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:
Walla Walla Regional Airport
The Avis Car Rental at Walla Walla Regional Airport (ALW) is conveniently located in the airport’s baggage claim area. Once you get your keys, you’ll find your new ALW car rental ready for pick-up just outside the building, then it’s a short eight-minute drive from the Walla Walla airport car rentals lot to the city’s revitalized downtown area.
If you’re a busy business traveler to the area, you’re probably in the wine industry and you’d be in the right place. Over 100 wineries call the area home, which has most to do with the fantastic weather here: 300 days of sunshine per year.
Among the more interesting places to see is the Fort Walla Walla to learn more about the town’s past as an important stop on the Oregon Trail. Another pleasant stroll is through Whitman College’s leafy campus to see more than two-dozen breathtaking sculptures from renowned American sculptors.
But you’ll need a car to get out to the wineries, and Avis’s fleet has something for every visitor. If you’re touring with friends, try a sport compact or convertible. If you’re closing a deal, show up in a luxury rental car or an SUV. Either way, 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.
Walla Walla Regional Airport rental cars from Avis are easy to reserve, pick up and drop off; any trip to Washington wine country is better when it starts at Avis.
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