Car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings has posted a quarterly profit ahead of market expectations as margins improved in the United States. Strong demand from business and leisure travellers at hotels and airlines has, in turn, been helping rental companies such as Hertz.

The Hertz Corporation continues the expansion into the neighborhood market with the opening of 150 Hertz Local Edition locations in 33 states (listed below), the greatest number of openings in a single quarter since Hertz began expanding into the local, neighborhood marketplace.

Hertz and MotoGP rights holder, Dorna Sports, have announced a two-year extension to their global agreement, with Hertz moving from provider to rental services supplier in the MotoGP World Championship. Partners since 2010, Hertz will continue to offer Dorna Sports a range of car and equipment rental services throughout the 2012 and 2013 season in one of the world’s premier motorcycling championships.

The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, has announced that it will help promote Source London’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network to Hertz customers in support of London’s vision of becoming an electric capital of Europe.

The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, has announced that through its partnership with Italo-NTV, the first European private high speed railway operator, Italo customers will be able to rent stylish smart fortwo electric drives from the Hertz locations at the Rome Tiburtina and Rome Ostiense train stations.

Car rental company Hertz has partnered with Wimbledon for the 18th year in a row and will be giving fans access to the Championships through daily interviews that will be filmed in Hertz cars as players make their way to the matches.