The Jumbulance Trust, a registered charity dedicated to providing holidays and trips for seriously disabled and sick people, has recently placed an order with Van Hool for a new ‘Jumbulance.’ The purpose-built vehicle is based […]
EUROPE The European Commission (EC) has invited industry and stakeholders to submit ideas for Europe-wide journey planners. Although more than 100 journey planners are currently in operation across the continent, there is not yet a […]
AUSTRALIA Brisbane’s busway network is nearing completion, with the Windsor to Kedron section of the Northern Busway having been inspected by Queensland premier Anna Bligh. The A$444m Northern Busway project is more than 60% complete […]
GERMANY The first of the new generation Mercedes-Benz Citaros has been delivered to Lücke-Reisen. It was handed on 19 September by Konstantinos Tsiknas, head of sales for Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches in Germany, to managing […]
230 new inter-regional coach routes have been authorised generating interest in several countries FRANCE The French Transport Minister, Thierry Mariani, has authorised cabotage operations on 230 new inter-regional coach lines crossing France, within the framework […]
Defending lawyers have frequently found problems with firms’ terms and conditions Lawyers and insurers issued a warning at a recent seminar on excursions liability in London, Travel Weekly reported. Alex Padfield, managing director of law […]
A step forward in measuring the success of using social networking as a promotional and business tool has been taken, with the introduction of Twitter Web Analytics last week. This follows on from the success […]
New categories include Young Industry Professional and Making Coaches a Better Choice Nominations for the UK Coach Awards 2012 opened this week – which means coach operators and their customers can nominate people, companies and […]
From 2012, the availability of Plaxton’s top-selling Panther body on Scania’s K360 underframe will be a new option for UK coach operators, offering a return to what was a popular platform. The Scania Panther SE […]
Ed Miliband has denied that his Labour conference speech – in which he attacked “predatory” firms and a “fast-buck” culture – was “anti-business”. He told the BBC his aim was to improve behaviour in the […]
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