GREAT NECK, N.Y., June 22, 2010 —
Highway Toll Administration, LLC (HTA), the nation's leading provider of electronic
toll collection services to the car-rental industry, has extended its U.S. footprint
through agreements with leading car-, van- and truck-rental brands, including ACO
Rent A Car (ACO), the leading car-rental brand of Venezuela, now serving the Miami
area.
Beginning in July, HTA will provide license-plate-based video-tolling
services to ACO's fleet at Miami International Airport (MIA). ACO serves six
airports in Venezuela and entered the U.S. market in December 2009 at MIA.
Citing HTA's position as both a pioneer and market leader in
electronic toll collection for the car-rental industry, ACO's Miami General
Manager Ana Godoy said, "HTA has the proven expertise that will enable us to
provide the added convenience of electronic tolling services to our customers, improving
their travel experiences by helping them reach their destinations without having
to stop to at toll plazas."
HTA, which introduced electronic toll collection to the car-rental
industry in 2002, also now has agreements with Payless Car Rental (Payless) and
Carl's Van Rentals to provide license-plate-based video-tolling services to
their rental fleets, said HTA President & CEO David Centner.
"After successfully working with a number of Payless franchisees, including
the one at Newark Liberty International Airport, our association with Payless now
extends to the corporate entity," he noted, adding that HTA now provides services
to Payless car renters at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
In addition, said Centner, HTA was recently named the preferred vendor
of electronic toll collection services for U.S. franchisees of U-Save Car and Truck
Rental. U-Save, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., has 188 locations throughout the
United States, Central America and the Caribbean.
Centner added that HTA has a contract with San Francisco's Bay Area Toll Authority
(BATA) to conduct video tolling for rental cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge,
the San Francisco Bay Bridge and six other regional bridges.
"With these new contracts and relationships, HTA has increased its position
as the largest third-party provider of electronic toll collection services to the
car-rental industry," said Centner. "And we are confident that we will
be the provider of choice for brands that want to seamlessly deliver these types
of value-added services to their customers."
Centner noted that in May 2010 Enterprise Holdings announced that HTA will administer
a video-toll-pass program called TollPass Automatic for the company's three
car rental brands: Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental.
About Highway Toll Administration, LLC (HTA)
Established in 2002, HTA was the first electronic-toll-payment service provider
to the car-rental industry and today has more than 75% market share by transaction
volume. The company, which handles the tolling interests of more than 1.3 million
vehicles, has processed in excess of 10 million electronic toll-collection transactions
with data from both transponder-based and license-plate-based video tolling. Through
its patent-pending technology and proprietary services, HTA offers the most comprehensive
electronic toll collection solutions in its field, from transponder rentals to video
tolling and violations processing. The company's customer roster includes ACO
Rent A Car, Alamo Rent A Car, Avis Rent A Car, Budget Rent A Car, Carl's Van
Rentals, Enterprise Rent A Car, National Car Rental, Payless Car Rental and dozens
of independents, as well as franchisees, such as those of Dollar Rent A Car, Payless
Car Rental, Thrifty Car Rental and U-Save Car and Truck Rental. HTA often operates
under the brands of its customers; for example, Avis eToll and EHI's TollPass
Automatic. Please visit www.htallc.com
Note: The names of companies, other entities, products and/or services mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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