Dollar Receives 1999 'NDTA Distinguished Service Award'
10 November 1999
Dollar Receives 1999 'NDTA Distinguished Service Award'TULSA, Okla., Nov. 9 -- Dollar Rent A Car recently received the 1999 "NDTA Distinguished Service Award." This is the seventh time the National Defense Transportation Association has honored the rental car company with this prestigious honor. Dollar received the award in recognition of its invaluable support of the goals and aims of NDTA, in particular, its efforts on behalf of NDTA's Scholarship Program at last year's NDTA Forum in Houston, Texas. Dollar has been the official rental car company of the Forum for the past eight years. "We are delighted to once again be recognized by NDTA," Gary Paxton, DOLLAR(R) President and CEO, said. "We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to co-sponsor the scholarship event, the closing event of the Forum as well as provide ground transportation for the Forum. NDTA presented Dollar with its plaque in October at the 54th Annual NDTA Transportation and Logistics Forum & Exposition in Anchorage, Alaska. Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , has approximately 420 worldwide locations in 26 countries, with a significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, including 250 locations in the United States. The company and its licensees have locations at most major airports across the nation, and a fleet of more than 70,000 vehicles. DOLLAR worldwide headquarters is located in Tulsa, Okla. For additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is dollar.com.