Dublin-based CarTrawler and the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC) have agreed to deliver the former’s car rental platform to more than 20, 000 travel agencies and corporate travel departments across North America.

The deal will allow free access to commissionable car rental products from the top rent-a-car suppliers without the use of a GDS by using the latest web 2.0 technology. The system will be available to all ARC-accredited travel agents, corporate travel departments and travel consultants.

“Car rental is an extremely important source of revenue for travel agencies,” said ARC director of strategic communications, Allan Muten, “and travel agencies are an extremely important distribution channel for car hire companies. We have put the two together to generate a brand new selling platform that’s going to benefit everyone.”

In addition, the entire global coverage of CarTrawler will be made available for international bookings covering 450 suppliers in 134 countries around the world.

“ARC is the backbone of the North American travel industry,” said CarTrawler CEO, Greg Turley. “By working together with CarTrawler and the best auto rental brands in the world, ARC is really providing an excellent incremental revenue source for its travel agency base.”