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ABA Insider<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2010</strong> | Issue Number 68<br />
The Most Accurate News Source for the Motorcoach, Tour, and Travel Industry<br />
Senator Kerry Talks Green Issues at Peter Pan<br />
In This Issue:<br />
The Insider Q&A: Gail Borowsky,<br />
National Liberty Museum<br />
2<br />
Wyoming Bans<br />
Texting While Driving<br />
6<br />
2011 Product Pavilion<br />
Early Birders Save $200<br />
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Did You Know?<br />
Diesel’s national average price per<br />
gallon rose another 2.2 cents<br />
recently to $2.946, a 16-month<br />
high, the U.S. Department of<br />
Energy said last week.<br />
As part of his efforts to rally grassroots support for his climate change<br />
legislation, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) toured Peter Pan <strong>Bus</strong> Lines’<br />
Springfield, Mass.-based eco-friendly headquarters this month.<br />
Kerry, who is working on the bill together with Senators Joseph<br />
Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC), toured a unique Peter Pan bus<br />
equipped with an ultra-clean engine and emissions control system designed to<br />
run on Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) and/or a blend of ULSD with a certain<br />
percentage of the fuel mix being biodiesel, which helps to reduce emissions by<br />
more than 90 percent in new coaches.<br />
“We had a very successful visit with Mr. Kerry,” said Peter Pan President Peter<br />
Picknelly, an ABA Board Member. “He is committed to helping our industry with his<br />
new legislation.”<br />
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) was also present during the event. Neal is expected<br />
to be the next Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.<br />
In other Peter Pan news, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently<br />
inspected and rated the company with its highest possible safety designation in<br />
recognition of their outstanding company-wide safety procedures.<br />
DOD rates motorcoach carriers on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest<br />
rank attainable, and 5 indicating a safety profile deemed “unsatisfactory.” The<br />
inspection protocol includes all driver logs, paperwork, up-to-date licensing and<br />
medical records of drivers, as well as current vehicle registrations and inspection<br />
documentation to be in order and in compliance with all standards as set forth by<br />
DOD. Peter Pan received a 1.<br />
“The safety and comfort of our passengers is Peter Pan’s #1 priority,” Picknelly<br />
said. “A positive DOD inspection is invaluable to our company’s ongoing success.”<br />
Individual Highlights:<br />
In the States 5<br />
Executive Excursions 6<br />
Marketplace Pace 7<br />
Product Pavilion Pulse 7<br />
New Members 8
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THE INSIDER Q&A: Gail Borowsky, CEO, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia<br />
ABA | How have you used the emerging<br />
trend of “character education” at the<br />
National Liberty Museum to attract<br />
student bus tour groups?<br />
GB | Character education fosters ethical<br />
and responsible caring in young people<br />
by modeling and teaching good<br />
character through an emphasis on<br />
universal values shared globally—like<br />
hope, respect, knowledge, peace, loyalty,<br />
equality, and democracy. Our “Heroes of<br />
Character” exhibit and Web site asks our<br />
youth one question: ”What do you stand<br />
for?” Our plans include going “mobile”<br />
and bringing the exhibit and character<br />
education programs to the students and<br />
teachers at their schools in the Philadelphia area. To attract student bus groups,<br />
we promoted the exhibit at ABA Marketplace <strong>2010</strong> and featured the new addition<br />
to the museum on our Tour Operator Profile Sheets.<br />
ABA | What makes your “Heroes of Character” exhibit something motorcoach<br />
and tour operators will want to add to their group travel itineraries?<br />
GB | Kids can ponder what makes one “heroic” by playing the museum’s “Heroes of<br />
Character” video game at a series of four touch-screen kiosks. The games explore<br />
traits such as perseverance (with a cameo appearance by Martin Luther King, Jr.) and<br />
generosity (featuring Oprah Winfrey, Ben Franklin, and others). At the last kiosk in the<br />
exhibit, a digital camera takes a snapshot of the player with one of the game’s featured<br />
heroes. Kids can visit the museum’s Web site from home and print out a keepsake.<br />
ABA | How are you using social media to interest and engage the youth market?<br />
