Global car hire firm Avis Budget group has been recognised for making its entire US and Canadian rental fleet smoke-free. Campaign group Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights honoured the firm’s efforts last week by presenting it with the Smoke-Free Business Award for pioneering smoke-free policies in the car hire industry. Larry De Shon, Avis Budget Group’s [...]

Anthony Ainsworth has been appointed as the commercial director of global car hire firm Avis. Mr Ainsworth will assume all roles associated with the newly appointed position in the company, including post-rental customer service, customer-facing revenues, B2B, as well as intermediary and consumer business affairs. Avis said that the post was created as part of [...]

A Mumbai, India branch of car hire firm Avis has introduced lady chauffeurs to its team. The female chauffeurs are dedicated to single females travelling alone and will be utilising the company’s new fleet of BMW 5 series vehicles from Avis’ Mumbai branch at Oberoi Hotel. Chief executive of Avis India, Sunil Gupta, said that [...]

Major car rental firm Dollar Thrifty completed the placement of $450 million in notes on Thursday. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group officials said placement of the asset-backed notes was done in anticipation for the company’s need to finance future fleets. The notes have been AA by Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. They carry an interest rate [...]

Car rental firm Avis is set to extend its UK portfolio further by opening up a new branch at Newquay Cornwall Airport. The popular car hire company is hoping to cash in on the thousands of visitors who flock to Newquay’s shores each summer.   At the airport, which is Cornwall’s biggest commercial hub, Avis [...]

Car rental group Avis provided a fleet of environmentally-friendly cars for another successful South African Solar Challenge. Since its inception in 2008, the Avis support is the biennial event’s first big sponsorship deal.   The 10-day race, which saw solar-powered cars speeding more than 4,000kms across South Africa, ended earlier this month. The competition attracted [...]

Car rental firm Avis has reportedly sold $400 million of debt in an attempt to help pay for the company’s proposed acquisition of smaller firm Dollar Thrifty. Avis will use the proceeds of the sale to help pay off outstanding debt, according to a source close to the New Jersey-based firm.   The news of [...]

Car rental firms Avis and Dollar Thrifty have joined forces as they try to get antitrust approval for the potential takeover of Dollar by Avis. The news is the latest development in the long-running bidding war for the smaller company, since Dollar Thrifty shareholders last week rejected an offer from rival car rental firm Hertz. [...]

  People looking to hire cars will soon be able to take advantage of a new fleet of electric vehicles, as Avis the car rental company orders 500 vehicles from Renault. The carmaker has signed a deal with Avis to supply the Kangoo Express ZE model and the Fluence ZE after the Electric Vehicle Partnership [...]

  Dollar Thrifty shareholders last week rejected Hertz’s buyout offer against the recommendations of the board of directors. The rejection has most likely opened up the bid to rival car firm Avis Budget Group and taken Hertz out of the competition.   At a special shareholder meeting in Chicago last Thursday, 11.8 million votes were [...]