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On 6 November 2006, during the yearly World Travel Market in London, Europcar International CEO, Salvatore Catania, was presented with a prestigious World Travel Award for ‘Car rental travel personality of the year' at the World Travel Market in London.

The award was voted by 200 tourism ministers from around the world and Mr Catania beat off stiff competition to secure the accolade; Craig Koch, Chief Executive of Hertz, Regina Sixt, President of Sixt and F. Robert Salemo, President and CEO of Avis.

The winner's trophy was presented to Mr Catania, on the Europcar stand by Graham Cooke, President of the World Travel Awards.

"I am really delighted and honoured to receive this award, and it is a privilege for me, for Europcar and for all my team," said Mr Catania. "Even though this award is a personal recognition, I'd like to share it with all the members of the Europcar community. I strongly believe that this award is the result of the great performance of Europcar and the strong commitment and dedication of all in our organisation."

This award takes Europcar's tally of 2006 World Travel Award trophies to an impressive nine
(read article "Europcar awarded 8 times the best")