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Avis Budget Group operates the Avis brand in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, India, Australia and New Zealand. In other parts of the world, the Avis brand is operated by Avis Europe plc, a separate company which licenses the Avis brand from Avis Budget Group. All together, Avis currently has over 4000 branch offices worldwide. Avis is one of the largest car rental agencies in the world. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Avis is a leading rental car provider to the commercial segment serving business travelers at major airports around the world, and to leisure travelers at off-airport locations.

History

The company was founded in 1946 in Detroit by Warren Avis (b.1915, d. April 24, 2007). It established branch operations across the U.S. over the next few years, and by its tenth anniversary in 1956 had opened its first international offices in Europe, Canada and Mexico. Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Warren Edward Avis (4 August 1915 – April 24, 2007) was an American entrepreneur who founded Avis Rent A Car System Inc. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Their corporate motto is "We Try Harder." It was adopted in 1962 [1] to make a more positive reference of Avis' status as the second largest car rental company in the U.S., at the expense of its larger competitor The Hertz Corporation. In 1981, the company instituted its system of vehicle tracking, that was coincidentally named Advanced Vehicle Identification System, or "AVIS". For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hertz Corporation (also known as Hertz Rent A Car or simply Hertz) is the worlds second largest car rental company, with 1,900 locations in the United States and 5,100 worldwide behind Enterprise, but is the largest general use car rental company in the world. ...

Avis has been owned by a number of other companies over the years, along with several periods of being a public company. These include:

• 1962 - Investment group Lazard Freres
• 1965 - ITT Corporation
• 1977 - Norton Simon
• 1983 - Esmark
• 1984 - Beatrice
• 1986 - Investment firm Wesray Capital
• 1996 - HFS Corporation
• 2001 - Cendant
• 2006 - Avis Budget Group

Founder Warren Avis died on April 24, 2007 at the age of 91. [2] Lazard Ltd. ... For other uses, see ITT (disambiguation). ... Norton Simon Norton Winfred Simon (February 5, 1907-June 1, 1993), in the United States was a billionaire industrialist and philanthropist based in California. ... The Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food processing company and household name, until it was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ... Cendant Corporation was a New York-based provider of business and consumer services, primarily within the real estate and travel industries. ... Cendant Corporation was a New York-based provider of business and consumer services, primarily within the real estate and travel industries. ... Avis Budget Group NYSE: CAR, was founded in 2006 as the successor company to Cendant Corporation. ...

External links

• Avis Reservation Homepage
• Avis Europe Homepage
• Avis UK Homepage
• Avis Israel Homepage
• Avis Singapore Homepage
• Avis Nicaragua Homepage
• [http://www.carrentaldir.com/history-of-avis-rent-a-car.html
• [http://www.kreativetravelindia.com

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