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The Bus Association of New York 2014/2015 Membership Directory is published for The Bus Association of New York P.O. Box 12035 Albany, New York 12212 (877) 699-7222, (518) 383-4621 (518) 383-5706 fax A Message from the President...... 6 www.banybus.org [email protected] Officers & Directors...... 7 by
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5 A Message from the President
Dear Fellow BANY Members, t is a pleasure to welcome new and continuing members to the Bus Association of New York’s 2014/2015 Membership Directory. BANY was founded in 1938 and today continues to be one of the leading state associations promoting motorcoach travel, safety and compliance as well as the interests of motorcoach companies and associates. As a member,I you have made a conscious business decision to be one of the industry leaders in the state of New York, giving you a leading edge over other non-member competitors. How does the association reach its members? BANY offers its membership up-to-date information on the industry within the state and elsewhere in our weekly “Friday Flash” e-mail message. Another great opportunity is the Annual Meeting and Marketplace, where you can network, attend seminars on pertinent issues and meet with associate members in a timed sales meeting. The 2014 event will take place October 26-28, at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. This central location is easily accessible to members from around and outside the state. Leading topics, concerns and issues in the industry will once again be the association’s focus. And lastly, our Executive Director, Tammy St. Louis, as well as any of our board members, are only a phone call away for any questions or concerns that need to be addressed or researched. As BANY’s current president, my personal message to you is that any association is only as strong as the dedication of its members and chosen leadership. It will only be through all of our efforts that this association remains strong and able to pursue the interests of the industry through one voice – BANY. We also need to work with other leading national associations to keep our industry safe and in compliance. It is important that we keep informed of state and national legislative initiatives that can be positive for our members. At the same time, we must challenge the issues that are detrimental to our industry. It is my belief that BANY is the voice that can make all our operator and associate member companies more profitable. It has been my pleasure to serve as your president. As always, if I can be of any service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me at Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines. This membership directory offers a comprehensive list of members. BANY urges all of you to use fellow members for services, products, travel opportunities and even charter service. Thank you for being a BANY member. If you are interested in other leadership roles in the association, we are always looking for dedicated individuals to continue making the association’s voice strong and relevant in the industry. As strong as we are, there is still much to be done, more room for growth in membership, attaining more integrity in the industry and forming new alliances. Join me and the BANY Board of Directors and help make this possible.
Thank you – and welcome.
Cam Morris BANY President Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines
6 2014/2015 Officers and Directors
President Dave Parmley Camilla Morris Covered Wagon Tours, LLC Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines [email protected] [email protected] Ken Presley United Motorcoach Association Vice Presidents [email protected] John Corrado Suffolk Bus Company Phil Vallone [email protected] Rolling V Bus Corp. [email protected] Edward F.X. Gallagher, Jr Newburgh Beacon Bus Corp. Associate Director [email protected] Stan Brettschneider G.T.J. Co., Inc. Secretary [email protected] Godfrey LeBron L & G Leasing Inc. Executive Director [email protected] Tammy M. St. Louis [email protected] Board of Directors Robert Brisman Legislative Director West Point Tours, Inc., Trailways Jerry Kremer [email protected] [email protected] Robert Brown Brown Coach Lines, Inc. BANY Central Office [email protected] P.O. Box 12035 Albany, NY 12212 Roy Furo Phone: (877) 699-7222 Motorcoach Industries (518) 383-4621 [email protected] FAX: (518) 383-5706 Jeff Goldwasser [email protected] LaFrance Industries www.BANYBus.org [email protected] George Grieve Hudson Transit Lines, Inc. [email protected]
7 Membership & Benefits
All members automatically receive the following benefits as a part of membership
STANDARD BENEFITS • Legislative monitoring and representation at the State Capitol and regulatory agencies. • A toll-free number with direct access to the BANY office for assistance with any challenges or questions. • A professional staff available to offer you personal assistance on any issue. • A weekly electronic bulletin, “Friday Flash,” which gives timely industry updates. • An Annual Membership Handbook that contains valuable member contact information, board information, by laws, government contacts and more. • An opportunity to help shape the association by joining one of the many committees.
