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Men and Women of Character – Hertz Malta

“Men of Character.” This is how in a 1925 ad John Hertz described the franchise partners he wanted to enlist to expand the company. The two-page ad, published in The Sunday Evening Post, had an enormous, positive response, and so began the start of our franchise community. Hertz Malta, the company’s longest tenured franchisee in […]

Thrifty Car Rental Enhances Customer Proposition in Malta

London, – August 24, 2017 – Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) announced that Thrifty Car Rental has enhanced its customer proposition in Malta under a new leadership. Now operated by a longstanding Hertz franchise partner, United Garage Ltd, Thrifty Malta offers customers more rental locations, diverse and refreshed fleet as well as a new, user-friendly […]

Hertz Malta Celebrates 20 Years of Car Leasing Services

Hertz Malta is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the car leasing sector, providing individual and corporate customers with flexible long term car rental products. “Hertz has been successfully operating its business in Malta for 55 years, having added its leasing services 20 years ago to ensure customers’ long term car rental needs were also fulfilled. […]

Hertz Malta appoints new General Manager

Hertz Malta, operated by United Garage Ltd, a subsidiary of the United Group of Companies, has appointed Ron Scerri as General Manager, responsible for its local car rental & Lease operations. One of the oldest Hertz franchisees in Europe, United Garage Ltd has been operating the leading car rental brand since 1961. Mr Scerri comes […]

United Group celebrates its 90th anniversary

The United Group of Companies is celebrating its 90th anniversary from when Carmelo Gatt Baldacchino set up a small transportation company in 1926. His son Charles took over the business and started offering chauffeur driven services to the NATO mission in Malta. During the swift development of the tourism industry in the 60’s he expanded […]

Cars International Ltd and Pater Holding Co Ltd to merge automotive dealership operations

Pater Holding Co Ltd and Cars International Ltd (a co-owned company between Tum Invest Ltd and United Group Ltd.) have agreed to merge the automotive dealership operations of Cars International Ltd, UCIM Co. Ltd, Meridian Enterprises Co. Ltd. and Waldorf Auto Services Co. Ltd. in a new joint-venture operation. The new company, which will be […]