Alamo Group Inc. (Alamo Group), is a car rental agency, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Incorporated circa 1970, Alamo Group is centred in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. The company functions in three sectors; Agricultural, Industrial and European, with their products including tractor-mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, snow blowers, pothole patchers, excavators, vacuum trucks, agricultural implements and related aftermarket parts and services. The company operates over 150,000 quality vehicles that serve 15 million travellers annually.In nearly 30 years of operating Alamo started with four offices around Florida in 1974, Today, Alamo operates through a network of more than 1200 locations, Including Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, parts of Africa, Europe, Australia and also some locations on various Caribbean islands. It was liked by many for pioneering the concept of Unlimited Free Mileage. Rapidly distinguishing its niche in the leisure car rental industry, Alamo focused on producing a fun, low-cost, high-value rental experience to family and leisure travellers.
Alamo quickly became one of the country’s largest vacation rental providers with programs to familiarize and promote leisure travel. To assist the increase in leisure travellers, Alamo constructed state-of-the art rental plazas make to serve hundreds of customers in a modern, spacious environment. The first plaza opened in Tampa, Florida., in 1982. With more opening in large tourist attractions, including Orlando, Florida., home of the world’s largest rental facility. In 1985, Alamo introduced, instant Alamo, a program that stored a traveller’s individual rental information for instant reference, using a new customised rental agreement the size of an airline ticket.
On April 19, 1990, Alamo created three new consumer-driven optional collision damage waiver products in Florida, named Waiver Savers®, which set out to revolutionize collision damage waivers with the introduction of the first-ever price and coverage option for all renters. This provided customers with three choices of price and coverage options tailored to their needs. To meet the needs of the “Web” consumer, Alamo became the first car rental company with real-time booking capabilities on the Internet in 1995. Customers could visit Alamo.com to find locations, view rates and select their vehicle. Soon, Alamo.com expanded to include a membership-services section and travel tools to find the weather, driving directions and fun activities for children to enjoy on their road trip.
Alamo’s confinement to the leisure travel market has safeguarded long standing partnerships with the airline industry, travel destinations, travel agents and tour operators around the world. Alamo launched E-Process 2000, in 1998, a group of technologically enhanced enthusiasts for tour operators. This includes electronic reservation links on the company’s web site, voucher-less rental processing and electronic billing.
In 2002, Alamo announced a partnership with Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, making Alamo the official rental car company of the most frequented tourist attractions in North America.
Alamo was owned by Vanguard Automotive Group, which also owns National Car Rental. In August, 2007 it was bought by Enterprise Car Rental. Enterprise is now the owner of Vanguard Car rental which owns Alamo and National Car Rental.
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6929 North Lakewood Avenue, Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74117-1808