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First ever online RFP tool for car rental is launched
ETABid has launched the first ever e-RFP tool for car rental contracting, automating every step of the tendering process for corporate travel buyers.
The online car rental tool is initially available in customised versions for the UK and US markets and can be used for national or multi-national tenders.
Since launching in 2004, ETABid has also launched fully automated RFP tools for travel management companies and self-booking tools.
Buyers that have used ETABid to date include Siemens UK, Smith and Nephew, Tesco and Dana Corporation.
“The tool brings greater pricing transparency than is usual to the car rental process,’ said ETABid managing director Karen McGee.
“For instance, buyers can look at all the responses and see that a particular rental company is the most competitively priced everywhere except for compact cars in New York or vehicle delivery in Edinburgh. They can then go back to the supplier and negotiate on those particular points.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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