Hertz Recognized as Best Car Rental Company Among Industry Awards

Company Earns Top Honors from Three Different Travel Industry Publications

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Dec 08, 2014, 09:00 ET

ESTERO, Fla., Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE:HTZ), the world's largest general use car rental brand, was recognized as 'Best Car Rental Company of 2014' in three top-tier travel industry awards, including Business Traveler Magazine's 2014 Best in Business Travel Awards, Global Traveler GT Tested Reader Survey Awards, and Recommend Travel Agent Readers' Choice Awards.

"At Hertz we're constantly striving to offer our customers the best, most convenient car rental experience possible," said Hertz Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Bob Stuart. "It's an honor to earn these awards and we will continue to innovate to ensure Hertz remains the leader in the industry."

Business Traveler Magazine's 2014 Best in Business Travel Awards named the travel industry's top providers of services and products. Hertz was named 'Best Car Rental Company in the World' and winners were chosen by the magazine's readers in the 26th Annual Best in Business Travel survey. This year, readers selected the best in 66 categories, ranging from global airlines, hotel establishments and car rental companies.

Global Traveler named Hertz 'Best Car Rental Company' in the 11^th GT Tested Reader Survey awards. The readers of Global Traveler named the top of the class in airlines, hotels, destinations, travel goods and services around the world.

Lastly, Recommend magazine named Hertz as 'Best Travel Agent Support Car Rental Company' in their 18^th annual readers choice awards. Recommend readers selected their preferred destinations, tour operators, resorts and cruise lines and a variety of other industry categories.

To learn more about Hertz and the company's recent recognitions, visit www.hertz.com.

About Hertz
The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly car rental brands in approximately more than 11,500 corporate and licensee locations throughout 145 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and New Zealand. Hertz is the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand with more than 1,400 airport locations in the U.S. and a presence at more than 250 international airports. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, NeverLost®, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Family, Fun, Green and Prestige Collections set Hertz apart from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation, operates the Hertz 24/7 hourly car rental business and sells vehicles through its Rent2Buy program. The company also owns Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC), one of the largest equipment rental businesses with more than 340 locations worldwide offering a diverse line of equipment and tools for rent and sale. HERC primarily serves the construction, industrial, oil, gas, entertainment and government sectors. For more information about Hertz, visit: www.hertz.com.

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