GB | As well as our Web sites, the museum has launched a companion “Heroes of<br />
Character” Facebook page, and we use Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube to maximize our<br />
message and increase our brand recognition. The Museum has also used bloggers<br />
to make ourselves heard with an audience interested in a particular topic—such<br />
as teachers, students, home-schoolers, young mothers, seniors, and the event<br />
members of the press. We find it generates more Web site traffic.<br />
ABA | How does your proximity to the historic district in Philadelphia affect<br />
your ability to attract visitors?<br />
GB | Our location itself is a great advantage to groups and motorcoach operators.<br />
Located in historic Old City, we have convenient bus drop-off and pick up areas<br />
near the front of our entrances. Each visit can be paired with nearby restaurants,<br />
“Liberty Trail” attractions such as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall or other sites.<br />
We have a group tours department that can be reached by calling (215) 925-2800<br />
x1<strong>29</strong> for bookings, or operators can go online.<br />
ABA | What have you found to be successful in attracting student groups?<br />
GB | Being as personalized as possible. The National Liberty Museum is unique in that<br />
every tour is led by a professional museum educator who provides a personalized<br />
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and interactive experience for all. Our museum has been recognized for having the<br />
“best docents in the city of Philadelphia.” The Museum’s standard 90-minute tour<br />
includes the museum’s major works of glass art, and a theme of your choice from<br />
“Diversity Appreciation,” “Heroes of Character,” or others. You can suggest a theme<br />
and we will work with your group. Tour operator rates are available. The Museum<br />
makes special arrangements for early/late visits to the museum for large groups.<br />
ABA | What do you plan to do to use Marketplace 2011 in Philadelphia January<br />
8-12 to elevate the awareness about the National Liberty Museum?<br />
GB | The city of Philadelphia is delighted to host Marketplace 2011 and we plan to<br />
participate by attending the 2011 Marketplace, participate in the pre/post FAM<br />
tour visits, Dine-A-Round opportunities and having our staff serve on the various<br />
Marketplace Committees.<br />
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President Signs Bill Keeping Highway Trust Fund Solvent<br />
President Obama has signed a jobs bill<br />
that would also provide almost $20<br />
billion immediately to ensure the<br />
solvency of the Highway Trust Fund<br />
(HTF) through 2011 following the<br />
Senate’s approval of the measure in a<br />
68-<strong>29</strong> bipartisan vote <strong>March</strong> 17.<br />
The bill expands eligibility for Build<br />
America Bonds and extends surface<br />
transportation policy through<br />
December, provides the HTF $19.5 billion so it can meet its financial obligations<br />
through 2011, and increases the transportation funding baseline from which<br />
future legislation is written. The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE)<br />
Act (H.R. 2847) also includes an extension of Build America Bonds used by state<br />
and local governments to cut financing costs for infrastructure projects.<br />
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MCI Rehiring 100 Workers to Build New 70-Coach Order<br />
Motor Coach Industries is rehiring 100 workers for its Winnipeg, Manitoba and<br />
Pembina, N.D. assembly plants as it inks the finishing touches on an order for 70 new<br />
coaches. The news of the hiring back of 100 workers comes on the heels of a<br />
Winnipeg newspaper report that MCI had gradually reduced more than half its<br />
Winnipeg workforce over the past 18 months. “We are very pleased to be adding<br />
jobs,” MCI VP & Chief Customer Officer Pat Ziska told the ABA Insider. “In 2009, many<br />
companies, including MCI, streamlined to adjust to the weaker economy. And now<br />
we’re doing what any good business would do with a recovering economy—rehiring!”<br />
With the order for 70 new <strong>2010</strong> D4505 coaches, MCI is well into the process of<br />
reinvigorating its staff at both the Winnipeg and Pembina plants, where the D4505<br />
is assembled. The major structural components are built at the Winnipeg plant;<br />
the finishing components added at the North Dakota plant. “Coach orders not<br />
only benefit our line-rates, but those of our suppliers,” Ziska added. “Job creation in<br />
the transportation sector advances the industry. We look forward to spreading this<br />
good news and the great story MCI has to tell.”
