Events and Corporate News

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.