Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2009 Hospitality Index Results

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ranks #1 in Car Rental Industry

 

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (August 25, 2009) - Market Metrix, LLC, the leading provider of customer and employee feedback and performance tools for the hospitality industry, today announced results of the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) for the second quarter of 2009. Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts and Midwest Airlines ranked number one in rental car, hotel and airline industry customer satisfaction, respectively.

 

Since the Market Metrix was instituted in 2002, Enterprise has been recognized as the leader in customer satisfaction in the car rental industry 25 out of 27 times.

 

Market Metrix Hospitality Index - Q2 2009 Winners

WINNER   SEGMENT

 

Hotels
Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts 95.0 Luxury
Kimpton Hotels 92.8 Upper Upscale
Hyatt Place 90.5 Upscale
Clarion Hotels & Resorts 82.1 Midscale w/ F&B
Drury Inns 91.0 Midscale w/o F&B
Jameson Inns 87.1 Economy

 

Casinos
Wynn Las Vegas 91.9 Upscale Casino
South Point Hotel Casino Spa 87.9 Casino

 

Web Sites
Residence Inn by Mariott 91.6 Hotel Brand Web Site
Hotwire.com 78.9 Hotel Travel Web Site

 

Airlines
Midwest Airlines 85.3 Airline

 

Car Rentals
Enterprise 82.1 Car Rental

 

Timeshare Accommodations
WorldMark by Wyndham 89.9 Timeshare Accommodations

 

About MMHI

Based on 35,000 customer interviews conducted each quarter, the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) is the largest and most in-depth measure of hospitality company performance available today. These benchmarks, delivered through our flagship product Customer MetrixTM, enable Market Metrix clients to compare their results to competitors by STAR segment, AAA classification, Brand, SMSA, industry averages, performers in the top 10% and other classifications. The MMHI is also available by subscription. For more information visit http://www.marketmetrix.com/hospitality.html.

 

About Enterprise Rent-A-Car:

Founded in 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is headquartered in St. Louis and serves customers in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, and Germany. Enterprise is North America's largest car rental company in fleet size, number of locations, and annual revenue, ranking No. 18 on the Forbes Top 500 Private Companies in America. Enterprise has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among airport rentals in eight out of the past nine years, according to J.D. Power and Associates Rental Car Satisfaction StudySM. Enterprise is owned by the Taylor family, which acquired the National Car Rental (nationalcar.com) and Alamo Rent A Car (alamo.com) businesses in 2007. For more information about Enterprise, visit enterprise.com.

 

For more information, contact:

Meghan Maguire,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
314.512.2040, or
Mike Pharis,
Market Metrix
1-800-239-7515