Say what? Coaches, over-the-road trucks escape sales taxes in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Forty-five-foot motorcoachs will no longer be subject to sales taxes in Kentucky effective Oct. 1. The exemption is contained in a law…
Travel poll paints a brighter picture; safety fears ease
FORT WORTH, Texas – A survey of American travelers has encouraging findings for motorcoach operators. The independent phone poll commissioned by Travelocity, the popular travel…
Forest Service has tools for travel planners
Fed up with the implications of shock and awe? How about a little safe and secure? That’s what the USDA Forest Service is touting as…
Diesel averages $1.50
Diesel fuel prices have fallen to their lowest level since late January and are now 27 cents a gallon less than they were at their…
Deliveries
Daisy Tours, San Antonio, Texas Daisy Tours of San Antonio, Texas, has purchased its first wheelchair-lift equipped coach. The new 2045L Van Hool has a…
Washington state works fuel tax increase
Both houses of the state legislature in Washington continue work on proposals that would boost the fuel tax to pay for highway and other transportation…
OSHA issues SARS notice to guide employees, workers
As if the North American motorcoach industry didn’t have enough worries, now you can add another — SARS. The SARS crisis in Toronto is having…
Corporate Governance: Your duties as a director
By Thomas D. DeMatteoVice President and General CounselABC Companies
One of the hot topics in business circles right now is corporate governance. While…
Tourism industry icon Cypress Gardens closes
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Cypress Gardens, Florida’s first theme park and a tourism industry icon for nearly 70 years, has closed and appears unlikely to…
MCI expands in Winnipeg, marks J-model deliveries
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The makeover of manufacturing operations at Motor Coach Industries took another giant step forward late last month when the company officially marked…