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:
Gillette-Campbell County Airport
The “Energy Capital of the Nation” is part modern coal mining town and part undeveloped plains. A boomtown, Gillette’s livability rating is high, and if you’re visiting, you’ll find lots to do here as well, especially if you have a quality car to explore the area in. A wide selection—from compact cars and hybrids to luxury vehicles and SUVs—and the ability to accelerate your travel experience with Avis Preferred, a complimentary membership that allows you to skip the line and go straight to your car, make Avis Car Rental the preferred choice of savvy travelers looking for great deals on airport car rentals.
When you arrive at Gillette-Campbell County Airport (GCC), look for the Avis GCC car rental counter in the airport’s baggage claim area. Pick up your keys and find your vehicle parked right outside the building. The city is located ten minutes away from the Gillette airport car rentals lot.
Campbell County’s Powder River Basin produces 30 percent of the coal used in the United States. For an up-close-and-personal view of a modern coal mine, take a free tour of Alpha Coal West’s Eagle Butte Coal Mine, just 15 minutes north of the city.
Gillette’s selection of restaurants offers a range of foods, from Mexican to Italian and Chinese. Pizza Carrello on South Gillette Avenue gets high marks for its fresh gourmet ingredients, great beer menu, quick service and friendly staff. For an evening entertaining clients, the Chophouse Restaurant is widely considered the finest in town.
Devils Tower National Monument, a nearly 1,300-foot-high bare rock that looms menacingly over the Bear Lodge Mountains, was the first declared National Monument in the United States, and featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Enjoy a walk along the 1.3-mile-long Tower Trail, which extends around its base.
There’s so much to do in and around Gillette. Browse the fleet of Gillette-Campbell County Airport rental cars to find the one that suits your needs best.
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