INFORMATION Staff Expertise: Have a question and not sure who to ask? Call us at (877) 699-7222 to get started. Between our Executive Director, General Counsel, Board Members and Staff, we will find the answers for you.
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8 Government Directory
New York State Department of Transportation 50 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12232 Phone: (518) 457-6195 Fax: (518) 485-5217 www.dot.state.ny.us
Modal Safety & Security Services (Main Office) (518) 457-8527 [email protected]
Passenger Carrier Safety Program Bureau (518) 457-4823
Safety & Security Planning & Development Bureau (518) 457-4613
Bus Safety, Inspection and Regulations (518) 457-8527
Motor Carrier Safety and Compliance Bureau (518) 457-6500
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles 6 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12228 (518) 486-9786 Upstate (212) 645-5550 Downstate (518) 473-5595 Out of State www.nydmv.state.ny.us
New York State Education Department 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234 (518) 474-3852 (general) (518) 473-2998 (fingerprinting) www.nysed.gov
New York State Senate New York State Assembly Honorable Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. Honorable David F. Gantt 188 State Street, Rm. 609, LOB Rm. 830, LOB Albany, NY 12247 Albany, NY 12248 Chair, Transportation Committee Chair, Transportation Committee (518) 455-3341 (518) 455-5606 [email protected] [email protected] www.nysenate.gov www.assembly.state.ny.us
Governor’s Office Regulatory Reform Business Permit Assistance Unit P.O. Box 2107 Albany, NY 12220 (518) 486-3292 www.Gorr.state.ny.us www.nys-opal.com
9 Bylaws
BYLAWS Section 2. Approval of Members An individual, partnership, or corporation may become of a regular member upon being proposed for membership Bus Association of New York State, Inc. (BANY) by a current member through written application to (As Amended April 1, 2009) the President or Secretary, and being favorably passed upon by a majority vote of the membership of the Board Article I. of Directors. MEMBERSHIP Section 3. Resignation Section 1. Membership Qualifications Any member may withdraw from the Association after 1. Regular Membership: Any privately owned fulfilling all obligations to it by giving written notice of company authorized to and actively engaged in such intention to the Secretary, which notice shall be the transport of passengers for hire in non-school presented to the Board of Directors by the Secretary at transportation vehicles designed to seat more than the first meeting after its receipt. 15 passengers without wheelchairs or 6 passengers with wheelchairs may become a voting member of Section 4. Suspension the Association provided the company is under the A member may be suspended for a period, or expelled supervision and jurisdiction of, and has received for cause such as violation of any of the BY-LAWS or operating authority from, the New York State Rules of the Association, or for conduct prejudicial Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and/ to the best interests of the Association. Suspension or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or expulsion shall be by a two-thirds vote of the (FMCSA) or their successor agencies. Such company membership of the Board of Directors, provided that must operate a significant portion of its passenger a statement of the charges shall have been mailed by transportation business either inside or to/from the registered mail to the member under charges at his last State of New York. recorded address at least 15 days before the final action is taken thereon; this statement shall be accompanied 2. Associate Membership: In addition, anyone not by a notice of the time and place where the Board of eligible for regular membership may qualify for Directors is to take action. The member shall be given an an associate membership, according to one of the opportunity to present a defense at the time and place following categories: mentioned in such notice. a. Tour and Travel Members - Those engaged in the business of promoting travel arrangements who Article II. are normally referred to as travel agents and FISCAL YEAR tour operators. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first b. Supplier Members - Those who supply services or day of January and end on the last day of December in goods to the industry, including equipment and each year. accessory manufacturers, lodging enterprises, and all others who participate in the general well being Article III. and continuance of the industry. DUES c. Non-Voting Bus Company Members - Those Section 1. Annual Dues engaged in less than a significant portion of The Board of Directors may determine from time to their business inside or to/from the State of time the amount of dues and assessments payable to the New York and who otherwise could qualify for Association by members. Regular Membership. Section 2. Payment of Dues An associate member from each of the two categories Dues shall be payable in advance whether on a monthly above shall be selected by a process acceptable to or yearly basis. the President to serve as a delegate to the Board of Section 3. Default and Termination of Membership Directors, and shall participate in the activities of When any member shall be in default in the payment the Board as the President deems appropriate. Such of dues for a period of three months from the beginning delegates shall promote the best interests of their of the fiscal year or period for which such dues became category of membership and shall have access to any payable, its membership may thereupon be terminated scheduled meeting of the Board for this purpose. The by the Board of Directors in the manner provided in views and recommendations of such delegates shall be Article I, Section 4, of these BYLAWS. sought on any issue or matter where the interests of the associate membership is affected.
