Avis Rent A Car today unveiled the latest enhancement to where2®, the Company’s portable Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation device. Avis where2 renters can now input their flight number or a time range into their GPS unit and receive up-to-date departure and arrival times, provided by MSN® Direct. There is no additional cost for this feature.

Planning to spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland? Attending the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film? Running the London Marathon? Avis Rent A Car today announced that customers traveling to Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom can now save up to 20 percent on rentals of three days or longer.

Avis Rent A Car today announced that its most loyal customers now have a convenient and eco-friendly way to keep their coats, suit jackets or other garments wrinkle-free in their rental vehicle. The Company is offering hangers made of 100 percent recycled and recyclable material at nine Avis airport locations in the United States to members of its Avis Preferred and Avis First programs.

Avis Budget Group today announced that Avis Rent A Car and Budget Rent A Car will team up with Coby Electronics to begin offering portable DVD players for rent at locations throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The service, called Flicks-To-GoTM, features Coby Electronics’ TF-DVD 7050 portable DVD player that can be easily attached to the back of a car’s headrest.

Avis Rent A Car announced today that Barbara Brunet, a travel management professional with Travel and Transport in Manchester, N.H., will receive $5,000 as the grand prize winner of the “Avis Loves Travel Agents” promotion.

Avis Rent-A-Car is once again taking the lead in the car rental industry with the launch of its blog site www.wetryharder.co.uk.