms.
Ryanair Car Hire will go live on the Ryanair.com website from
Tuesday, 1(st) September 2015.
In London, Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary said:
"Following an extensive tender process, Ryanair is pleased to
partner with CarTrawler, who offer the best conversion rate in the
business, as we launch Ryanair Car Hire, offering the widest range
and best value car rental service to our 103m customers. This is
the latest in a series of customer experience improvements under
our "Always Getting Better" programme. Ryanair customers already
enjoy the lowest fares in Europe and our partnership with
CarTrawler will guarantee them the lowest car hire prices as well,
every time they fly with us."
CarTrawler CEO, Mike McGearty said:
"Ryanair is at the forefront of online travel retailing. In
CarTrawler, they have chosen a car rental partner with the scale,
expertise and technology platform that will help them to deliver on
their promise of "Always Getting Better". This new partnership is a
natural fit between two companies that are trailblazers in their
respective fields; Ryanair has transformed air travel while
CarTrawler continues to deliver innovative ground transportation
solutions to airlines and online travel retailers all over the
world. We look forward to providing Ryanair customers with an
enhanced car rental experience while delivering the best possible
return for Ryanair and its investors through our scientific
approach to car rental retailing."
ENDS
For further information
please contact: Robin Kiely Joe Carmody
Ryanair Ltd Edelman Ireland
Tel: +353-1-9451949 Tel: +353-1-6798333
press@ryanair.com ryanair@edelman.com
About CarTrawler
CarTrawler connects business and leisure customers and online
travel retailers with more road and rail transport solutions than
they will find anywhere else. Over 80 international airlines and
2,000 travel retailers around the world trust CarTrawler to provide
their customers with real-time access to over 1,500 leading and
independent car rental agents, coach transfers, rail networks and
chauffeur drive services at 30,000 locations in 174 countries. Its
in-house booking engine gives it the opportunity to easily and
quickly scale to accommodate customer demand. CarTrawler also owns
and operates the Cabforce, Holiday Autos and Argus Car Hire brands.
The company headquarters and Customer Centre of Excellence are
located in Dublin, Ireland, with additional offices in Boston,
London and Helsinki. CarTrawler is private equity backed by BC
Partners and Insight Venture Partners. For further information,
please visit www.cartrawler.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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