Travelocity Launches First Comprehensive Online Local Car Rental Site (Full article)

Car rental shoppers now have faster and easier accessibility to more than 20,000 neighborhood and airport locations across the world. Travelocity customers now also have the ability to pick up and drop off a car at different rental locations, even in different states.

Enhancements to Travelocity's car rental functionality include:

-- A new geo-coding system that provides rental car shoppers with
timesaving ways to search for a car rental location by
address, ZIP code or nearby attraction

-- Search results include a new display grid offering the
TotalPrice and daily rental rate, along with a map
highlighting the closest, most relevant location options

-- In keeping with Travelocity's new look and feel throughout the
entire site, an arched progress bar has been added to the top
of each page on the car rental section to further assist
consumers during the shopping and booking process

-- Local and one-way car rental options will also be available on
Travelocity Business(SM)

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Travelocity's industry-leading technology and straight-talking, honest information help travelers take more rewarding and affordable trips. With 44 million registered users and booking nearly $4 billion of travel in 2003, Travelocity(R) negotiates thousands of low-priced deals with the world's most reputable travel providers -- top airlines, hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines, and other destination attractions and services. Additionally, Travelocity offers deeply-discounted rates for weekend getaways and dynamic packages through its Last Minute Deals and TotalTrip(SM) shopping engines, and provides customer service support over the phone 24 hours a day. Based in Southlake, Texas, Travelocity also operates Travelocity Business(SM) for corporate customers, powers international travel Web sites in eight languages, and has been recognized for its consumer advocacy and global leadership in online travel. More information about Travelocity is available at www.travelocity.com. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation (TSG), a world leader in travel commerce. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at www.sabre-holdings.com.