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                        <title>Pub quiz Sunny Cars and Sunair makes successful comeback</title>

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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate>

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With more than 80 participants and 21 teams, Sunny Cars and Sunair can look back on a successful second edition of their pub quiz. Restaurant Dengh on the outskirts of Utrecht was the setting for a sporty and fun evening on Wednesday. In addition to general questions, the participating travel agents were also asked specific &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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With more than 80 participants and 21 teams, Sunny Cars and Sunair can look back on a successful second edition of their pub quiz. Restaurant Dengh on the outskirts of Utrecht was the setting for a sporty and fun evening on Wednesday. In addition to general questions, the participating travel agents were also asked specific questions about Sunair and Sunny Cars. For the visitors, it was a great opportunity to show their knowledge about car rental and city trips, or to brush up on it. Of course, the fixed ingredients of a pub night, such as a drink and a bitterbal, were not lacking. After the great success of five years ago, Sunair and Sunny Cars have relaunched their pub quiz nights this spring. The two partners travel the country together to transfer their knowledge in a creative way. The interest shows that the initiative is well received. The first meeting in Breda last week had about 90 participants and the third and final edition in Enschede next week will also reach that number.  A selection of the photos can be found here.
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                        <title>Giveaway Sunny Cars: have a chance to win a weekend with the T-Roc convertible</title>

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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:17:09 +0000</pubDate>

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Sunny Cars has launched a new promotion. The car rental specialist is lending its VW T-Roc Convertible to five travel agents this summer. The booking promotion will start on Monday 8 April. Participating in the action is simple, says Sunny Cars. From 8 April to 16 June, a photo will be shared every two weeks &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Sunny Cars has launched a new promotion. The car rental specialist is lending its VW T-Roc Convertible to five travel agents this summer. The booking promotion will start on Monday 8 April. Participating in the action is simple, says Sunny Cars. From 8 April to 16 June, a photo will be shared every two weeks on the Facebook page of the Sunny Cars sales team and in the newsletter. Those who are not yet members are advised to sign up quickly. Officers have to guess where the T-Roc is. They then have a chance to win a weekend of convertible driving. To be eligible, they only need to do one thing besides guessing the destination: reserve at least two rental cars during the promotional period. There are plenty of chances to win, because every two weeks there is a new chance. In total, there are five rounds of action. &#8220;The Sunny Car is already attracting a lot of attention on the road, but also at the trade fairs we participate in,&#8221; says Fieneke van Heusden-Bosters, Account Manager Retail &amp; ZRAs. &#8216;We were regularly asked whether this car is also available for rent. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not, but enough reason for us to come up with a fun campaign around it.&#8217; Participation in the promotion is open to anyone who sells Sunny Cars, whether you work as a travel agent, in the business branch of the industry or with a tour operator, says Sunny Cars. The only condition is that you live in the Netherlands and that you must be in possession of a Dutch driver&#8217;s license. &#8220;Are you going to walk away with the win? With a free fuel card, you can enjoy an all-inclusive weekend in the Sunny T-Roc in the summer months (June, July and August).&#8217;
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                        <title>Sunny Cars: more possible again with Sunny2go</title>

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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:36:13 +0000</pubDate>

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The personalised web app Sunny2go, which Sunny Cars customers can use for additional services before and during the car rental period, has once again been expanded with new applications. For example, customers anywhere in the world can use free data, use artificial intelligence (AI) to create a customized city tour and download free magazines. Sunny2go &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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The personalised web app Sunny2go, which Sunny Cars customers can use for additional services before and during the car rental period, has once again been expanded with new applications. For example, customers anywhere in the world can use free data, use artificial intelligence (AI) to create a customized city tour and download free magazines. Sunny2go is the personal travel assistant of Sunny Cars that allows you, as a renter, to discover the most beautiful places in your holiday destination. Users receive free lounge access in the event of flight delays, chat with the concierge for local tips, map out driving routes and easily find parking. All services are free to use and are designed to make the customer&#8217;s holiday even more enjoyable and relaxing, says the car rental specialist. Customers don&#8217;t have to worry about running out of data on the road, as they now receive 1GB of data allowance for free for 7 days. Thanks to this free data, customers can access Sunny2go from anywhere in the world. If needed, they can purchase additional data. The latest addition is only two weeks old: the Mediabox. With this, holidaymakers have the opportunity to download five e-magazines for free. The offer ranges from leisure and fashion magazines to car and business magazines. The offer can be used throughout the trip: on the plane or even on the last day of the trip. The web application also offers the possibility to generate tailor-made trips in the city of the holiday destination. Through AI, a tailor-made route is put together for the customer. Another useful feature is that you can ask for a restaurant recommendation, ranging from budget to normal to high end. These tips are stored in the route. &#8220;Last year, more than 270,000 customers used Sunny2go,&#8221; says Hans Knottnerus, Managing Director Netherlands, Belgium and France at Sunny Cars. He says that the optimization of Sunny2go will continue in 2024. &#8220;Our focus is therefore on arranging the car rental experience of our customers down to the last detail. Because in addition to the above additions, Parkopedia has also been expanded. This way, customers with an electric rental car can find the nearest charging station in no time. Thanks to the extra additions in Sunny2go, we ensure that those unlimited kilometres are enjoyed even more.&#8217; Every tenant gets access to the web app two weeks before the start of the rental to get into the holiday mood. (Photo: Sunny Cars).
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                        <title>Sunny Cars present at TravDay &#8211; Tuesday 26 March</title>