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travel helped tourism to the<br />
region, as the group sales division<br />
of the local Chamber of Commerce<br />
announced a 28 percent surge in<br />
2009 for room reservations.<br />
TAP Expands Guaranteed Departures 75 percent<br />
Travel Alliance Partners, LLC (TAP) has introduced its <strong>2010</strong>/2011 series of TAP-branded<br />
tours featuring more than 250 Guaranteed Departures, signifying nearly four times<br />
the number of tour programs available since the group began offering such<br />
itineraries in 2006. TAP tours available in the 94-page <strong>2010</strong>/2011 brochure, and also at<br />
www.GuaranteedDepartures.com, cover more than 500 destinations worldwide.<br />
To support the expanded program, TAP has launched a call center where<br />
travelers and travel professionals can call (866) 373-0790 to discuss tours and ask<br />
questions through a live operator. Travelers who book any of TAP’s <strong>2010</strong><br />
Guaranteed Departure programs can be confident their vacation is secure and will<br />
never be cancelled because of insufficient guest participation. TAP provides a<br />
range of Guaranteed Departures year-round in the form of motorcoach tours and<br />
other travel modes, as well as tours that highlight various holidays and special<br />
events. Tour prices are land-only, but airfare and comprehensive travel insurance<br />
can also be purchased through TAP members when done so in conjunction with a<br />
tour. For more information or reservations, call (866) 373-0790 or visit<br />
www.GuaranteedDepartures.com.<br />
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Motorcoach Council Elects New Board<br />
The Motorcoach Council Inc. elected its new Board of Directors<br />
this month, as Founding Chairman Todd Holland of Ramblin<br />
Express stepped aside from the day-to-day duties to serve in an<br />
advisory role as an ex-officio Board Member. Vice Chairman Brian<br />
Annett of Annett <strong>Bus</strong> Lines Inc. was unanimously chosen to<br />
succeed Holland as Chairman. Joining new Chairman Annett as<br />
vice chairman will be Jack Wigley of All Aboard America, who<br />
also served on the Board for the past two years as a director. “I<br />
am honored and excited to Chair the Motorcoach Council Board<br />
over the next two years,” Annett said. “The groundwork has been laid by the<br />
founding partners, the prior board and our former Chairman, Todd Holland. His<br />
dedication to this campaign has been unwavering. He led with a ‘never say die’<br />
vision that has gotten the Council where it is today.”<br />
The Board also voted to establish a new rotating seat to be filled by a state<br />
association, the inaugural seat of which will be filled by the Tennessee Motor<br />
Coach <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
The Directors elected to serve two-year terms on the Motorcoach Council’s<br />
Board with new Chairman Annett and new Vice Chairman Wigley include Ron Bast<br />
of Riteway <strong>Bus</strong> Service, Inc.; Scott Merriman of Scenic America Tours, Inc.; and<br />
James Mills, of Gaylord Transportation & Tours. Operators elected to serve oneyear<br />
term as Directors are Gladys Gillis of Starline Transportation (re-elected); and<br />
Sandy Allen, of Royal Coach Tours. The Council’s board will continue to include one<br />
standing seat for an executive-level member of both national associations to<br />
include Peter Pantuso of <strong>American</strong> <strong>Bus</strong> <strong>Association</strong>; and Victor Parra of United<br />
Motorcoach <strong>Association</strong>. Steve Klika of International Motorcoach Group will<br />
continue serving as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Board, with Holland<br />
joining him in that capacity.<br />
Also during the meeting, longtime Council staffer Heather Horton was named<br />
the Council’s new Executive Director, and Pamela Wolff was named Director of<br />
Strategic Alliances and Industry Partnerships.
