Victoria Parking Barcelona has announced the grand opening of its new parking facilities at El Prat airport for the 16 December.

On December 16 Victoria Parking will launch a new private parking area near Barcelona airport.
Victoria Parking is currently preparing the details for the opening of its new parking area at Barcelona airport, in close proximity of El Prat airport.

As is well known, this new service will offer parking in Barcelona, just minutes from the airport and with an airport service included.

With this service comes a parking space at Barcelona airport at a price significantly lower than the car park at the airport itself.

This service is especially useful for people who are traveling by plane and need to use their vehicle to get to the airport, unable to leave it any where else other than at the airport's car park facilities.

Victoria Parking has an extensive enclosed private parking area, under 24 hour surveillance, 365 days a year.
The price, besides being very cheap, includes a service to the airport, i.e. taking you from the car park to the airport and vice versa.


Victoria Parking is a company that forms part of the Group of Companies Victoria Rent a Car (www.victoriacars.com), car hire in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia ... of national prestige.

Victoria Rent a Car is renowned within the private parking service industry at airports; and this is confirmed by their valet parking at the airports in Alicante and Valencia.

More information at http://www.victoria-parking.com

The national final of the King and Queen of Beauty of Spain 2010 contest will take place at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe on the 30th of October.

Kings and Queens Beauty are already in Calpe. Representatives of all the autonomous communities, including Ceuta and Melilla will be concentrated from the 21st of October until Sunday the 31st, the final gala will be on Saturday the 30th of October.



In its sixth edition, the gala for the national final of the King and Queen of Beauty competition will take place in the fabelous Diamante Beach Hotel in the coastal town of Calpe.

A total of 19 boys and 19 girls, aged between 18 and 25 years who came from all parts of our country will live for 10 days in Calpe.

The gala of this year is characterized by the presence of great artists such as The Brothers Agramunt, a dancing couple of "Look Who's Dancing" from TVE.

The Almeria LLX group with its eclectic style that blends roots rock, with the rabble rumba, tango, bossa or ska.

There also will take place during the gala a performance of the singer Sisniega y de Arcano, a singer from Malaga who will present "Rompiendo cadenas"


Gloria Martínez current Queen Beauty, Ana Carolina I Bridesmaid of the Queen Beauty Spain 2008 and Juan Antonio Ruiz model and actor will be responsible for presenting the gala.

Besides this they are also announcing the assistance of great personalities and characters who are well known in the art and social world like Carmen Martinez Bordiu or Beatriz Trapote, current partner from Victor Janeiro, and numerous media.

As a finishing touch we have an incredible performance from the great magician Magnolo.

The gala will be broadcasted on Saturday the 30th of October through the official website of the event.


More information:
VictoriaCars
Car hire Alicante / Car hire Barcelona

23nd Oktoberfest in Calpe, the German Beer Festival is about to begin.

From 7th till 17th of October Calpe is celebrating its 23nd Oktoberfest organized by the Carnival Club Calpe. The also called "Fiesta Alemana de la Cerveza" in Calpe is the most famous festival of that kind, celebrated in Spain.

VictoriaCars is pleased to announce once again the traditional celebration of the Oktoberfest in the Province of Alicante, more precisely in Calpe. This year, the tent will space over 15,000 square meters at the fairground of the "Partida Rafol" (located beside the municipal deposit of vehicles)

VictoriaCars recomends you this event

Victoria Rent a Car from Calpe participates every year in this event and offers car hire in Murcia as well as car hire Alicante airport for those who are looking for visiting Calpe's XXII. Oktoberfest as comfortable as possible. Last but not least, please remember: VictoriaCars gives the advice to don’t drink and drive! So everyone can enjoy the Oktoberfest 2009 to the fullest.


VictoriaCars itself has its head office in Calpe and recommends to all clients and holidaymakers not to miss this great multi-cultural event on the Costa Blanca. The Oktoberfest in Calpe will take place from the 7th to the 17th of October and will be open every day without admission fees. All clients and Calpe visitors are invited to taste the German delicacies like the tasty sausages Nuremberg, Frankfurt or Krakauer, the typical salads, the knuckles of pork and,of course, the original "Paulaner" beer from Munich.

But besides being only a gourmet evening, the Oktoberfest visitors will also enjoy folklore with performances of the "Original Steinsberger Musikanten" which will give a concert every day and put the guests into good humour.

The origin

This festival has its origin in Munich with the celebration the engagement of Prince Ludwig, later known as Ludwig I, with the Princess Theresa of Saxony-Hildburghausen.

On 12 of October 1810, all citizens of Munich were invited to the wedding which took place on a meadow in the city. Since then, the conclusion was repeated year after year on the Theresienwiese when circumstances have allowed it. Munich's Oktoberfest is visited every year by year by more than 6 millions of visitors and is considered as one of the biggest folk festivals on the world.