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Article IV. Any question as to the priority of business shall be decided by the President without debate. This order of MEETINGS business may be altered or suspended at any meeting by Section 1. Annual Meeting a majority vote of the members present. There shall be an annual meeting on a date approved by the Board in each year, for election of members of the Article V. Board of Directors, for receiving the annual reports of officers, directors and committees, and the transaction DIRECTORS of other business. Notice of the meeting, signed by the Section 1. Number Secretary shall be mailed, except as herein or by statute The property, affairs, funds, activities and concerns of otherwise provided; to the last recorded address of each the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors, member at least ten days and not more than 50 days consisting of the representatives of not more than before the time appointed for the meeting. All notices twenty-one (21) regular members of the Association, of meetings shall set forth the place, date, time and who shall be elected for a period of three year(s) in the purpose of the meeting. manner provided in Article IV. In addition, the President, Vice-Presidents and the Secretary of the Association Section 2. Special Meetings shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Directors Special meetings may be called by the Board of and shall have the right to vote. At least six (6) of the Directors at its discretion. Notice for any special members comprising the Board and the Officers must meeting is to be given in the same manner as for the be qualified as having regular route operating authority annual meeting. granted by NYSDOT. At any given time, the Board shall not include more than two representatives of any single Section 3. Quorum operator member or affiliated group of companies The presence in person or by proxy of seven of the except that a Board Member and an officer as ex-officio members of the Association entitled to vote shall be Board member may be from the same company or necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction affiliated group of companies but in such event, that of business. company or affiliated group of companies will be Section 4. Voting allowed only one vote. Any firm or corporation may be represented at any Section 2. Duties of Directors meeting by any member of its staff delegated by it for The Board of Directors may: that purpose; but each firm or corporation shall be entitled to only one vote. If the manner of deciding any (1) hold meetings at such times and places as it question has not otherwise been prescribed, it shall be thinks proper; decided by majority vote of the members present in person or by proxy. Companies affiliated by common (2) admit members and suspend or expel them ownership shall be entitled to no more than two votes by ballot; per company group even if the affiliated group of companies are all unique members of the association. (3) appoint committees on particular subjects from the members of the Board, or from other members of the Section 5. Proxies Association; Every member of the Association entitled to vote at any meeting thereof may vote in proxy. A proxy shall (4) audit bills and disburse the funds of be in writing and revocable at the pleasure of the the Association; member executing it. Unless the duration of the proxy (5) provide for funding of any unusually large is specified, it shall be invalid after 11 months from the expenditure over and above normal operating date of its execution. expenses; Section 6. Order of Business (6) print and circulate documents and publish articles; The order of business shall be as follows at all meetings of the Association, Board of Directors and Executive (7) carry on correspondence and communicate Committee: with other associations interested in the bus transportation industry; (a) Calling of the roll (b) Reading of the Minutes (8) appoint such employees as may be necessary to (c) Receiving communications conduct the business of the Association; (d) Elections (e) Reports of Officers (9) employ agents; (f) Reports of Committees (g) unfinished Business (h) New Business
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(10) between meetings of the Association, act for Section 7. Removal of Directors and in behalf of the Association. However, the Any one or more of the Directors may be removed Association may at any subsequent meeting either with or without cause, at any time, by a vote of thereof rescind, revoke, supplement or amend any two-thirds of the Board members present at any regular acts of the Board of Directors taken prior thereto; or special meeting called for that purpose. (11) fill any vacancy in the office of the Association Section 8. Compensation at any regular or special meeting of the Board. In The Board of Directors shall serve without the event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, compensation. the Board shall elect a Director to fill any vacancy and such Director shall hold office until the next Section 9. Salaries meeting of the Association or until a successor The salary of the Executive Secretary and other is elected; employees of the Association, and all of their expenses shall be determined by a majority vote of the Board (12) devise and carry into execution such other of Directors. measures as it deems proper and expedient to promote the objectives of the Association and to Section 10. Determination of Questions best protect the interest and welfare of A majority vote of the directors present and voting at any the members. regular or special meeting of the Board shall, except as herein provided to the contrary, conclusively determine Section 3. Meetings of the Board any question before it. