founded 1954 headquarters portland maine area served worldwide key people imad khalidi ceo slogan quality is hard to achieve ... easy to appreciate . website http www.autoeurope.com auto europe is a large car rental wholesale company working with approximately 20 000 car rental locations in 180 countries 1 in europe asia africa australia as well as north and south america . auto europe has been accredited with the better business bureau since april 2 1993 with an a rating . 2 auto europe was founded in germany in 1954 by alex cecil . the company got its start purchasing cars to rent to u.s. travelers in europe . cecil later moved to new york and eventually relocated the company to maine . in 1997 alex cecil retired passing the reins to imad khalidi president and ceo of auto europe . 3 in 1995 auto europe began offering airfare and hotels under the name destination europe . in 2010 they re branded this division as fly international . contents 1 travel services 2 travel industry awards 3 car rental suppliers 4 leadership 5 charities 6 references 7 external links travel services edit international car rental is the main service sold by auto europe . in addition to traditional self driven rental cars auto europe books luxury and sport vehicles motorhome and campervan rentals motorcycle rentals long term rentals of factory new peugeots through the peugeot open europe program as well as chauffeur and airport transfer services . 4 travel industry awards edit auto europe has been nominated for numerous world travel awards including europe s leading car rental company 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 europe s leading business car rental company 2009 2010 2011 2012 and europe s leading chauffeur company 2013 2014 . 5 in 2014 auto europe received its 5th magellan award as a silver winner in the car rental overall luxury car collection category . 6 car rental suppliers edit auto europe sells car rentals through a number of companies including hertz sixt europcar avis dollar enterprise easirent thrifty budget national alamo peugeot buchbinder fox and more . 7 leadership edit imad khalidi is the chief executive officer and president of auto europe llc . he joined auto europe as executive vice president of marketing and sales in 1990 and has served as president since 1992 . prior to 1990 mr. khalidi was with europcar international s.a. from 1983 1990 serving as an international travel trade manager and an international licensee manager . he is a member of the association of retail travel agencies asta and clia . 8 charities edit in 2014 auto europe partnered with toys for tots donating a portion of profit from every car rental booked during the weeks leading up to christmas to the us marine corps charity . 9 auto europe is a corporate sponsor for the art all around project through the maine center for creativity . 10 references edit auto europe about us page . retrieved 15 august 2014 . better business bureau auto europe . better business bureau . better business bureau . retrieved 18 december 2014 . limone jerry . alex cecil auto europe founder dies . travel weekly . northstar travel media llc . retrieved 18 december 2014 . company overview of auto europe llc . bloomberg businessweek . bloomberg . retrieved 18 december 2014 . world travel awards nominees . world travel awards . world travel awards . retrieved 18 december 2014 . 2014 magellan awards silver winners . www.travelweeklyawards.com . travel weekly . retrieved 18 december 2014 . our car rental partners . www.autoeurope.com . auto europe llc . retrieved 18 december 2014 . executive profile imad khalidi . www.businessweek.com . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 19 december 2014 . surjaputra stephanus . autoeurope teams up with toys for tots . consumer traveler . retrieved 18 december 2014 . art all around . www.mainecenterforcreativity.org . maine center for creativity . retrieved 19 december 2014 . external links edit auto europe us website v t e vehicle rental brands 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