Dollar Appoints Executive Director, International Sales
19 September 2000
Dollar Appoints Executive Director, International SalesTULSA, Okla., Sept. 19 Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc. has appointed Robert M. Barton to the newly created position of Executive Director, International Sales. Barton will be responsible for generating inbound tour and wholesale business for the DOLLAR(R) system. He will be based in Florida's Division Headquarters in Tampa and report to Dollar Systems, Inc., Executive Vice President, Peter Guptill. Barton joins Dollar from his former position as Vice President, Tour and Travel with Budget Group, Inc., where he was responsible for the worldwide development of the tour and wholesale activity for Budget Rent a Car and its subsidiary, Cruise America. Barton earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Alfred University, located in Alfred, N.Y., in 1983. Dollar Rent A Car has approximately 430 worldwide locations in 26 countries, with a significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, including 260 locations in the United States. The company and its licensees have locations at most major airports across the nation, and a fleet of 97,000 vehicles. Through its alliance with Sixt rent a car, Dollar offers service in more than 25 additional countries covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. DOLLAR worldwide headquarters is located in Tulsa, Okla. For additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is dollar.com. Dollar.com is the number one ranked Internet car rental site by Gomez Advisors.