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Company Overview
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.
Quick History
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.
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Location
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Additional Travel Information
For business travelers to the Lone Star state, Avis Car Rental is the smartest choice. The selection of Houston airport car rentals at Avis’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) location is surpassed only by the fantastic deals on offer for all vehicles. And for frequent travelers to Houston through IAH, 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.
If you’re in the petroleum sector and expect to be spending time in the oil patches surrounding the city, an SUV would be perfect. Alternatively, if you’re here in more of a downtown boardroom capacity, a luxury or compact car might be a better option—and much easier to park on Houston’s busy streets.
To locate Avis’s IAH car rental counter from Terminals A, B and C, exit the baggage claim area through the doors marked “Rental Cars.” Outside, a shuttle bus will take you to the airport car rentals facility.
Once you’ve picked up your vehicle, take Interstate 69 about 20 miles south to downtown Houston, allowing for a 25- to 35-minute trip depending on traffic.
Houston, a city that can lay claim to the second-highest number of Fortune 500 companies in the US, is also an important arts and culture capital, and home to the multi-award-winning Houston Grand Opera—a perfect after-work activity. Looking for some more casual fun after a day of meetings? Bayou Place is made up of 130,000 square feet of restaurants and nightclubs in the heart of the city’s 17-block-wide theater district, a great place to unwind after the day’s meetings.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the deals on George Bush Intercontinental Airport rental cars from Avis.
Additional Location Information
AFTER-HOURS RETURNS
- Park & lock the car. Place the completed contract & the keys in the key drop box. Remember to take your personal belongings with you.
PREFERRED SERVICE
- TERMINALS A, B, & C: Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Exit through doors marked “Rental Cars.” Proceed outside to curbside for the Rental Car Shuttle Bus to take you to the rental car facility.
TERMINAL IAB: Follow signs to the baggage claim area. Exit through doors marked “taxis, limos, and busses”. Proceed to outer curbside for the Rental Car Shuttle Bus to take you to the rental car facility.
- Upon arrival at the rental facility, check your email on your smartphone or the Preferred board for the space number of your preassigned vehicle.
You have the option to accept the preassigned car or exchange it for a similar car from the Select & Go Exchange Area or upgrade the car to a specialty vehicle from the Select & Go Upgrade Area. Cars in the Select & Go Upgrade Area have the additional daily cost posted on the hangtag.
Once you have selected your vehicle, drive the vehicle to the exit booth and present your driver’s license to the Avis representative who will quickly complete the transaction and get you on your way.
*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*
- AIRLINE PASSENGERS: Proceed to the Rental Car Shuttle Bus which will take you to the Rental Car Facility. The counter is open 24 hours. DISTANCE from terminal to car lot: 4 miles.
LOCAL RENTERS: Follow signs for Car Rental Return which will guide you to the rental car facility.
- WALK-UP RENTERS Follow airport signs for Rental Car Return. They will lead to the Avis car rental lot.
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