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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:08:39 +0000</pubDate>

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Sunny Cars will be present at the sixth edition of TravDay on Tuesday 26 March 2024. &#8216;Sunny Cars is once again navigating to Amersfoort to update you on the latest product facts and challenges that we are taking on together this year. As the car rental specialist of the travel industry, a stand at Travday &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Sunny Cars will be present at the sixth edition of TravDay on Tuesday 26 March 2024.  &#8216;Sunny Cars is once again navigating to Amersfoort to update you on the latest product facts and challenges that we are taking on together this year. As the car rental specialist of the travel industry, a stand at Travday should not be missed. &#8216;But this year too, there&#8217;s more&#8230; With us you not only rent carefree, we take away all the worries you have during a free massage. Be pampered and come and recharge in our massage car. And before you continue to explore the fair, an unforgettable photo in our Sunny Car should not be missed. Who do we see there?&#8217; Sign up for TravDay now: https://travday.nl/nl/aanmelden-bezoekers/
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                        <title>Sunny Cars for the first time with stand at ITB</title>

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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:00:11 +0000</pubDate>

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This year, for the first time, Sunny Cars has its own stand at the ITB in Berlin, the largest tourism fair in the world. The car rental specialist has a stand in hall 10.1/113 with an area of approximately 100 square metres. The main purpose of our own stand is to be able to have &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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This year, for the first time, Sunny Cars has its own stand at the ITB in Berlin, the largest tourism fair in the world. The car rental specialist has a stand in hall 10.1/113 with an area of approximately 100 square metres. The main purpose of our own stand is to be able to have conversations with partners. The stand is not focused on sales to consumers, because the ITB has been entirely B2B since last year&#8217;s edition. This year&#8217;s ITB will take place from 5 to 7 March, at Messe Berlin.  Photo: (from left to right) Marco Ammerlaan, Hans Knottnerus and Suzanne Al (archive photo TravMagazine).
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                        <title>Sunny Cars optimistic about fiscal year 2024; &#8216;Prices even more favourable this year&#8217;</title>

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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>

            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Theo de Reus]]></dc:creator>

