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.
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Mobile Regional Airport
When you arrive in Mobile, Alabama, you’ll immediately see why Southern folk are known for their hospitality, starting at the Avis Car Rental counter at Mobile Regional Airport (MOB). Located right next to baggage claim, Avis’s friendly staff will help you choose the perfect MOB car rental for your trip, so that you can be on your way almost as soon as you land. To make things even easier, 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. Getting great deals on Mobile airport car rentals couldn’t be simpler.
A 30-minute drive takes you into the heart of “The Port City,” where you can marvel at the USS Alabama, a WWII battleship-turned-museum added to the National Historic Landmark registry in 1986. To learn about the history of Mardi Gras (which originated in Mobile), visit the Carnival Museum, where costumes, masks, crowns and photos dating back to 1886 are on display. Entertaining clients? Wintzell’s Oyster Bar’s Gulf Coast seafood has been garnering consistently excellent reviews for over 75 years.
Whatever your plans for Mobile, Avis’s assortment of Mobile Regional Airport rental cars will get you there in style. For the very best in airport car rentals, choose Avis.
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