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Agency Rent-A-Car signs letter of intent with Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1996--HFS Inc. (NYSE: HFS) announced today this its indirect subsidiary, Agency Rent-A-Car Inc., has signed a letter of intent to sell its insurance replacement rental car business to Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Stephen P. Holmes, HFS vice chairman,

said: "We have established very aggressive goals for our newly acquired Avis subsidiary and the sale of Agency will permit Avis management to focus its full attention on meeting and exceeding these objectives."

Joseph V. Vittoria, chairman and CEO of Avis Inc., added, "We would like to thank all the employees of Agency for their extraordinary efforts over the past year. I am sure that Agency customers will continue to experience the high level of service to which they have become accustomed."

HFS Inc. is a global consumer services company. The company is the largest franchisor of hotels and residential real estate brokerage offices, owns Avis Inc., the world's second largest rental car system, and also owns Resort Condominiums International Inc., the largest provider of vacation timeshare exchange services.

CONTACT: HFS Inc., Parsippany

Michael Wargotz, 201/359-5110

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