Alamo Goes Down Under!; Alamo Rent A Car Opens Locations in Australia.Business & Travel Editors FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2002 Alamo Rent A Car Alamo Rent A Car is a car rental agency. It is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but has branches across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, parts of Africa, Europe, and Australia as well as some locations on various Caribbean islands. announces the expansion of its international network with the addition of service now available in Australia at major airport destinations, including Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane. Reflecting the growing popularity of Australia as a vacation destination for travelers, Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. joined forces with Delta Rent A Car to open 40 new locations in Australia. "Alamo is very excited about our expanded presence across Australia, giving travelers the opportunity to enjoy our quality service, almost anywhere in the world," said Jerry Mosiello, vice president travel industry sales. "Alamo's familiar logo will be seen at the Delta counters, so travelers are immediately reassured of the quality service they already know and trust." Delta Rent A Car was established 12 years ago and is the largest, 100 percent Australian-owned, car rental company. It has a fleet of over 8,000 vehicles, with plans to increase that number to 10,000 during the next year. Delta also shares the same commitment to providing customers with a convenient, value-led, car rental experience. Alamo currently serves more than 15 million value-oriented leisure and business travelers a year through 109 locations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, and operates more than 500 international locations in Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , the Caribbean, South Africa and Australia. Alamo can be reached on the Internet at http://www.alamo.com. Alamo is a subsidiary of ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= Rental Corporation, one of the world's largest car rental companies with revenues of approximately $3.2 billion. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ANC's 17,000 associates serve customers around the globe with approximately the globe with an average daily fleet of approximately 271,000 automobiles. |
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