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting each Section 11. Appointments year. Notice of the meeting signed by the Secretary, shall The Directors may appoint an Executive Secretary of be mailed to the last recorded address of each member the Association and fix the duties, term and salary of at least ten days before the time appointed for the such Executive Secretary. Such duties may include the meeting. The president may, when he deems necessary, designated duties of the offices of the Association as or the Secretary shall, at the request in writing of three may be determined by the Directors. The Directors members of the Board, issue a call for a special meeting may appoint such other assistants to any officers of the of the Board. Association as in their judgment may be required. Section 4. Quorum Section 12. Proxies Nine (9) officers and members of the Board of Directors, Every voting member of the board, including the not less than three (3) of which have regular route officers, may designate in writing, on a form provided by operating authority granted by NYSDOT, shall constitute the Association, a person from the company the board a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence member represents to attend and vote at board meetings of the President and Vice-Presidents, the quorum present specified by and on behalf of such board member. may choose a Chairman for the meeting. If a quorum is not present, a lesser number may adjourn the meeting Article VI. to a later day. OFFICERS Section 5. Absence Section 1. Number Should any member of the Board of Directors absent The officers of this Association shall be a President, himself unreasonably from two consecutive meetings First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Third of the Board without sending a communication to the Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. President or Secretary stating his reason for so doing, or if his excuse should not be accepted by the members of Section 2. Method of Election the Board, his seat on the Board may be declared vacant The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer pursuant to a vote of the Board as provided in section 7 shall be elected for a period of one year in the manner of this article. described in Article IV. Section 6. Vacancies Section 3. Duties of Officers Whenever any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors The duties and powers of the Officers of the Association by death, resignation or otherwise it may be filled by a shall be as follows: majority vote of the ballots of the remaining members of the Board at a regular or special meeting which may be called for that purpose. The person so chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting or until his successor shall have been chosen at a special meeting of the members.
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PRESIDENT TREASURER The President shall, when present, preside at all The Treasurer, or his/her designated representative, shall meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall be the supervise and be responsible for all monies received and Executive Officer of this Association and shall have expended for the use of the Association. He shall, when general supervision of its business and affairs, and shall called upon by the President, make a report on the be an ex-officio member of all committees, with the financial status of the Association at the annual meeting. right to vote. All accounts of the Association shall be Funds may be drawn only upon the signature of the audited at the direction of the President, and a report Treasurer or the President. thereon transmitted to the Board of Directors. The report may be made through a committee appointed Section 4. Vacancies annually for the purpose of auditing the Association’s All vacancies in any office shall be filled by the Board of accounts. The auditing committee may be composed of Directors without undue delay, at its regular meeting, or accounting officers of operator members. The President at a meeting specially called for that purpose. shall also, at the annual meeting of the Association and Section 5. Compensation of Officers such other times as he deems proper, communicate to The officers shall receive such salary or compensation as the Association or to the Board of Directors such matters the Board of Directors determines. and make such suggestions as may in his opinion tend to promote the prosperity and welfare and increase the usefulness of the Association and shall perform such Article VII. other duties as are necessarily incident to the office of COMMITTEES the President. Section 1. Nominating Committee The President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of VICE-PRESIDENT three members, none of who need be a member of the In case of the death of or absence of the President, Board, whose