One of the most surprised people at the conclusion of this year’s UK Coach Rally in Blackpool was Dave Parry when he received the Coach of the Year award for the sixth year in succession. Parrys International Tours’ 2015 Neoplan Starliner, the last one built for the UK, was entered when it became clear that […]
Held every two years, at the Istanbul Expo Centre which is handily located close to Ataturk International Airport, Busworld Turkey brings together manufacturers, converters and suppliers from a manufacturing industry that has become increasingly significant over the past couple of decades. Turkey has a strong local manufacturing base but two of the biggest local players, […]
Self professed ‘brand guru’, Peter Rosenfeld, is the inventor and co-founder of a pioneering online innovation that is proven to increase revenues for coach and tour operators. Called WebTicketManager, it allows passengers to buy tickets to tourist attractions, things to do and events after booking their travel through the operator’s website. A percentage of the […]
After being hosted at Alton Towers and the East of England Showground in Peterborough, the UK Coach Rally is going back to its seaside roots for its 62nd incarnation. Its new Blackpool location sees it return to the coast for the first time since the final Brighton event in 2009. Whether it’s the new location […]
Rhodri and Debbie Evans have only been running Ffoshelig for the past 20 years since buying it from Des Jones in 1996, but he is the fourth generation of his family to live on the farm site at Maes Y Prior (Priory Meadow) near Carmarthen where the coach operation is now headquartered. The 50 acre […]
As we have mentioned numerous times in Bus and Coach Buyer, keeping vehicles clean is all part of what can be done to attract and retain passengers. This is not too hard to do with a smaller fleet, but as vehicle numbers get higher and depots to house them get larger, it becomes an ever […]
William Cannon has been beavering away for years at his base in Strabane, in the west of Northern Ireland, developing bus chassis. In his own small way he has been quite successful building and selling a small number of chassis which those operators who have bought them have been very satisfied with. William’s latest invention […]
The two day course, led by Aftersales Specialists, Pat Hogan and Steve Lilley, is offered to customers when they purchase the Neoplan Tourliner. MAN Truck & Bus Manchester has just hosted one of the training sessions, with delegates from eight operators. Pat said, ‘We know from experience that most operators run their own maintenance programmes […]