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Sunny Cars expects another good financial year. &#8220;Our goal is to match the number of 785,000 bookings of last financial year,&#8221; Kai Sannwald, founder and CEO of Sunny Cars, said Thursday during the annual &#8217;round table&#8217; with international press, which took place this year at the Dutch headquarters in Haarlem. The new financial year, which &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Sunny Cars expects another good financial year. &#8220;Our goal is to match the number of 785,000 bookings of last financial year,&#8221; Kai Sannwald, founder and CEO of Sunny Cars, said Thursday during the annual &#8217;round table&#8217; with international press, which took place this year at the Dutch headquarters in Haarlem. The new financial year, which runs from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024, is off to a good start at Sunny Cars. In the first quarter (November 1, 2023 to January 2024), Sunny Cars was able to record 225,000 reservations. This is considerably more than in the same period of the previous financial year. In fiscal year 2023, Sunny Cars achieved a turnover of 374 million euros with 785,000 bookings. The goal for 2024 is to achieve the same number of bookings, with a lower turnover of 316 million expected. An important reason for this is a decrease in the average rent, which was much higher shortly after corona, but has now stabilised. &#8220;Everything is getting back to normal,&#8221; Sannwald said. &#8216;Moreover, we like to keep our prognosis conservative.&#8217; Trend
 According to Sunny Cars, there is a clear trend to secure the rental car early, a recommendation that the company has been making for years because the customer still has plenty of choice in the type of car. For example, in December 2023, more than half of all reservations were made for a travel period between March and December 2024. Another piece of good news is customer appreciation. The car rental specialist has received a score of 4.7 out of 5.0 on Trustpilot. For Sunny Cars, this is proof that service and quality have been rightly chosen. There is also a lot of appreciation from the industry for Sunny Cars, which was once again rewarded with the Holiday Award for best Car Rental Provider at the end of January during the Travel Gala of TRAVel Media (including TravMagazine and Travelpro). In short, quality pays off, says the group, which was founded in Germany in 1991 and is now active in seven European countries. This year, Italy was added as the seventh market. &#8220;With our rental cars, you don&#8217;t run any risks. We also apply this principle in our business operations,&#8221; says founder Sannwald. &#8216;We are optimistic about 2024. Thanks to a strong financial year, we are able to make further future-oriented investments, as the profit remains within the company. This allows us to focus on high quality rather than quantity.&#8217; After the shortage of rental cars, which arose after the corona pandemic and the price explosion that resulted, the market has calmed down again. While the cost of airfare and accommodations has increased significantly since last year, the price of car rental will develop in the opposite direction in 2024. &#8220;After the price explosion in 2022, rents have slowly stabilized at a lower level in 2023,&#8221; Sannwald confirms. &#8220;We expect average prices to be even more favourable this year.&#8221; According to Sannwald, this can already be seen at the start of the financial year: in the first few months, the average rent was 466 euros. A year earlier, this was still 536 euros. Even the exceptionally high prices in the U.S. are falling slightly. However, with an average rent of 943 euros, it is still well above average. &#8220;Enlightenment is the key word for the supply-side situation,&#8221; says Sannwald. &#8220;Fortunately, the shortage of rental cars is a thing of the past. By 2024, there will be plenty of rental cars.&#8217; Nevertheless, the advice is to secure the car early due to the huge demand for rental cars in popular holiday destinations, especially during the peak season. In 2024, there are likely to be occasional bottlenecks again, especially for the popular small car category. Popular with car renters are the classic destinations on the Mediterranean, but the US is also popular again. However, Spain, including the islands, is expected to top the list of top countries in 2024 as well.   Section  &#8220;As a partner of the travel industry, the travel trade is and will remain extremely important,&#8221; emphasizes Hans Knottnerus, Managing Director Netherlands, Belgium and France. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re investing a lot in this area. Our goal is to provide our resellers with the best possible service and to ensure satisfied customers together. Also this year you will see us at the most important events to pass on our knowledge. But we also organize a number of events ourselves. The pub quiz in collaboration with Sunair is back, an evening where knowledge and fun are combined. The successful Smile Society Event will also return in September. ́ The personal digital travel assistant Sunny2go that tenants can use is continuously updated. Recently, even more features have been added, including AI-based, personalized city tours and new travel information. There is also a 1GB eSIM that customers can use at the destination. Drivers can also use additional features to find a parking space in faraway countries, eliminating the need for driving in circles.  Photo: Team Sunny Cars (from left to right): Detlef Hoffmann, Thorsten Lehmann, Suzanne Al, Hans Knottnerus, Alena Wasmer and Kai Sannwald.  
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                        <title>Pub quiz Sunair and Sunny Cars are back</title>

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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>

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After great success five years ago, the pub quiz nights of Sunair and Sunny Cars are back. This spring, the two partners will travel the country together to transfer their knowledge in a creative way. Sunair and Sunny Cars promise a hilarious evening while enjoying a drink and snack. The following dates and cities are &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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After great success five years ago, the pub quiz nights of Sunair and Sunny Cars are back. This spring, the two partners will travel the country together to transfer their knowledge in a creative way. Sunair and Sunny Cars promise a hilarious evening while enjoying a drink and snack. The following dates and cities are on the agenda: -Monday 25 March: Breda -Wednesday 3 April: Utrecht &#8211; Monday 8 April: Enschede There is room for 75 people per evening. The evenings last from 19:00 to 22:00. If you want to attend this team outing, you can register via the link below. https://bit.ly/pubquiz-sunair-sunnycars(Photo: Shutterstock).
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                        <title>Hertz slams on the brakes on electric cars</title>

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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>

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Car rental company Hertz will sell a third of its U.S. fleet of electric cars again. The proceeds are used to buy cars with a conventional combustion engine. In total, Hertz is selling 20,000 electric cars. The reasons are the low demand for electric rental cars and the high repair costs. Hertz has many Teslas &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Car rental company Hertz will sell a third of its U.S. fleet of electric cars again. The proceeds are used to buy cars with a conventional combustion engine. In total, Hertz is selling 20,000 electric cars. The reasons are the low demand for electric rental cars and the high repair costs. Hertz has many Teslas in its fleet whose repair costs are high in case of damage, reports the German Handelsblatt. In addition, there would be reluctance on the part of consumers because of the range and infrastructure to charge electric cars. In addition, Tesla has lowered the prices of new cars, significantly reducing the resale value of existing Teslas for car rental companies. Hertz announced in 2021 that it would expand its fleet by 100,000 Teslas by the end of 2022. In April 2022, the purchase of 65,000 electric cars from Polestar was announced.  (Photo Shutterstock).
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                        <title>Free refuelling at Sunny Cars on the Trade Day</title>

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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:50:09 +0000</pubDate>

