National Car Rental, is reinforcing its focus on corporate travellers at this year’s World Travel Market with a range of initiatives.

“Whilst a big part of the focus for WTM is on the leisure traveller, we know that there is also good representation from those sectors of the travel trade that focus on business travel” explained Mark Lister, regional director, EMEA franchising & corporate accounts for National Car Rental. “We will therefore be talking about a number of initiatives that have been developed to enhance the relationship corporate travellers and their travel managers have with vehicle rental. It’s often the ‘poor relation’ to flights, airports and hotels but, of course, is the critical connection to those services. So our goal is to make the entire rental experience for businesses as streamlined and cost-effective as possible.”

National Car Rental launch the latest version of its Drive Safe website with driving information on 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America, it offers a wealth of free advice and tips. Key features include:

Road Regulations - In-depth guidelines on speed limits, alcohol limits and road tolls.

Mobile phones and child seats – Guidance on whether hand held mobile phones can be used and what sort of child seats are required.

Driving tips - Advice on country and city driving as well as tips on rush hour times, parking rules and road safety initiatives.

Drive Safe also offers key country facts for business travellers including:

• Currency
• Time zone
• Calling code
• Real-time weather forecast
• Access to a Google map for each country