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Timeline
2023 – Redspot expands its locations into
Adelaide City
&
Moorooka
2018 – Redspot expands its franchisee network opening operations within the mining section of SA, NT and WA.
2017 – Redspot expands into the commercial fleet market, opening commercial locations in
Coburg
and
Lidcombe
2017 – Opens a depot on
Sheridan St, Cairns City
to service all Cairns city business.
2016 – Opens a depot in
Surfers Paradise
to service all Gold Coast city business.
2016 – Relocates its
Sydney City office
from Hyde Park to Holiday Inn building in Potts Point, Sydney.
2015 – Wins
Townsville Airport
licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk inside the terminal.
2015 –
Wins
Darwin Airport
licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk inside the terminal.
2015 –
Redspot Car Rentals opens a downtown location in
Brisbane City.
2015 – Redspot signs a
Franchise Agreement with Enterprise Holdings
; the largest car rental in the world.
2014 –
Redspot Car Rentals
relaunches its flagship car hire rate from Driveaway to
Top Dog All Inclusive car hire
to match with its underdog brand.
2014 – Wins
Sunshine Coast airport
licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk inside the terminal.
2013 – Wins
Newcastle airport
licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk inside the terminal.
2013 – Wins
Rockhampton airport
licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk inside the terminal.
2013 – Proud Sponsor of Sydney Comedy Festival.
2012 – Launches Mobile Friendly car hire booking website
2012 – Website upgraded to allow invoice and existing reservation retrieval as well as prepayment functionality and express rental collection.
2012 – Wins Brisbane Qantas airport licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the Qantas terminal
2012 – Signs partnership agreement with Sixt Germany to service inbound at outbound business.
2012 – Wins
Adelaide Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the terminal
2011 – Wins
Canberra Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the terminal
2011 – Wins Melbourne Qantas licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the T1 terminal
2010 – Redspot starts migrating new and existing brokers/aggregator sites to an XML platform integrating suppliers with live system availability.
2010 – Redspot partners with Channel 7 Sunrise morning show.
2009 – Redspot moves its Head Office to Mascot due to substantial grown.
2009 – Wins
Melbourne Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the T3 terminal
2009 – Redspot new national brand updated with new logo and counter upgrades
2009 – Redspot formed strategic alliances with Discover Tasmania
2009 – Wins
Hobart Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the terminal
2009 – Redspot formed strategic alliances with
Innkeepers hotel chains
2008 – Wins Mackay Airport licence to operate on-airport with rental desk inside the terminal
2007 – Redspot enters the social network media arena launching its
Facebook
and
X page (Formerly Twitter) in order to better communicate to its customer base.
2006 –
Wins
Brisbane Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desks at domestic/international terminals
2005 – Wins
Launceston Airport
tender, licence to operate on-airport with a rental desk in terminal.
2005 – Opens a Hobart Location servicing clients with a shuttle service.
2004 – Wins
Gold Coast Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desk at domestic / international terminals
2004 – Wins
Cairns Airport
licence to operate on-airport with rental desks at domestic / international terminal
2003 Redspot formed strategic alliances with Metro Hotels Group
2000 Acquired one of its competitors, Australian Rent a Car. The company gained locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and an agency in Cairns
1999 Won the tender to operate at on all
Sydney airport
terminals, a first for an Australian car rental company
1998 Established 2nd stand-alone office at Mascot
1997 Granted off airport operators licence at
Sydney Airport
1995 Opened first stand-alone rental office in Elizabeth St, Surry Hills
1994 Became Licensor of Redspot Rentals group
1993 Joined Redspot Rentals group as a licensee
1989 Commenced car rental operations at a Waterloo service station
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