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Sunny Cars has been known for its extensive all-in service for years and industry peers can also expect this at the Trade Day. Trade visitors can warm up all day long with a free cup of coffee on the Mediterranean Sunny Cars terrace. A pleasant surprise with these cold temperatures. If you prefer to start &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Sunny Cars has been known for its extensive all-in service for years and industry peers can also expect this at the Trade Day. Trade visitors can warm up all day long with a free cup of coffee on the Mediterranean Sunny Cars terrace. A pleasant surprise with these cold temperatures. If you prefer to start the new year with some extra vitamins, you can order a fresh smoothie. &#8220;One coffee ccino or fruit boost and you&#8217;re recharged,&#8221; says Sunny Cars, who is also ready to take a chance. Because travel agents have a chance to drive around in the burnt Sunny T-Roc for a long weekend on Wednesday. The Sunny Cars terrace can be found in Hall 8.
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                        <title>Suzanne Al (Sunny Cars) in 20 questions: &#8216;I want to make a difference for the customer&#8217;</title>

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Suzanne Al celebrates her 20th anniversary at Sunny Cars this year, where she has risen to the position of marketing director for the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It&#8217;s high time for the one-off column &#8217;20 questions to Suzanne&#8230;&#8217; 1.How did you end up at Sunny Cars? &#8216;I got a call from a recruitment agency that &hellip; Lees verder            ]]></description>

            
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Suzanne Al celebrates her 20th anniversary at Sunny Cars this year, where she has risen to the position of marketing director for the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It&#8217;s high time for the one-off column &#8217;20 questions to Suzanne&#8230;&#8217;  1.How did you end up at Sunny Cars?  &#8216;I got a call from a recruitment agency that was active in the travel industry, Jobs in Travel. There was a vacancy for Marketing &amp; Sales support at Sunny Cars. And that appealed to me, to go back to marketing.&#8217;  2.What makes your job fun?  &#8216;I especially like the focus on the customer, so that we keep improving our product to make it flawless for the customer, so that the process runs smoothly and without friction. I really enjoy increasing the brand awareness of Sunny Cars and making people enthusiastic. My job has a lot of variety, with a bit of PR, branding, online marketing and web development. It&#8217;s a great combination of strategy and practice.&#8217;  3.Your product is already very complete. Is there anything left to improve?  &#8216;I think we&#8217;ve covered everything enough, although you never know what will happen locally, so customers will have doubts about whether they need a certain service or insurance when they arrive. We simply take away all doubt with our all-inclusive offer. The only area for improvement is to ensure that the process from booking to returning the car is as smooth as possible. There&#8217;s always something to optimize.&#8217;  4. You warn customers on the vouchers that they should call if the landlord on site wants to sell them extra insurance. That doesn&#8217;t sound like a good relationship with your supplier.  &#8216;We work with up to 300 partners, with whom we have very good relationships, but such a supplier sometimes has 30 or more offices. You cannot assume that every desk employee at every office is aware of exactly what the Sunny Cars product offers compared to other parties. At the end of the day, it&#8217;s not our cars and we don&#8217;t instruct them. It&#8217;s not that bad. That warning is simply a back-up for the customer, so that they feel confident and do not hesitate. When in doubt, we&#8217;re there, because that&#8217;s where we make the difference. We&#8217;d rather have people call us and we solve the problem, than when someone feels insecure and signs something they shouldn&#8217;t have signed up for.&#8221;  5.What can you miss like a toothache in your work?  &#8220;I don&#8217;t really have that. What I do find annoying is that there have been a lot of meetings lately. Due to corona, teams have started working hybrid and more and more meetings have been scheduled. I sometimes look at my calendar and the whole day is full of online meetings and consultations. That &#8216;consultation&#8217; was much less before corona. I try to push that back and ask if I really need to be there. Like: this meeting could have been an email.&#8217;  6.What is the biggest change in 20 years of Sunny Cars?  &#8220;We have become known as a brand throughout the industry. In the beginning, only travel agencies knew us, as a B2B player, otherwise we were unknown. Now everyone in the industry really knows what we stand for. And that we also serve the entire travel industry. Our product is sold through retail, but is also integrated with tour operators. We&#8217;ve also built up a lot of brand awareness among consumers. We have a lot of fans who trust us. The brand has grown tremendously. We now do much more than just travel agencies. We have a lot of loyal fans who appreciate Sunny Cars, a lot of happy customers.&#8221; The complete interview with Suzanne Al, with all 20 questions and answers, can be read in the recently published TravMagazine #49. &#8216;My guilty pleasure is music from the 80s and 90s&#8217;  Photo: Suzanne Al during the celebration of her anniversary with (from left to right) Kai Sannwald (founder and CEO), Thorsten Lehmann (Managing Partner) and Hans Knottnerus (Managing Director Netherlands, Belgium and France).
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