EasyCar hands Wheel online brief for car-hire site

Wheel won the account after a four-way pitch against undisclosed agencies. The incumbent was PHD.

Around 60% of EasyCar's marketing spend will be used online. A company spokesman declined to give a budget figure, but the site has spent between £2m and £5m a year on marketing in recent years.

Wheel's media director, Caroline McGuckian, said the agency won with a proposal showing how it could generate 70 per cent of bookings via online marketing.

Wheel's initial focus will be on targeting outbound hires -- UK tourists looking to hire a car overseas. The next stage of marketing, which the agency has planned for the first quarter of next year, will target inbound travellers.

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