Posted on March 18, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Irish car hire technology firm CarTrawler has announced a deal with US Airlines Reporting Corportation (ARC) that will see it offering its services to over 20,000 travel agents and corporate travel departments across the US.

Company founders Greg and Niall Turley devised CarTrawler’s booking engine solution in 2004 as a means of selling car hire by combining it with airline reservations.
Commenting on the new deal, CarTrawler CEO Greg Turley said:
“ARC is the backbone of the North American travel industry, and by working together with CarTrawler and the best auto-rental brands in the world, ARC is really providing an excellent incremental revenue source for its travel agency base.”

At present, CarTrawler provides car hire services to over 95 airlines around the world through over 1500 online partners.

Lauri Reshus, general manager for ARC said:  “Car rental is an extremely important source of revenue for travel agencies, and travel agencies are an extremely important distribution channel for car rental companies.”