Still featuring independent agencies, who offer the most affordable online rentals. ExpressITech is pleased to announce this week’s launch of an entirely new and rebuilt website at Car Rental Express.com (CRX). This new site is live and ready to view. Car Rental Express is different. It does not feature any major brands. The agencies shown on this site are independently owned and frequently offer the best rates.

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Check out the Renter Ratings, Independent Agencies, and easy rental steps to see how CRX is entirely unique on the web. Find out what makes CRX truly different. The site presents over 300 independent brands in over 2,000 locations worldwide. Having built an online presence in 1999, CRX has now created this improved site, with easier navigation and rental steps, to take advantage of the travel resurgence in 2010.

There are a gazillion places on the Internet where you can rent a car online. But many of those sites show only the same major brands, and the only big differences to be seen are the color schemes of the websites.

Car Rental Express.com (CRX) delivers much more. The reservation process is simple and intuitive and it just … Works! Your information is securely processed. CRX offers renters real choices, with comparisons of hundreds of independent local car rental agencies. All of those agencies are striving to win business, through competitive rates, services, and quality vehicles. Because independent agencies rely heavily on customer loyalty and return business, they do their best for you.

Renter Rated is one of the best features of Car Rental Express.com (CRX) website. For the past decade, agencies have been rated by real renters, on attributes like vehicle availability, agency service, and meeting expectations. The results are posted for each agency listing at CRX and renter comments will be posted there now too. Agency comparisons are found by searching for a rental at a city or an airport. There are listings of the Renter Ratings, vehicles and rental rates for each agency.

Consumers can rent with confidence, by considering all of these factors at CRX. So if you want the best possible rental deal, and a reliable car at affordable prices, visit Car Rental Express.com. Our favorite color is blue and you will see real comparisons.

www.CarRentalExpress.com is powered by the Revolution TM reservation system, produced by Express Internet Technologies, Inc. www.ExpressITech.com

The Revolution™ Reservation System now powers a rebuilt Car Rental Express.com (CRX) website, for launch June 8, 2010. ExpressITech is delighted to announce major enhancements in the Revolution R 1.10 release today, May 26, 2010. Most importantly, Revolution is re-integrated with an entirely rebuilt CRX website. This gives us the capability to grow and expand the CRX site content with confidence over time. Some of the best features of the new site are listed next.

More great Revolution and Manager interface features are outlined below.
Among them are two brand new products: Revolution Website in-a-Box and Revolution Mobile Website.

Car Rental Express.com (CRX)

Modern graphics and a clean navigational design, aimed at increasing conversion of visitors into car renters.

Continuous city update capability, so that Rate Comparison, World Directory, and Discount pages are always up-to-date with the cities where we have agencies.

A mini Rental Center on every page, to ensure visitors can always see their
current reservation information and engage in the rental process.

Addition of our very own Blog! Submit your agency, city or travel articles to Robyn@CarRentalExpress.com, to be considered for inclusion.

Renter Rated agency rating system introduction to replace the consumer reliability index (CRI). Renters can now add their rationale to ratings and comments appear at the CRX site.

The new Renter Rated badge is not branded with the CRX logo and will make a powerful addition to any private agency website. Contact Support@CarRentalExpress.com, to get your own Renter Rated badge today.

Updated Tips and Travel Resource sections. Easy to read.

Specialty Vehicles section that allows renters to search for specific vehicles, like Sport and Luxury cars, Hybrids, Vans and Motorcycles

Welcome to SIXT! - This well respected agency operates in 80+ countries outside North America and makes a welcome addition to the CRX world-wide presence.

Revolution Website in-a-Box

If you need an affordable online presence, we have the right product for you. The Revolution Reservation System has been packaged to allow it to function as a Website in-a-Box. Read more about the product benefits listed here:

• No Web Programming is Needed
• The Reservation System shows Your Company Branding
• Rich Colour Sets are Available for Selection
• Online Demo Site, for your Evaluation
• Get On-line in 24-hours, after CRX setup
• Centralized Data in Revolution Manager

Introducing the Revolution Mobile Website

The same Revolution™ Reservation System that you already have, the one that powers your private website, now offers the perfect mobile presence.

The Revolution Rental Center has been crunched down to fit on the small screen.

Any smart mobile device can walk through the steps of the rental process, from rate search and vehicle options, right through to a confirmed reservation.

The Revolution mobile screens are tailored to show only essential car-rental data. Renters can quickly walk through a set of clean screens, to book their reservation.
Read more about this groundbreaking new product.

Significant Manager Improvements - the Revolution User Interface

• Icon Titles: Added descriptive titles to most icons for better system usability.
• Group Images: Uploading enhancements for Group Images.
• Faster page loading performance, via new data caching strategies.
• Visitor Rental-Step Tracking: New report for tracking visitor’s progress through the reservation system: The ability to view the number of visitors at each rental step.
• Industry Categories: Addition of Industry Categories for vehicle types (standard vehicles, motorcycles,
  motorhomes, etc).

