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Hertz collaborates with UbiPark to develop simpler mobility solution

  • Written by: Samii Avdic


Today, smart parking solutions provider UbiPark and leading vehicle rental brand Hertz Australia have announced a strategic collaboration to develop smarter mobility solutions.


The collaboration will explore how Hertz can use the UbiPark suite of products to enhance its mobility solutions, helping customers search, navigate, access and pay for parking throughout Australia.


Technology is increasingly supporting tourists or travellers when they visit a new county or city, from AirBnB to Google Maps to Yelp. Working together, UbiPark and Hertz Australia will explore how to create an enhanced end-to-end customer experience, providing a simple and easy solution to help travellers get around unknown cities and destinations like a local.


“Our customers travel frequently for business and leisure and are often time poor. We want to make it easier for them to search, navigate and access parking, to help our customers get from A to B as easily, and quickly as possible,” said Eoin MacNeill, Vice President Asia-Pacific Hertz.

“By working with UbiPark, we can further enhance their experience with Hertz, when travelling in Australia. By collaborating with them, we can develop innovative solutions for Hertz customers to find and locate available parking at their desired destination.”

The collaboration between UbiPark and Hertz Australia will focus on the development of new mobility solutions for customers to enhance their experience when renting a vehicle.


“We’re excited to be working with Hertz, being one of the world’s largest vehicle rental companies. We are looking forward to collaborating with them to develop innovative mobility solutions, which address the parking and mobility pain points customers have when visiting a new location,” said Mosstyn Howell.


For more information on UbiPark’s smart parking solutions, visit www.ubipark.com.


*About UbiPark


UbiPark is a consolidated parking platform that offers intelligent solutions to both consumers and business operators. By integrating multiple parking technologies, UbiPark enables car park users to locate and navigate their way to available parking spots with one easy-to-use mobile app, saving them time and money while eliminating the frustration and additional fuel consumption associated with searching for parking.


For more information: www.ubipark.com


About Hertz

The Hertz Corporation, a subsidiary of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., operates its brands in approximately 10,200 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, Ultimate Choice, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige Collections set Hertz apart from the competition.

Additionally, The Hertz Corporation owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen, operates the Firefly vehicle rental brand and Hertz 24/7 and Flexicar car sharing business in international markets and sells vehicles through Hertz Car Sales. For more information about The Hertz Corporation, visit: www.hertz.com.

Coalition Government delivers $2.25 million to Queensland Cane Growers’ Organisation

  • Written by: David Littleproud MP


Queensland Sugarcane growers will be able to show big sugar buyers how sustainably their product was grown thanks to a cutting edge project funded by the Coalition Government.

 

The Sustainable Sugar Project aims to use encrypted data, called blockchain, to clearly show sugar buyers where the sugarcane came from and the sustainability of that farm. Big sugar buyers, who are seeking more and more sustainably grown product, are likely to pay more in future for sustainably grown and fully traceable sugar as their customers ask for it.

Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry said this smart farm project will help farmers gain recognition for farming sustainably and hopefully down the track, increase farm gate prices.

 

“Canegrowers across central Queensland are getting on board with the Smartcane Best Management Practice approach to soil health, vegetation and biodiversity,” Ms Landry said.

 

“They deserve to be recognised and rewarded for it.

 

“The $2.25 million Smart Farm grant was delivered to Queensland Cane Growers’ who will partner with Queensland Sugar Ltd on this four year project.”

 

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud said consumers and food manufacturers want sustainably sourced food and fibre, including sugar, and they want to know where it comes from.

 

“This project aims to use new blockchain technology, which is an encrypted chain of data, to show clearly where the sugarcane came from and the sustainability of that farm,” Minister Littleproud said.

 

“The reason this data is so important is it cannot be tampered with.

 

“Coca-Cola, for example, has a plan to source 100 per cent of its sugar from sustainable sources by 2020.

 

“Blockchain technology would help Coca-Cola to pinpoint sustainably grown sugar in the supply chain, where it came from and who grew it.

 

“This technology would provide assurances around the sustainability of our sugar and ensure canefarmers using sustainable practices can attract a premium price for their product.

 

“Because the demand for sustainably produced food continues to grow this project will help to increase exports and help gain better access to markets to capitalise on our important free trade agreements.”

 

For more information about the National Landcare Program visit www.nrm.gov.au.

 

Fast Facts:

  • Smart Farming Partnership Grants ranged between $480,000 and $4 million.
  • The National Landcare Program’s second phase is an investment of more than $1 billion to 2023.
  • Landcare was launched in 1989 and has had bipartisan support for nearly 30 years.
  • Almost 80 per cent of Australia’s sugar production is exported as bulk raw sugar, making Australia the third largest sugar exporter in the world.
  • Sugar exports in 2016/17 were worth $1.7 billion in export earnings for Queensland.
  • Asia is a major focus with key export markets including: South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia.
  • Sugar is set to benefit from free trade agreements such as the TPP11, the Peru FTA.
  • KAFTA and JAEPA both eliminated the tariff on sugar on entry into force.
  • In 2017, sugar exports to Korea and Japan grew to $953 million and $407 million respectively since the FTAs came into force (2014 and 2015) up some 125 per cent and 94 per cent respectively on pre KAFTA and JAEPA figures.

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