Avis and Europcar Recognized in Europe’s World Travel Awards
The three car rental companies in Europe were selected as winners of Europe's Leading Business Car Rental Company, the Leading Car Rental and the Responsible Tourism Award, respectively.
The World Travel Awards recognized Avis and Europcar in this year’s awards for Europe on Oct. 6.
Avis was honored as Europe's Leading Business Car Rental Company. This is the fourth year in a row Avis has received the award. Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt were the other nominees in the category.
For the 10th consecutive year, Europcar was recognized as the Leading Car Rental in Europe. Other nominees included Auto Europe, Avis, Budget, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Sixt and Thrifty.
Europcar UK Limited received the Responsible Tourism Award for the first time. This year’s nominees in the category included Eagles Palace Hotel Greece, Hotel Omm, NCL Freestyle Cruising - Norwegian Epic, The Alnwick Garden and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Click here to see the full list of winners.
The World Travel Awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
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