Point of Rental’s International Conference Highlights Consultations and Hands-on Learning
The 2024 Point of Rental International Conference brought together rental professionals from across the globe to explore new strategies, innovations, and best practices within the rental industry. More than 200 industry professionals gathered at The Crescent Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, to participate.
Spanning three days, attendees participated in 50-plus educational sessions, focus groups, and interactive demos. Highlights included one-on-one consultations and hands-on learning experiences designed to help businesses maximize their rental software investments.
“Point of Rental has grown throughout the past 40 years because we’ve listened to our users,” said Point of Rental CEO Wayne Harris. “And while we’re listening year-round, the conference is a place where we can get hundreds of users in the same room. It’s always fun to see so many Pointers getting to interact face-to-face with the people using our software.”
Point of Rental’s leadership team introduced their product roadmap for the coming year, with a strong focus on cloud-based solutions and ensuring secure, scalable platforms for all users. The conference emphasized collaboration, with networking opportunities and insights shared among rental leaders from different regions and sectors.
“We’re actually acquiring a company, so we’re learning about the different products [Point of Rental] offers,” said attendee Michael Isakson from Absher Construction.
“It’s amazing; the Point of Rental team is so awesome. They’re so friendly,” added Brett Emily Travers from The Rent-It Store. “We’ve met so many new people, and the training sessions have been really informative.”
The event reinforced Point of Rental’s commitment to industry innovation and customer success. The company is already gearing up for its next event, aiming to continue fostering connections and driving growth across the rental industry.
For more information on where you can interact with Point of Rental - from next month’s Syrinx Conference in the U.K. to industry shows like The ARA Show in January, visit pointofrental.com.
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.