• Blackout Names: Ability to name Blackouts, for easy identification and management.
• More Access: New easy access links to your CRX Profile and your private label website.
• New Rate Feature: Ability to copy seasonal rates from a specific rate code.
• Multi-Tab Browser Support: You can now have 2 or more tabs of
  Manager open, without any problems.

Revolution™ Reservation System Enhancements

• eVox Images Updates: Images now include all 2010 and 2011 models. Update your agency vehicle images to improve rental conversions. Larger and cleaner images for vehicle display at CRX and your private website using the Revolution reservation system.
• Reservation eMail: Updates to reservation emails, for better display of all information, including locations, as well as cleaner display of links back to your agency.
• More Vehicle Details: Display of the cost for Insurances and Extra Options on the Vehicle Details page.

Revolution Upgrades

• Feature Improvements: Resolution of many, many minor feature related issues.

Revolution Release R1.9 is live, as of November 17. Here are some of the developments of interest to agencies:

Pay Per Click Network -

Revolution Manager now shows both Kayak and Compare Car Rentals.com as Pay Per Click or PPC Networks, although the Compare program is not yet active. The upgrade includes a new look and feel with nicer graphs, additional statistics and an account overview page. New signups to our PPC Networks receive 3% free clicks on their first purchase, to check the appearance of their vehicles on-line.

Car Rental Express.com (CRX) Redesign is in Progress

The CRX site is receiving a major upgrade, with a stylish new look and improved navigation. The same great reservation capabilities will be in place and our team is working hard on this upgrade. A site relaunch will take place relatively early in 2010.

Vehicle Image Popup Redesign

This new design allows for cross browser support so that Popups can appear on such browsers as Chrome and Safari. The new popup is also more intuitive and user friendly.

Systems Admin / Procedural

Our server platform has been enhanced with a more efficient backup solution. Additional automated monitoring has been added, making the system best in class.

Some Great Additional Revolution Features

• Improved calendars for pickup and dropoff dates
• One day rates display
• Updates to billing reports
• Revolution code upgrades
• Several client updates

Nucar Connection

There is now a Nucar connection which brings a lot of international representation to CRX and will increase the number of reservations received from overseas.

We are proud to announce the release of Revolution 1.8. Features were developed to better serve your needs.

New Pro Image Gallery (by eVox)

You now have access to over 1,500 new model, showroom quality images, available in all colors in our Pro Gallery. These are professional, up-to-date and uniform vehicle images, which will enhance the look and feel of your representation on the Internet. You can access them by visiting your Vehicles page in Revolution Manager. You can browse and then upload the images that you like best.

New CRX Payment Options

Now you have the option of being charged $12.50/reservation at Car Rental Express.com OR $4.00/reservation/day, to a maximum of 5 days (for any length of rental). This way you can choose to be billed the best way that suits your company. Changes are made only at billing cycle boundaries, like the first of the month. Please contact Robyn Moreno at robyn@expressitech.com to ask for a change in this CRX payment option.

New Partners Added to Our Site

While working towards the completion of this release, we have been communicating closely with two new partners that will allow for increased revenue for your agency:

• 1. Rate Highway - a great way to actively manage rental rates
• 2. Compare Car Rentals.com - a new distribution channel, like Kayak

These new partner services will be available at our next Revolution release, and you can read previews about them at ExpressITech.com. Rate Highway is currently completing beta tests.

Improved Internal Systems

We have made many internal changes to better organize the running of our day-to -day operations. We now have Project Time Tracking, Billing System improvements and Domain Name Management.

Revolution 1.7 has kept our development team busy since December. We are happy to unveil a batch of new features to our Revolution clients.

Revolution Manager - New Look

The first thing you will notice is that Revolution Manager has a new look! The color scheme has changed, and the layout is now wider, giving you more space to administer your Revolution configuration.

Revolution Manager - Now Speedier!

For release 1.7, we focused heavily on improving Manager’s performance. You can now load and edit your information with greater speed and ease. We will be continually optimizing Manager’s performance, but we’ve made a huge leap forward with this Release.

Discounts and Rate Codes Report

In Manager, you can view a report of reservations that were made using special rate codes and discount codes.

Find it here: Reports » Other Reports » Discount Report

Module Enhancements

Vehicle Sales Program

You can now choose “call for pricing” instead of setting a dollar value for each vehicle.

Find it here: Revolution » Modules » Vehicle Sales

Corporate Program

You can now edit the email to which your corporate applications are delivered.

Find it here: Revolution » Modules » Corporate Program

Affiliate Program

You can now customize the service agreements that your affiliates agree to when they enroll in your affiliate program.

Find it here: Revolution » Modules » Affiliate Program

Reservation Phone Number

You can now create a phone number exclusively for your reservation confirmation email (a call center #, for example). This will replace your location and company default phone numbers.