duty it shall be to nominate candidates or of his inability from any cause to act, one of the for directors and officers for consideration at the next Vice-Presidents, in order of their seniority, shall perform annual election. The Chairman of the Committee shall the duties of his office. In addition, one or more of the make his report at the annual meeting prior to the Vice-Presidents when requested by the President, may election. This Committee may, at its discretion, present assist the President in the performance of his duties. the names of two or more individuals for any one of these elective offices. SECRETARY Section 2. Independent Nominations It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give notice of and Nominations for officers, directors and advisory board attend all meetings of the Association and all committees may also be made from the floor before the election. and keep a record of their doings; to conduct all correspondence and to carry into execution all orders, Section 3. Other Committees votes, and resolutions not otherwise committed; to keep At the first meeting of the Board of Directors after a list of the members of the Association, to collect the its election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the fees, annual dues and subscriptions and pay them over President (shall) may, subject to its approval, appoint the to the Treasurer; to notify the officers and members of following committees to consist of as many members as the Association of their election; to notify members seems advisable: of their appointment on committees; to give notice of the meetings of the committees upon the Chairman’s (a) Committee on Legislation, request; to prepare an annual report of the transactions (b) Committee on the Future of the Association, and condition of the Association, and generally to devote his best efforts to forwarding the business and (c) Time and Place Committee, advancing the interests of the Association. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a list of operator and and such others as may be required from time to time. interstate members entitled to vote at any meetings of The members of such committees shall hold office until the Association and the role of the members entitled the appointment of their successors. to vote shall be called and the votes recorded of the members as appear from such role, whenever a role Section 4. Special Committees call is requested by any member. In case of absence or The President may, at any time, appoint other disability of the Secretary, the Board of Directors may committees on any subject for which there are not appoint a Secretary pro tem. standing committees.
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Section 5. Committee Quorum and shall report the same to the Board of Directors at its A majority of members of any committee of the regular or special meetings, or by mail, and also at any Association shall constitute a quorum for the transaction time upon request of the President of the Association. of business, unless any committee shall by a majority The President and/or the Board of Directors shall have vote of its entire membership decide otherwise. the power to create other committees, the personnel of which the President may appoint from among the Section 6. Committee Vacancies directors, from the members, or from employees of The various committees shall have the power to fill operator members. vacancies in their membership. Section 7. Duties of Committees Article VIII. The duties of all committees shall be those usually Whenever a male noun, pronoun, adjective or adverb performed by such committees, and such committees at shall appear in these BY-LAWS it shall be interpreted to all times shall be subject to the instruction and direction encompass both the male and female gender. of the President or Board of Directors. The Chairman of each committee shall be appointed by the President of Article IX. the Association and the Chairman of each committee so appointed shall, subject to the approval of the President, AMENDMENTS appoint the remaining members of each committee. These BY-LAWS, with the exception of Article V, All committees shall hold office at the pleasure of the Section I, may be amended, repealed, or altered President and the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall in whole or in part by a majority vote at any duly be an ex-officio member of each of the committees organized meeting of the Association. The proposed and under instructions from the Chairman, shall call change shall be mailed to the last recorded address of all meetings. The Chairman of each committee shall each member at least ten days before the time of the see that a record of his committee’s proceedings is kept meeting, which is to consider the change.
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Please fill out/update/add your information below and return this form to BANY with your membership payment. Company: ______
Name: ______Title: ______
Street Address: ______
City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______
County: ______Telephone: ______
Fax: ______Email: ______Company Description: Describe your company as concisely as possible in 100 words or less. Use an additional sheet if necessary. This information will be published in the BANY Membership Directory.