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“Customers from<br />
all over the world<br />
can plan to get to<br />
Cape Cod from<br />
Boston’s Logan<br />
Airport and South<br />
Station without<br />
a car.”<br />
—Chris Anzuoni, VP<br />
of Plymouth & Brockton<br />
Tourism Cares Headed to San Francisco in June<br />
Tourism Cares will be holding its 8th annual event on historic Angel Island in San<br />
Francisco Bay June 3-5. Travel industry professionals are encouraged to join in and<br />
help to rehabilitate various recreational areas and trails across the island. More than<br />
300 volunteers have gathered each year at events beginning with Ellis Island in<br />
2003. Jobs for volunteers span the spectrum from light work to heavy lifting, and<br />
each participant can choose their intensity level. Those unable to attend are being<br />
asked to consider becoming sponsors, encouraging friends and colleagues to<br />
attend, or to put their company logos on the official T-shirts for the event.<br />
IN THE STATES: Connecticut Lawmaker Pushing Belt Bill for School <strong>Bus</strong>es<br />
A Connecticut bill requiring that all school buses have<br />
three-point safety belts in buses beginning with the<br />
2012 model year has passed out of the Transportation<br />
Committee of the Connecticut State Senate.<br />
State Senator Antonio Guerrera (D-Rocky Hill)<br />
sponsored the bill after a January school bus crash in<br />
his district killed 16-year-old student Vikas Parikh.<br />
Parikh’s family and friends testified at a public hearing<br />
that the teenager would still be alive had there been<br />
seat belts on the school bus.<br />
Although Guerra has assured his supporters that the bill will pass the House and<br />
Senate, it faces stiff opposition from many state education groups. Among groups<br />
opposed to the bill are the Connecticut <strong>Association</strong> of Boards of Education, the<br />
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and the Connecticut School<br />
Transportation <strong>Association</strong>. Each of these groups argues that the high-backed<br />
cushioned seats on school buses that are designed to absorb crash impact—<br />
known as compartmentalization—renders the evidence for an added safety<br />
benefit by having belts on school buses unclear. Please contact ABA’s Pat Jones at<br />
(202) 218-7224 or pjones@buses.org if you would like further information.<br />
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IN THE STATES: Plymouth & Brockton on Google Transit<br />
The Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company (P&B), Cape Cod Regional<br />
Transit Authority, Bridgewater State College (BSC), and the Cape Cod Chamber of<br />
Commerce have formed an alliance to launch the online tool “Google Transit Trip<br />
Planner” so visitors to Cape Cod can get to and around the region without a car.<br />
Google Transit has developed a global network of transit providers on the web<br />
so that transit consumers can plan their trips by simply typing in the starting<br />
address and ending address of their trips on their computer or smart phone.<br />
Google Transit’s computers will find the next bus and connecting service to a<br />
consumer’s destination. The Cape’s regional bus service and the inter-city bus<br />
carrier from Boston’s Logan Airport and South Station have partnered with the<br />
GeoGraphics Laboratory at BSC to provide the data to Google.<br />
“Customers from all over the world can plan to get to Cape Cod from Boston’s<br />
Logan Airport and South Station without a car,” said Chris Anzuoni, VP of P&B and<br />
an ABA Board member. For more information, visit www.capecodrta.org.
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Did You Know?<br />
The deadline for 2011 Top 100<br />
Events In North America nominations<br />
is May 7, and any ABA<br />
member can nominate an event<br />
for consideration. Get complete<br />
details at www.buses.org/top100.<br />
IN THE STATES: Wyoming Becomes 20th State Banning Driving While Texting<br />
Wyoming has become the 20th state to enact a statewide ban prohibiting drivers<br />
from texting while behind-the-wheel, passing a law earlier this month that will<br />
allow law enforcement officials to ticket anyone caught texting while driving in<br />
the state. In 2009, more than 200 distracted driving bills were considered by state<br />
legislatures and legislative activity is expected to remain strong in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
“Wyoming has taken an important step to eliminate distracted driving,” U.S. DOT<br />
Sec. Ray LaHood said. “Texting while driving, like talking on cell phones while<br />
driving, is dangerous to the driver doing it and all of those around them.”<br />
Alex’s Lemonade<br />
Stand Foundation<br />
has funded more<br />
than 100 research<br />
projects at nearly<br />
50 institutions<br />
across the country.<br />
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EXECUTIVE EXCURSIONS: New Names & Faces at VISIT Milwaukee, Atlantic<br />
City CVA, Sheraton Norfolk, DC Civil Rights Panel<br />
Paul Upchurch Liz Dyer Clyde Hart<br />
VISIT Milwaukee has<br />
named Paul Upchurch<br />
its new president &<br />
CEO. He joins VISIT<br />
Milwaukee after 30<br />
years in the hospitality<br />
and tourism industry.<br />
For more information<br />
call (800) 554-1448 or go<br />
online to www.visitmilwaukee.org… The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority<br />
has named Mark O’Day national sales manager for its New York office. O’Day will<br />
book conventions, meetings and trade shows for the Atlantic City Convention Center<br />
and other AC-area properties from NYC-area groups. He previously did sales and<br />
marketing for the Greater Providence CVB, the New York CVB, and for several<br />
hoteliers. His new phone is (212) 247-3484; e-mail is moday@accva.com … Liz Dyer,<br />
APR, who served as media relations coordinator for the Virginia Beach CVB—<br />
including during ABA Marketplace 2008—is the new sales manager for the Sheraton<br />
Norfolk Waterfront Hotel … ABA’s SVP for Government Affairs Clyde Hart is one of<br />
13 DC citizens who have been appointed to serve two-year terms on the DC Advisory<br />
Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.<br />
MARKETPLACE PACE: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Chosen As 2011 Charity<br />
The Marketplace Advisory Committee has chosen Alex’s<br />
Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer as the<br />
Marketplace Gives Back charity for 2011. Alex’s Lemonade<br />
Stand Foundation started in Pennsylvania in 2000, when<br />
then four-year-old cancer patient Alex Scott set up a<br />
lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money to help<br />
find a cure for childhood cancer. Her lemonade stand was<br />
a huge success and became an annual event. Alex wanted<br />
to raise more money for childhood cancer patients and encouraged others<br />
nationally to start their own lemonade stands. In the summer of 2004, Alex’s stand<br />
and other stands inspired by Alex across the country raised Alex’s goal of $1<br />
million for childhood cancer.
