Avis Budget Group Partners With Brightline to Support Multi-Modal Transportation
October 04 2018 - 9:00AM
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CAR) today
announced a mobility partnership with Brightline, the nation’s only
privately owned, operated and maintained passenger rail service in
the United States. Under the agreement, Avis Budget Group will
expand its footprint in Florida to offer Brightline passengers and
those living or working near Brightline’s three current stations
with convenient access to Avis and Zipcar vehicles.
“Increasingly, travelers are taking a multi-modal approach to
getting from Point A to Point B and our partnership with Brightline
offers a new level of convenience and access for people who need
mobility solutions beyond the train station,” said Joe Ferraro,
President, Americas, Avis Budget Group. “Now, riders can benefit
from both the speed and service of the Brightline experience, as
well as the ability to get exactly where they need to be with one
of our cars.”
As part of the collaboration, Avis will be integrated into the
Brightline mobile app and on Brightline’s online booking channel
for convenient, one-stop shopping. Alternatively, travelers can
reserve vehicles on the Avis or Zipcar mobile apps or online at
www.avis.com and www.zipcar.com. Avis facilities are temporarily
located at Brightline ticket counters at each of Brightline’s three
south Florida stations and will be moving to their permanent
locations, adjacent to each station, by the end of the year. Zipcar
vehicles are also available at all three stations – vehicles are
parked inside the Brightline garages, adjacent to each station.
“Brightline is about connectivity and ensuring our guests can
easily move throughout the tri-county region and connect to the
things that matter,” said Ravneet Bhandari, Brightline’s chief
commercial officer. “The partnership with Avis Budget Group was an
easy decision for us as it provides another option for our guests
to seamlessly connect from the passenger rail system to their final
destinations.”
About Avis Budget GroupAvis Budget
Group, Inc. is a leading global provider of mobility solutions,
both through its Avis and Budget brands, which have more than
11,000 rental locations in approximately 180 countries around the
world, and through its Zipcar brand, which is the world’s leading
car sharing network, with more than one million members. Avis
Budget Group operates most of its car rental offices in North
America, Europe and Australasia directly, and operates primarily
through licensees in other parts of the world. Avis Budget Group
has approximately 31,000 employees and is headquartered in
Parsippany, N.J. More information is available at
www.avisbudgetgroup.com.
About BrightlineBrightline is the
new benchmark for travel by train in America with express
inter-city passenger rail service connecting Miami, Fort Lauderdale
and West Palm Beach, with expected future service to Orlando and
Tampa, and expected future service connecting Las Vegas and
Southern California. Providing a travel option that lives at the
intersection of transportation and hospitality, the service will
ease the stress of traffic, provide a simple and intuitive
experience from door to destination, and foster new opportunities
to explore more of Southeast Florida and the Southwestern United
States. Brightline is the only privately owned, operated and
maintained express intercity passenger rail system in the United
States. For more information, visit our website:
www.gobrightline.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release
contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
anticipated benefits of partnering with a passenger rail service,
the integration of Avis on another provider’s mobile app and the
expected benefits of multi-modal transportation partnerships. In
light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the
forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not
occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated,
or if no date is stated, as of the date of this press release.
Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are specified in Avis Budget Group’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017,
and in other filings and furnishings made by the Company with the
SEC from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to
release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements,
to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated
events.
Contacts:
Alice Pereira
Avis Budget Group
(973) 496-3916
PR@avisbudget.com
Ali Soule
Brightline
(305) 521-4853
asoule@gobrightline.com
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