The Coach Tourism Association has welcomed two new board members, expanding the organisation’s capabilities with coach tour operator and hotel management experience. Louise Webster, European Tours Manager at Acklams Coaches, and Beverley Williams-Smith, Head of Sales and Partnerships UK & Inbound, Kew Green Hotels, have now joined CTA’s board of directors. With more than 20 […]
A Setra TopClass S 531 DT has been supplied to Rockstar Logistics of Swatragh, Northern Ireland. Trading as Crossland.ie, the operator is a specialist in nightliner touring services, in particular for the music industry. Since beginning in 2006 with one used coach, Crossland.ie has had a continued intake of double-deck coaches, totalling 21 in the […]
Siesta Holidays, the Middlesbrough-based Spanish shuttle operator, is to cease its ‘shuttles to the sun’ service at the end of 2024, citing costs and Channel delays for its problems. The five-coach operation which uses Van Hool Astromega ‘deckers to get holidaymakers to destinations in the South of France and Costa Brava was established in 1980, […]
Legal firm JMW Solicitors‘ Head of Commercial Road Transport, partner Laura Hadzik, is to contribute to an independent inspection of the Clandestine Entrants Civil Penalty Scheme. Laura has been asked by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) to provide her views on the scheme. In particular she will be asked about its […]
Four new Yutong GT12s have been added to the Scottish Citylink fleet. The routes are operated on behalf of Citylink by McLeans Coaches and the four new coaches will join one Yutong GT12 vehicle already in service on the routes. Representing an investment of £1.3m, the 53-seat coaches have gone into service on routes covering […]
Entrepreneur Andy Scott’s investment firm REL Capital has acquired Klarners Coaches and Tendring Travel. Colchester-based Klarners Coaches operates a number of Euro VI Mercedes-Benz and Irizar coaches for both its own tours and third-party operators, as well as providing private hire and rail work. Managing Director, Graham Klarner, will be retiring after a handover period […]
National Express is gearing up for what it expects to be its busiest weekend of the year. Its advanced bookings show the August bank holiday is set to be the coach operator’s most popular weekend of the year with Friday being the busiest day for travel. To meet demand National Express will be adding over […]
Letters have been sent out from the DVSA concerning PSVAR Enforcement on home-to-school and rail replacement services. UKCOA has informed B&CB after checking with the Accessibility team at the DfT, that the letter is designed to check operators are complying with the PSVAR minimum levels of compliance for their Rail Replacement and Home to School […]