Avis Europe cuts commission
AVIS Europe is to stop paying commission to travel agents on corporate contracted rental deals from April 1 next year.
Commission arrangements for leisure rentals and other business bookings, with companies which do not have individually negotiated rates, are unaffected.
Chief executive Murray Hennessy said the move reflected the trend for agents to charge management or transaction fees from corporate customers.
But he added: "We value our relationships with travel agents ....we will continue to competitively reward them for the discretionary corporate and leisure business that they bring us."
The new structure will apply to rental bookings in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
The remaining markets in which Avis Europe operates will implement a similar policy at a later date.