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ABA’s Product<br />
Pavilion is quickly<br />
establishing itself<br />
as the industry’s<br />
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Alex lost her battle with cancer in 2004, but her legacy continues to inspire others.<br />
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation continues to raise money for cancer research<br />
projects, a travel program to assist families traveling for treatment, and nursing<br />
grants to improve the quality of life and care of children with cancer. For more<br />
information about the Marketplace Gives Back charity, visit www.alexslemonade.org<br />
or become a fan of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Facebook page.<br />
MARKETPLACE PACE: “Lost Heroes Art Quilt” Headed to Branson<br />
Yellow Ribbon Fund Gold Star Mother Nancy<br />
Hecker, who appeared onstage with Tony<br />
Orlando during the Marketplace <strong>2010</strong><br />
Opening Ceremonies to share how the <strong>2010</strong><br />
Marketplace Gives Back charity had touched<br />
her personally, is now working to ensure the<br />
“Lost Heroes Art Quilt” receives the national<br />
recognition it deserves.<br />
Following Marketplace, Hecker and her<br />
husband went to Pensacola, Fla., to both visit<br />
(Left to right) Candy Martin,<br />
Tony Orlando and Nancy Hecker.<br />
their younger son, John, a Marine pilot serving as a flight instructor there, as well as<br />
setting up and moving the “Lost Heroes Art Quilt” to the National Museum of Naval<br />
Aviation. The quilt has also been on display at the Alabama State Capitol in<br />
Montgomery, and is currently at the new National Museum of the Infantry and<br />
Soldier Center at Patriot Park, Ft. Benning, Ga. “We continue to be amazed at the<br />
reaction it receives from all who see it,” Hecker said. “After connecting with Tony<br />
[during Marketplace <strong>2010</strong>], the quilt will be on display at the Welk Resort Theater<br />
during Branson’s Veterans Week Celebration. I’m trying to get many of the families<br />
whose heroes are represented on the quilt to come for Veterans Day, and see for<br />
themselves the honor, love, and respect shown for their heroes and all who serve.”<br />
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Did You Know?<br />
ABA has 1108 bus and tour company<br />
members, 82 of which are based<br />
in Pennsylvania.<br />
PRODUCT PAVILION PULSE: Early-Bird Registration Offers Exhibitors $200 Off<br />
ABA’s Product Pavilion, the show-within-a-show for operators and equipment and<br />
service providers, will be expanded to two days (Jan. 8-9) during Marketplace 2011<br />
Jan. 8-12 in Philadelphia. The expanded show comes in response to exhibitor and<br />
operator demands for more time to conduct business together, and exhibitors can<br />
save $200 off the normal investment in booth space by registering early online.<br />
ABA’s Product Pavilion is designed to build more business for all participants by<br />
providing exhibitors the opportunity to display their newest products and<br />
services in an inexpensive, time-saving, and results-driven manner to an audience<br />
of more than 750 bus operators in a one-stop exhibit show at Marketplace<br />
offering everything under one roof. “ABA’s Product Pavilion is the best investment<br />
for manufacturers, equipment suppliers and service providers, and its surging<br />
growth is quickly establishing it as the industry’s most valuable exhibit show,” said<br />
ABA Senior VP for Meetings, Education & Member Services Lynn Brewer.<br />
The schedule includes an invitation-only “Operator & Leadership Preview Event<br />
and Reception” (4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8). Exhibits will be open Jan. 9 from<br />
11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For more information regarding the Product Pavilion, visit<br />
www.buses.org/marketplace or call (800) 283-2877.