Others in your company that you want to receive BANY email Communications? (please list them below) NAME E-Mail Address
Membership Qualifications and Dues Structure for BANY Membership
Regular Membership Any privately owned company authorized to, and actively engaged in, the transport of passengers for hire in non-school transportation vehicles designed to seat more than 15 passengers without wheelchairs or 6 passengers with wheelchairs may become a voting member of the Association provided the company is under the supervision and jurisdiction of, and has received operating authority from, the NYSDOT and/or the FMCSA or their successor agencies. Such company must operate a significant portion of its passenger transportation business either inside or to/from the State of New York. A Regular Bus Operator Member agrees to pay annual dues in one of the following categories based on your fleet size: Number of Vehicles Membership Cost Suggested PAC Contribution 1-5 $250 $50 6-15 $500 $150 16-30 $1000 $250 31-49 $2000 $500 50 or more $4000 $1000
NYS Transit and Tour Political Action Committee ~ Voluntary Suggested Contribution NYS Transit and Tour Political Action Committee, is the state PAC for the motorcoach operators in New York. It was formed for the sole purpose of advancing our profession’s political agenda. We have a strong and active Legislative Committee, combined with lobby and grassroots advocacy and it becomes “as good as it gets.” But advocacy alone is only part of the equation. Simply put, it also requires $$$. Please donate to your PAC today. We need your support to make our voices heard! *IRS Ruling has determined PAC contributions are not tax deductible Membership Application
Associate Membership Anyone not eligible for regular membership may qualify for an associate membership according to one of the following categories below: ❑ Tour and Travel Members ~ $500 Tour and Travel members are those engaged in the business of promoting travel who are normally referred to as travel agent, tour operator, lodging enterprise, attraction, receptive operator, or CVB. ❑ Supplier Members: (In one of three categories) Supplier Members are those who supply services or goods to the industry, including equipment and accessory manufacturers, and all others who participate in the general well being and continuance of the industry. Membership dues are based on your type of business below:
Vehicle Manufacturer ~ $1000 National Supplier ~ $500 Local Supplier ~ $250 (services are NOT limited to NY (services ARE limited to NY State) State)
❑ Non-Voting Bus Company Members ~ $250 Those engaged in less than a significant portion of their business inside or to/from the State of New York and who otherwise could qualify for Regular Membership. ❑ Please send me hard copy communications only In an effort to save on costs, BANY communicates with its members via email. If you do not have access to email and wish to receive hard copy of our communications, please check the box. ❑ Please do NOT publish my information in the Membership Directory All members are automatically listed in the Membership Directory. If you do not wish for us to publish your information, please check the box. Payment Information - Payments can be made by check, VISA, MC, or Amex. Please make checks payable to BANY. Credit card users must use your address where you receive your statement in order for us to process your card. Dues Amount: $______Voluntary PAC Contribution: $______Total Due: $______Credit Card Number: ______Exp: ______¾ Digit Code: ______Cardholder’s Name: ______Billing Address: ______City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______Email: ______Home Phone: ______Cardholder Signature: ______
Your membership in BANY is extremely important to us and we look forward to serving you. Please return this form to us with your membership payment. We thank you for Joining!
Complete and return this form with your payment to: BANY ~ P.O. Box 12035 ~ Albany, NY 12212-2035 Toll-Free: 877.699.7222 ~ Fax: 518.383.5706 E-mail: [email protected] ~ Website: www.banybus.org Operators Index
AYR Coach Lines USA, Ltd...... 18 Newburgh Beacon Bus Corp...... 20 Operat o rs
Birnie Bus Service, Inc...... 18 NICE – Nassau Inter-County Express...... 20
Brown Coach, Inc...... 18 Onondaga Coach Corp...... 21
Brownin Transportation, Inc...... 18 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc...... 21
Chenango Valley Bus Lines, Inc...... 18 Rolling V Bus Corp...... 21
Clarence Henry Coach, LLC...... 18 Shamus Coach, Inc...... 21
Covered Wagon Tours, LLC...... 18 Starr Transit Co., Inc...... 21