Calpe's Oktoberfest tradition started in 1988, this is why the German beer festival has been established as unmissable event of this kind on the Spanish territory. And while it is obvious that the magnitude of Calpe's Oktoberfest is quite far from the one in Munich, the Oktoberfest in Calpe is at least accompanied with all Bavarian elements to spend a few really special days.

How to book a hire car in Spain when you’re younger than 25 years old.

The vast majority of Car hire companies limit their services to only drivers who are older than 25 years of age. What are the motives behind this restriction?

You get to 18 years old and finally you can start to travel without the need to be accompanied by your parents.

You start to prepare what will be your first holiday as an adult; where to go, accommodation, how to get there and in most cases how to get around and get the most out of your stay once you get to your destination… but alas, the last part isn’t an option.

Being an adult does not imply that you have the experience and responsibility necessary for a car hire company to confide in your skills as a new driver, in fact, booking a car with most car hire companies is only available to those who are older than 24; but why is this restriction in place?

Is it legal to prohibit hiring a car to under 25’s?

According to the consumer associations, it is illegal for a company to not want to hire somebody a car due to the age of the driver, yet these hire car companies feel they need to have this restriction in place, why?

It’s very simple; the car hire companies are not directly responsible for this restriction. In the majority of cases it is the insurance companies that don’t offer cover for cars driven by under 25’s.

The same occurs when insuring your own vehicle, the age and experience of the driver are the basic factors that affect the cover of the insurance. Most insurance companies don’t want to run the risk of covering new drivers, even less when the car isn’t their own, and thus, not their responsibility.

So for these motives, the majority of services of car hire in Murcia, Madrid, Alicante etc. will not let you book if the drivers age is not over 24 years old.

Some companies offer the solution

Conscious of the problem imposed on an important area of their potential customers, some car hire companies have decided to offer an intermediate solution.

After arriving to an agreement with their insurance companies, they will now accept reservations for new drivers but only by contracting an additional insurance for under 25’s or for those who have had their driving licence less than 2 years.

VictoriaCars has assumed this initiative.

The national Spanish car hire company Victoria Cars has put into motion this new feature for their services of car hire in Madrid, Murcia, Alicante… with the aim of not leaving any customer without a hire car.

More information at http://www.victoriacars.com

Victoria Parking has announced the opening of their newest installation at El Prat airport in Barcelona.

Victoria Parking is currently finishing the last details of what will be their new car parking in Barcelona airport, within the vicinity of El Prat airport.

This new facility will offer parking in Barcelona only a few minutes away from the airport.

The objective of this service is to offer parking spaces at Barcelona airport that are significantly cheaper than those of the airport’s own car park.

The offer is specifically designed for those who need to travel by plane and must travel to the airport using their own vehicle, and who don’t have the option of leaving the car anywhere apart from the airport’s own installations.

So for these people, Victoria Parking will be offering a large, enclosed car park facility that will be guarded 24 hours a day. Additionally, the price will include an airport service, meaning transport to and from the car park and the airport.

The way it works is very east:

Step 1: The customer books their parking space online on Victoria Parking’s website (www.victoria-parking.com)
Step 2: The customer goes to Victoria Parking’s installations with their vehicle on the day and time indicated on their booking.
Step 3: Victoria Parking’s personnel will then shuttle the customer from the parking to the airport’s terminal building at El Prat.
Step 4: The customer takes their flight.
Step 5: When they return from their trip, Victoria’s personnel will collect the customer on the agreed day and time to take them back to the car park facility.
Step 6: The customer gets in their car and the transaction is complete.

Victoria Parking is a company owned by Victoria Rent-A-Car S.L. (www.victoriacars.com), a car hire in Alicante, Murcia, Madrid… and one of national prestige.

Victoria Rent-A-Car has a lot of experience in the use of car parking facilities in the nation’s most important airports, which can be confirmed by looking at their other facilities in Alicante and Valencia.

More information at http://www.victoria-parking.com

VictoriaCars is now present on Facebook and on Twitter to increase its potential of Car Hire Murcia, Madrid...

The Car Hire Company VictoriaCars has united with the latest internet craze, the social networks.

According to Wikipedia: A social network is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

Within the most successful social networks in Europe, Facebook and Twitter are the highlights.

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University had the idea of creating a community on the internet where students could share their likes, thoughts, concerns, etc. Bit by bit and through the success within the educational environment he decided to open the network to all internet users, ending up with over 300 million signed up users to this date.

In 2006, Twitter was born as a project investigation for Obvious, LLC. Twitter is a free service for "microblogin," meaning, it is a place on the internet where users who are signed up can send small entries in a text format, called "Tweets." These entries are shown on the profile page of the user and are also immediately sent to other users who have chosen to receive them.

In short, both these tools constitute as new means of communication that allow a closer and more realistic relationship with the customers.

What is VictoriaCars doing on Facebook?

