Whether you're an independent car rental business serving a local market, or a global corporation serving international markets through a multi-lingual reservation platform, getting and staying ahead can be difficult.
During a career at the forefront of international car rental e-commerce dating back to 2000, I have seen markets and technology evolve, and the needs, expectations and diversity of customers grow rapidly.
Development has been fast and continuous, and besides the evolvement of the core web and reservation platform, I was responsible for the onboarding of franchisees totalling 29 languages, as well as managing corporate partnerships, legal compliance, payment authorisation implementation and many other initiatives.
I now work independently, providing consultancy, guidance, testing and auditing services.
Daron Harvey
Professionally developing websites since 1996, and with more than 20 years international car rental e-commerce experience.
Daron Harvey Over 20 yrs international car rental e-commerce experience.
During a career at the forefront of international car rental e-commerce dating back to 2000, I have seen markets and technology evolve, and the needs, expectations and diversity of customers grow rapidly.
Development has been continuous, and besides the evolvement of the web platform, I was responsible for the onboarding of franchisees totalling 29 languages, as well as managing corporate partnerships, legal compliance, payment authorisation implementation and many other initiatives.
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In maintaining professional integrity, no confidential information, intellectual property, faults, problems or criticisms of any company are disclosed on this website, nor offline between companies.
Multiple booking channels
Multiple streams needed to be developed and managed beyond the main core web platform to allow booking channels such as
Booking.com,
Expedia,
Holiday Autos and
Zest Car Rental
to offer our vehicles for selection.
We also worked with a number of airline and hotel partners which enabled their customers to also make car reservations whilst booking their flights or hotels, or they could book via one of a number of dedicated co-branded websites which were built on separate platforms.
Loyalty schemes with companies such as Nectar, etc, were also catered for on a separate platform which allowed points to be accumulated and redeemed against car rentals.
Each of those platforms needed to be developed and managed separately, whilst also communicating to the company's main booking engine to ensure that availability of vehicles was up to date on all channels.
So a very busy, innovative and rewarding time!
Franchise support
Support was also provided to car rental franchisees worldwide who had the option to either come on board onto the main core web platform, or use third party web platforms which needed to integrate with our systems.
100 years of Hertz
Hertz 100 year celebrations
Pictured here in 2018 with former President of Hertz International, Michel Taride, and colleagues from marketing and e-commerce
Hertz 100 year celebrations
Ongoing Challenges
The management of an international car rental platform in 29 languages was not only challenging from the perspective of language, but also differences in international laws and local cultures.
All of this experience, backed up with a technical background in web development provides me with firm foundations to be able to help, advise and collaborate with car rental companies of all sizes.
Daron is highly capable and professional with a wide range of Ecommerce skills and I would highly recommend him to any company looking for a first class job with an emphasis on using a professional who delivers on time and on budget. (R.E. via LinkedIn)
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