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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2012

N.Y.’s Monsey Tours expands Facebook, Twitter presence

Utilizes the new Facebook Timeline interface to share photos and ideas for places future charter bus passengers can explore on their travels. On Twitter, Monsey Tours interacts with over 470 followers by asking questions like, “What type of music do you like to listen to on long trips?” and sharing ideas for making road trips more fun.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2012

ABA disputes CATS' charter rule waiver

In its letter to the U.S. DOT, ABA argues that Charlotte officials have not exhausted all efforts to find privately operated motorcoaches to provide charter service to meet the demands of the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserJune 18, 2012

Motorcoach Operator Q&A: Contending with Change

Operators discuss how they are adapting to evolving equipment, tighter competition and different customer needs and weigh in on proposed safety regulations.

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Newsby StaffMay 24, 2012

Fla. charter service offering satellite TV

Astro Travel & Tours Inc. provides chartered services throughout its geographic market — spanning northern Florida and southern Georgia — and anywhere else in the continental U.S.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2011

ABC delivers C2045s to D.C., San Diego

Lorton, Va.-based DC Trails received four 2012 coaches and San Diego’s Sun Diego Charter Co. recently purchased eight 2012 coaches.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2011

Driver in fatal N.Y. bus crash indicted

Ophadell Williams, the World Wide Travel driver in a bus accident that killed 15 people has been indicted on multiple counts of manslaughter.

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Newsby StaffAugust 15, 2011

MCI delivers to Montreal, Los Angeles

Groupe Orléans Express took five new and six pre-owned J4500 coaches, and equipped them with bike racks. Eight of the coaches also feature wheelchair lifts. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department added three new MCI purpose-built 2011 Inmate Security Transportation Vehicles to its fleet.

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Newsby StaffJuly 5, 2011

Charters spared from buying apportioned license plates

Letters were sent urging members to vote against the proposal citing the negative impact to travel and tourism and the higher costs that would have to be endured by motorcoach operators to obtain apportioned license plates.

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Newsby StaffJune 20, 2011

BusRates.com launches expanded site

In conjunction with the NTA and UMA, the site now offers listings for hotels, restaurants, attractions, events and all other group activities.

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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2011

D.C. court ruling overturns Charter Rule in Wash.

Sen. Patty Murray’s, (D-Wash.) provision in a Senate Appropriations bill that allowed King County Metro Transit to provide transportation to sporting and other events was ruled legal, overturning a previous ruling that determined taxpayer money could not be used for public transit to private events.

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