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holiday autos is offering rugby fans special deals on car rental ‘Down Under' during the Rugby World Cup next month.
Savings of up to 25% are available on 28 days car hire for anyone heading to Australia to follow the fortunes of the home nations.
A 20% discount is available to anyone renting in Oz for 21 days, with a 15% discount for customers taking a car for 14 days.
holiday autos' is also offering great deals on shorter rentals, with prices starting at £18* per day for one week's car hire.
The discounts are available for pick-ups in Australia between October and December.
For one destination car hire visit www.holidayautos.co.uk . To book a touring itinerary Tel: 0870 400 4447.
*based on one week's rental October – December, prices may vary according to location, date and vehicle availability. Percentage discounts are off current phone prices.
For media information contact Claire Williams
at Holiday Autos
Tel: 01276 413929 or email clairewilliams@holidayautos.co.uk
About Holiday Autos
Holiday Autos is the world's largest leisure car rental broker. Founded in 1987, the innovative company revolutionised the car rental industry by introducing fully inclusive rental prices, and, a few years later, was among the first to enmbrace e-commerce by developing the website as a key distribution channel. Today more than 40% of business is transacted on-line.
The Holiday Autos Group operates through a mix of corporate offices, joint ventures and sales agents in 40 countries worldwide. In 2002 the group turnover was £ 154million.
In March 2003 Holiday Autos was bought by lastminute.com for £ 40 million. Company founder Clive Jacobs retains the position of chief executive and has joined the board of lastminute.com as vice chairman.
About lastminute.com
lastminute.com is Europe 's leading online provider of travel and leisure solutions. Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, it offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, car hire, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations and home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions.
Operating across multiple markets, lastminute.com has established approximately 15,300 supplier relationships and over 7.5 million subscribers to its weekly news letter.
lastminute.com also owns and operates online brands holidayautos.com, travelprice.com, degriftour.com, travelselect.com, travel4less.co.uk and eXhilaration.co.uk and has a stake in LCC24.com, the online vehicle for Lufthansa City Center , in Germany .
More information available at www.lastminute.com/ir
