Avis Car Rental and its subsidiaries operate one of the world’s best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,500 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world’s top brands for customer loyalty. Avis is owned by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), which operates and licenses the brand throughout the world.
Founded in 1946 by Warren Avis (who sold his interest in 1954), Avis was the first company to rent cars from airport locations. The company grew rapidly during the 1950’s through franchised and corporate-owned expansion. In 1963, Avis introduced the award-winning “We try harder®” campaign and the tagline remains the company’s rallying cry even today. Ten years later, Avis launched its innovative Wizard system, the company’s proprietary reservation technology. Avis changed ownership multiple times in the 70’s and 80’s, becoming employee-owned in 1987. That same year, Avis introduced the Roving Rapid Return, a handheld computer terminal allowing customers to bypass the Avis counter. Two years later, the company launched Avis Cares® a program aimed at promoting renter and employee safety. In 1996, HFS Incorporated acquired Avis, which was then spun off as a separate public company, all but the franchising rights, Wizard system, and reservation operations. In 2000, the company introduced Avis Interactive, the first Internet-based reporting system for commercial accounts in the car rental industry, which was significantly enhanced and re-launched in 2006. In March 2001, Cendant Corporation purchased all of the outstanding shares of Avis Group Holdings and later that year moved its world headquarters to Parsippany, NJ. In 2006, Cendant Corp. separated into four independent companies: Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and Avis Budget Group, Inc., which is now the parent company of Avis Car Rental. In 2011, Avis Budget Group acquires Avis Europe plc. The transaction re-unites Avis Budget Group with its licensee for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
About this location:
Miami Intl Airport
The Avis Car Rental at Miami International Airport (MIA) is where discerning business travelers to stop first on their way into the Magic City for a little sun and a lot of success. The selection of airport car rentals here features great deals on compact cars for negotiating the tight lanes and streets of Little Havana, luxury convertibles to cruise in up and down South Beach and attention-grabbing SUVs to turn heads in front of American Airlines Area before a basketball game.
To get to the Avis MIA car rental from the baggage area, exit the concourse and take an elevator to the third-level moving walkway, which will take you to the MIA Mover: a tram ride that will drop you at the car rental center in just four minutes.
Once you pick up your vehicle, it’s a 15- to 20-minute drive in light traffic from the Miami airport car rentals center to Downtown Miami.
The best part about doing business in Miami is the abundance of after-work options. Cross the Miami River to the city’s trendy south side for chic bars, restaurants and bohemian shops. The Coral Way, a banyan tree-lined boulevard, provides a great vantage point from which to see some of the south side’s historic neighborhoods. The previously mentioned South Beach, of course, has some historic architecture of its own, especially the Art Deco hotels along Ocean Drive. And Little Havana boasts several restaurants and shops that are replicas of the establishments Miami’s Cuban immigrants left behind in the 1960s when they flocked here.
Parking in any one of these areas can be tough, but in an Avis rental car, at least you can drive around in outstanding comfort. Avis’ Miami International Airport rental cars are quick and easy to reserve, pick up and drop off—more so when you accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car.
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