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Minister for Tourism, John O’Donoghue meets ArgusCarHire.com founders at World Travel Market, ExCel, London today – Tuesday 15th November 2005

The Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism John O’Donoghue TD paid a special visit today Tuesday 15th November to meet the founders of Europe’s leading car hire provider www.ArgusCarHire.com’s at the World Travel Market Exhibition today in London’s ExCel exhibition centre. World Travel Market is a global business-to-business travel forum which is held annually, attracting over 5,194 exhibitors and more than 45,000 delegates.

ArgusCarHire.com is Europe’s leading low cost car hire provider and is fast changing the way that car hire is bought and sold globally. Founded by Greg Turley and head quartered in Dublin, ArgusCarHire.com has made it cheaper, easier and faster for customers to buy low cost car hire in over 6,000 destinations worldwide.

In the fast changing world of travel technology, ArgusCarHire.com has consistently pioneered the development of break-through technology combined with low cost and all-inclusive pricing which has secured a growing army of customers searching for the best deals in car hire.

Some of these landmark developments include:

ArgusCarHire.com has consistently pioneered new technology which is re-shaping the way that travel is bought and sold globally.

1996 ArgusCarHire.com was first English language car hire web site to launch in Europe
1999 ArgusCarHire.com was first European car hire web site to launch quotation and booking technology facility
2000 ArgusCarHire.com was first European car hire web site with WAP phone interface. (This did not take off due to slow implication of 3G)
In 2003 ArgusCarHire.com launched pioneering base technology, specifically the user interface.
In 2004 ArgusCarHire.com was first car hire provider to launch a unique “3 clicks to confirmation” system offering consumers fast access to cheap all inclusive car hire deals.

In October 2005 – ArgusCarHire.com became the first worldwide car-rental company to offer car hire services on the iMode web interface network in Europe.

Gregory Turley Co-Founder & Managing Director, John O'Donoghue Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Niall Turley Co-Founder & Director