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QUALIFIED OPERATORS<br />
The following Motorcoach & Tour Operators submitted<br />
application(s) for membership between <strong>March</strong> 9-22, <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
and have met all membership requirements. They are<br />
currently in the mandatory 30-day period for member<br />
comments.<br />
A W Griffith Transportation Consulting LLC<br />
Anthony Griffith, President<br />
Glen Oaks, NY<br />
www.awgriffithtransconsult.com<br />
Corporate Coach of Chicago<br />
(DOT: 1675142)<br />
Chris Peterson, President<br />
Des Plaines, IL<br />
www.corpcoach.net<br />
Corporate Executive Coach, LLC<br />
(DOT: 1675223)<br />
Nathaniel Stanley, Owner/Operator<br />
Randallstown, MD<br />
Dynamic Tours & Transportation Inc.<br />
(DOT: 682703)<br />
Assad Dakkak, President<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
www.dynamicbuses.org<br />
Krapf’s Coaches Inc.<br />
(DOT: 774388)<br />
Karen Ferry, Director of Sales<br />
West Chester, PA<br />
www.krapfbus.com<br />
Panorama Tours, Inc.<br />
(DOT: 637916)<br />
Michelle Petelicki, President<br />
Clifton, NJ<br />
www.panoramabustours.com<br />
Travel Lovers Tours and Cruises, Inc.<br />
(DOT: 1176208)<br />
Barac Wimberly<br />
Saint Petersburg, FL<br />
www.travelloversinc.com<br />
Tuxedo Tour and Travel<br />
(DOT: 1896536)<br />
Todd Hugendubler, Owner<br />
Lebanon, PA<br />
www.tuxedotour.com<br />
V.I.P. Charters<br />
(DOT: 1056203FL)<br />
Sharon Ponder, Owner<br />
Riviera Beach, FL<br />
www.chartersbyvip.com<br />
TRAVEL INDUSTRY<br />
The Broadmoor<br />
Tiffany Fonda, Travel and Tour Manager<br />
1 Lake Ave.<br />
Colorado Springs, CO 80906<br />
PH: (719) 471-6345 Fax: (719) 577-5779<br />
tfonda@broadmoor.com<br />
www.broadmoor.com<br />
Lodging<br />
Days Inn Florida Mall<br />
Lillian Gomez, Sales Manager<br />
9301 S Orange Blossom Trail<br />
Orlando, FL 32857<br />
PH: (407) 855 0308 Fax: (407) 581 0265<br />
daysinnflor@yahoo.com<br />
www.thedaysinnfloridamall.com<br />
Lodging<br />
Euroworld Holidays, Ltd<br />
Larry Voelker, Owner<br />
611 N 50th St.<br />
Milwaukee, WI 53208<br />
PH: (414) 777-0412 Fax: (414) 777-0413<br />
info@euroworldholidays.com<br />
www.euroworldholidays.com<br />
Travel Agency<br />
Sheraton Parsippany Hotel<br />
Kelly Bodnarchuk, Group Sales Manager<br />
199 Smith Rd.<br />
Parsippany, NJ 07054<br />
PH: (973) 560 5157 Fax: (973) 515 3180<br />
kelly.bodnarchuk@sheraton.com<br />
www.sheraton.com/Parsippany<br />
Lodging<br />
Slice N Dice Eatery<br />
Ben Fisher, Manager<br />
2173 Crystal Plaza Arc<br />
Arlington, VA 22202<br />
PH: (703) 418 4444 Fax: (301) <strong>29</strong>9-1526<br />
fcompanies@aol.com<br />
www.slicendice.net<br />
Restaurant<br />
8<br />
700 13th Street NW, Suite 575<br />
Washington, DC 20005<br />
(202) 842-1645<br />
FAX (202) 842-0850<br />
E-MAIL: abainfo@buses.org<br />
www.buses.org<br />
ABC Companies recently<br />
delivered 11 new Van<br />
Hools to Coach America.<br />
The Anaheim, Calif. division<br />
took delivery of three<br />
TD925 coaches, and<br />
eight Van Hool ADA<br />
equipped C2045Es have<br />
been added to Coach<br />
America’s Woodland<br />
commuter fleet in<br />
Houston, Texas (left).