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:
Evansville Regional Airport
For a small city (the population is less than 150,000), Evansville, Indiana, has developed quite the reputation as a hub of commerce. Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) regularly lands flights from across America filled with executives visiting one of the many fortune 500 companies located here, as well as a thriving medical community. If you need a doctor on your flight here, chances are good there will be one in your row.
You’ll find the Avis Car Rental counter conveniently located in the baggage claim area of the terminal, and the lot of Evansville Regional Airport rental cars just outside, so once you land you can quickly get your car and go. And with great deals on all airport car rentals, bolstered by the Avis level of professionalism, you’ll leave the airport and get your trip started on just the right foot. If you happen to be that doctor, and you’re in a tremendous hurry to get to a patient, you can accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car.
The Avis fleet is as diverse as the city’s economy. You can book everything from a compact EVV car rental for easily traversing the city, right up to a luxury vehicle for fitting in with the CEOs and M.D. crowd. And if you’re planning on using Evansville as a base to check out the three states of Kentucky, Illinois and its native Indiana, you can try a comfortable SUV from the Signature Series. Furthermore, you can upgrade any of the Avis Evansville airport car rentals with GPS navigation to make exploring easier.
Whatever you choose to do, choose to rent your car from Avis and you’ll be off to Evansville in comfort and style, and with a great rental car deal to boot.
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