Released on = March 20, 2006, 3:43 pm

Press Release Author = U Drive Ireland

Industry = Consumer Services

Press Release Summary = Car Rental customers are set to reap advantages in hiring
from this new kid on the block - U Drive

Ireland. Business in Ireland is growing rapidly and the company aims to capture
significient market

share from it\'s Limerick office.


Press Release Body = Car rental enterprise, UDrive Ireland, has expressed
satisfaction with the roll-out of its Irish car hire

operation, located in Limerick. The aim is to target the booming online travel
market in Ireland.


The emergence of online car rental in recent years, particularly across the world\'s
developed markets,

has prompted consumers to shop around for the most competitive car hire deals
according to Tony

Russell, managing director of UDrive Ireland.


Commenting on the successful roll out of the company\'s web based online booking
facility in Limerick -

http://www.udriveireland.com - he said that they had a proven business model and
were confident it

would prove hugely successful with both business and leisure travelers to Ireland.


\"We see tremendous opportunity here and our move into the car rental market in
Ireland is the next

logical step for us. We are already servicing the commercial hire market with our
fleet of vans and we

are confident that we can also build a substantial business in car hire,\" he said.


Certainly UDrive Ireland appears to have chosen an auspicious time to launch.
Analysts expect there to

be significant growth in both the UK & Ireland market this year. Moreover, research
firm PhoCusWright

projects that the European online travel market will grow from €28.6 billion in 2005
to €41.6 billion in

2006.


Russell emphasised that Ireland represents a huge segment of the online travel
market in Europe. \"One

of the main reasons we decided to launch in Ireland at this time is that the market
here is so big,\" he

explained.


The U Drive Ireland central reservations office is based in Limerick, with rental
desks at all the major

Irish Airports including Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Kerry. They also offer delivery
and collection from the

major airports and have several other car rental locations in Ireland to select from.


Making a booking is easy and secure on the company\'s website -
http://www.udriveireland.com - by

completing a simple quote form which allows you to book the car there and then or
have the quotation

automatically emailed to you.


Looking ahead, the company has plans to ratchet up it\'s offering in the coming year.
\"We have a

definite roadmap in place, but we want to take our time to do it right,\" said Tony
Russell -

http://www.udriveireland.com


For more information or media interviews contact:
Tony Russell,
UDrive Ireland,
Clondrinagh Industrial Estate
Ennis Road,
Limerick, Ireland
Tel: + 353 61 321000
Fax: + 353 61 321000

Web Site = http://www.udriveireland.com

Contact Details = Tony Russell
Ennis Road,
Limerick , na
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0035361321000
info@udriveireland.com
http://www.udriveireland.com