D&F Travel, Inc...... 19 Suffolk Bus Corporation...... 21
DATTCO, Inc...... 19 Sunrise Coach Lines, Inc...... 21
Eastern Coach, Inc...... 19 Swarthout Coaches, Inc...... 21
Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines...... 19 Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc...... 22
Fitzgerald Brothers...... 19 Trans Express, Inc...... 22
Hudson Transit Lines, Inc./Short Line/ Treasure Coast Motor Coach...... 22 Coach USA...... 19
Tonche Transit, Inc...... 22 Hunter Motor Coach, Inc...... 19
Upstate Transit of Saratoga, LLC...... 23 Jor-Lin, Inc...... 20
Varacalli Transportation Group...... 23 L&G Leasing, Inc./Paradise Travel...... 20
Venture Tours, Inc...... 23 Leprechaun Lines...... 20
West Point Tours, Inc., Trailways...... 23 Martz Trailways...... 20
White Plains Bus Company, Inc...... 23 McCarney Tours...... 20
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AYR COACH LINES USA, LTD BROWNIN TRANSPORTATION, INC. 1868 Niagara Falls Blvd, #201 5 Sunrise Plaza, Ste 101 Tonawanda, NY 14150 Valley Stream, NY 11580 Tel: (716) 696-3209 Tel: (718) 576-1553 Fax: (519) 747-3634 Fax: (718) 525-9309 [email protected] [email protected] President: Dave Willis President: Sophia Parchment Ayr Coach Lines is a family run organization that Brownin Transportation is family owned and has believes in quality service. We have a modern fleet been in business since 2000. Our main goal is to of motor coaches to service your needs in Western build relationships and serve you with the finest, New York State. “Miles of Smiles.” safest and most reliable transportation service that is cost effective for those who like to travel in style BIRNIE BUS SERVICE, INC. and comfort. We pride ourselves in handling all your P.O. Box 630 transportation needs with the satisfaction you expect Rome, NY 13442 and deserve. Tel: (315) 336-3950 Fax: (315) 339-5957 CHENANGO VALLEY BUS LINES, INC. [email protected] 81 Chenango Street www.birniebus.com Binghamton, NY 13901 President: Timothy Birnie Tel: (607) 723-9408 Birnie Bus Service, Inc. is a leader in safe, reliable Fax: (607) 723-8883 and courteous transportation services in New York [email protected] State. Whether it’s getting your children to school General Manager: Joanne Sadowski safely, special needs transportation services for the Line operator, charter operator, Atlantic City handicapped, public and commuter busing, bus excursions tour operator, receptive operator, maintenance and repair services or luxury coach contract service. and charter busing, with Birnie Bus Service, Inc. you’re going places! CLARENCE HENRY COACH, LLC 1067 Marble Street BROWN COACH, INC. Watertown, NY 13601-2151 50 Venner Road Tel (315) 222-7110 Amsterdam, NY 12010 Fax: (315) 788-3883 Tel: (518) 843-4700 [email protected] Fax: (518) 843-3600 President: Robert C. Freeman III www.browncoach.com Northern New York’s premier provider of luxury [email protected] vehicles for all your transportation needs. Our fleet President: Robert E. Brown includes limousine, mid-size coaches, limocoaches Vice-President: Stephen Brown and full size motor coaches. Clarence Henry The Brown family of transportation is a full-service Coach…just like old times! transportation organization. We offer charter service, group tours, pre-planned individual and group COVERED WAGON TOURS, LLC vacations as well as a full-service travel agency. We P.O. Box 667 pride ourselves on being courteous, timely and safe Hornell, NY 14843 so that you have the best travel experience possible. Tel: (607) 324-3900 The Brown family staff of professionally-trained Fax: (607) 281-1321 individuals is committed to providing excellence in [email protected] travel. Contact us today. Covered Wagon Tours is recognized as the fastest growing privately-owned motor coach company in Western New York because of our exceptional equipment, attention to detail and, most importantly, the dedication of our great staff – people who know the industry and care about you!