VictoriaCars has created on Facebook what is known as a Company Page. To make this type of page involves no more than the creation of a Facebook profile focussed on the company. On this page, which is openly accessible, they can publicize their latest news and offers involving car hire Murcia, car hire Madrid, etc.

A Company Page gives users who visit it the possibility to make themselves a fan of the page. In this way, any update that occurs on the VictoriaCars page will automatically be replicated on their fan's profile pages, keeping them updated in real-time. Also, as a general rule, the fans are open to certain advantages, available exclusively to them, like some of the current discounts in car hire Madrid, Alicante Airport...

For more information please visit http://www.facebook.com/VictoriaRentaCar

What is VictoriaCars doing in Twitter?

VictoriaCars also created a profile on Twitter as a means of keeping customers up to date in real-time by using the mini-messages or microblogins. The same occurs here as it does on Facebook, using this tool they intend to promote any news, promotions or special offers related to their Car Hire services.

For more information please visit http://twitter.com/VictoriaCars

In both cases, the aim is not only to inform the fans and followers but also, over time, to establish a bidirectional communication with them. This is one of the principles of the Web 2.0, the active participation of all parties with the objective of reaching a common gain as well as a personal gain at the same time.

For more information please visit http://www.victoriacars.com

Car hire in Alicante – VictoriaCars opens a YouTube video channel for their customers.

The car hire company VictoriaCars joined YouTube by making a corporate channel.

The objective behind this channel is to offer their users a new form of communication. VictoriaCars will be publishing videos in this channel related to affairs within the car hire industry, videos related to the company itself, manuals, utilities, news of his car hire Alicante, Madrid, Barcelona service, etc.

YouTube is the most popular and well known site for the publication of videos on the Web. Almost any video you wish to see is available on YouTube. Furthermore, YouTube offers an opportunity for companies to publicise material that broadcasts their activities or that helps strengthen the relationship with their customers.

Creating a YouTube channel will aid in successfully completing these tasks in a clear and organized fashion.

Additionally, a YouTube channel can have subscribers, this way customers, if the wish, can keep up to date with any communication from VictoriaCars and maintain a stronger relationship with other subscribers by sharing comments, opinions…

Car hire in Alicante Airport– VictoriaCars has named their YouTube channel CarHireSpain and can be accessed from this url;
http://www.youtube.com/user/CarHireSpain

Their channel was released with an illustrative video titled “Car Hire Alicante Airport. How to book on VictoriaCars”, which gives a complete step by step guide on how to make a booking on the VictoriaCars Web site, from selecting the pick up location to completing the reservation.

With this new initiative, Victoria Rent A Car is confident they will strengthen the relationship and trust with their existing customers of car hire in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, etc. and at the same time establish a new bridge to help initiate relationships with future customers as well.

For more information please visit http://www.victoriacars.com

VictoriaCars, pioneers in the launch of the OTA-XML technology for its car hire services in Alicante Airport, Murcia...

With this new system, the pursued objective by VictoriaCars is to speed up their car hire Alicante Airport, Murcia services when a reservation is made through an agency.

This technology enables the computer servers at Victoria Rent a Car and at the agency’s to communicate with out the need of any human interaction and always in real-time, eliminating any waiting times that would be caused if the reservations where made under human management.

What is the OTA-XML standard?

XML is a language used to distribute information and OTA is the standard of communication for booking tourism accommodation, allowing businesses to perform bookings through electronic transaction for hotels, airlines, car hire, loyalty marketing, etc. with other tourism businesses, automatically and unattended.

OTA is the standard for sharing information between reservation systems, and the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) association is the one who defines these standards.

It is a non-profit and self-financing organisation that includes large air lines, hotels, car hire companies, leisure providers, travel agents, GDS, technology providers and others that work to create and put into service e-business specifications for the entire tourism industry.

These specifications form a common language aimed at encouraging e-business system development to create new services that can better attend the demand and expectations of travellers and the travel industry.

How does this benefit the customer?

At present you can solicit, for example, services for a car hire Murcia from VictoriaCars website or also from the website of any of the agencies that collaborate with them.

If the reservation were to be made through VictoriaCars website, the communication between the website and the server would be done in real-time, so that immediately after making the reservation, the customer receives an e-mail confirmation.

However, if the booking was made through the website of one of the agencies, this would have been remitted to VictoriaCars manually for its validation, and the confirmation process on VictoriaCars part was also done manually. Due to this, the time it took to receive an answer confirming the reservation to the customer sometimes surpassed 12 hours, with the consequent discomfort that this put upon the customer.

With the implantation of the new OTA-XML technology the problem disappears completely. Thanks to this technology the computer servers at VictoriaCars and those of the agents are able to interact directly, without any human intervention.

Thus, when a customer solicits a booking through an agencies website for, for example, car hire Alicante Airport services, the computer servers will contact each other through XML in order to confirm the reservation in real-time.

For more information please visit http://www.victoriacars.com