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D&F TRAVEL, INC. FITZGERALD BROTHERS 21-41 Main Street P.O. Box 221 Lockport, NY 14094 Geneva, NY 14456 Operat o rs Tel: (716) 433-7084 Tel: (315) 828-6289 Fax: (716) 433-7362 Fax: (315) 362-9015 [email protected] [email protected] Vice President: Elizabeth McCulloch President: Mike Fitzgerald Deluxe motor coach company serving Buffalo, Since 2001, providing charters and tours with a Rochester and most of New York State. Late model diverse fleet of motor coaches, shuttle buses and coaches, 56 passenger seat. limousines. Based in Geneva, NY, and specializing in Finger Lakes Wine Tours. DATTCO, INC. 583 South Street HUDSON TRANSIT LINES, INC./ New Britain, CT 06051 SHORT LINE/COACH USA Tel: (860) 229-4878 4 Leisure Lane Fax: (860) 223-6834 Mahwah, NJ 07430 [email protected] Tel: (201) 529-3666 President: Donald DeVivo Fax: (201) 529-0888 Established in 1924, DATTCO is a family owned [email protected] company specializing in full service transportation President: George Grieve solutions. Our company is still headquartered in the Hudson Transit (Shortline) has been a motor coach very same place it began, New Britain, Connecticut. operator in the N.Y./N.J. area for 90 years, initially as a family owned business and currently as a EASTERN COACH, INC. subsidiary of Coach USA. Hudson provides long 28 Allen Street haul and commuter line service as well as charters New York, NY 10002 and tours. Hudson currently operates more than Tel: (212) 244-6132 200 motor coaches and specialty vehicles. Fax: (212) 868-5725 [email protected] HUNTER MOTOR COACH, INC. President: David Wang 161 Scheller Park Road Intercity line run from New York City to Washington, Coxsackie, NY 12051 DC, and Richmond, VA. Tel: (518) 731-6248 Fax: (518) 731-6790 EASTERN TRAVEL/ONEONTA BUS LINES [email protected] 41 Orchard Street, P.O. Box 627 President: Peter T. Hunter Oneonta, NY 13820 Hunter Motor Coach, Inc. was founded in 1984. We Tel: (607) 432-4040 are a family owned and operated company, serving Fax: (607) 433-1719 New York State and Western New England. Hunter www.easterntrav.com Motor Coach is your complete transportation [email protected] company, offering both charters and tours. We President: Camilla Morris operate a fleet of modern MCI™ coaches in 47- and Operations Mgr.: Robert Morris 55-passenger capacities. Established in 1947, Oneonta Bus Lines is a family owned and operated full service motor coach company offering transportation and travel packaging for all types of charter groups. Another division of the company, Eastern Travel, specializes in escorted group travel options for the retail public through a published “Excursions” magazine. Our entire experienced, professional staff specializes in quality customer service.
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JOR-LIN, INC. MCCARNEY TOURS 309 S. Rehoboth Ave 2858 North Wading River Road Milford, DE 19963 Wading River, NY 11792-1406 Tel: (302) 424-4445 Tel: (631) 929-4950 Toll Free: (800) 444-3904 Fax: (631) 929-2832 Fax: (302) 424-4447 [email protected] [email protected] CEO: Thomas McCarney Contact: Alan Mitchell For more than 25 years McCarney Tours has been Jor-Lin, Inc. has been providing safe, reliable serving Long Island and the tri-state area with charter bus service since 1994. Each of Jor-Lin’s the highest quality trips. We are a value-oriented luxury motor coaches is comfortably equipped company with an emphasis on quality. with air-conditioning, video players, restrooms and reclining seats. Our primary business is NEWBURGH BEACON BUS CORP. providing charter service to any destination in the P.O. Box 2628 United States and Canada. We are also available Newburgh, NY 12550 to serve local civic organizations, church groups, Tel: (845) 565-7900 travel clubs, day care centers, senior centers, Fax: (845) 565-1220 schools and family reunions. www.leprechaunlines.com [email protected] L & G LEASING, INC./PARADISE TRAVEL Commuter Bus, Newburgh, Beacon and Stewart. P.O. Box 86 Franklin Square, NY 11010 NICE – NASSAU INTER-COUNTY EXPRESS Tel: (888) 208-4069 700 Commercial Avenue Fax: (516) 870-0488 Garden City, NY 11553 Vice-President: Godfrey LeBron Tel: (516) 296-4277 www.rideparadise.net Fax: (516) 794-8670 [email protected] [email protected] L&G Paradise Travel is a family owned and operated www.nicebus.com motor coach operator with more than 25 years of Nassau Inter County Express (NICE Bus) is a experience. Two generations of the family working public-private partnership formed to serve the together give the company a well-rooted base with a 1.3 million citizens of Nassau County, Long Island, flair for the future. L&G Paradise Travel offers charter NY. Operating a fleet of 200 fixed route buses service to anywhere the road may lead us. With our and 90 Able Ride vehicles, NICE Bus has three experienced and professional driving staff, your trip depots and one major transit center (Hempstead is bound to be a pleasure and a success! Transit Center). The entire system is 100 percent accessible and are fueled by compressed natural LEPRECHAUN LINES gas. Nice Bus employs more than 850 people in P.O. Box 2628 our Nassau County operation and prides itself in Newburgh, NY 12550 safety and service. NICE bus is a division of Veolia Tel: (845) 565-7900 Transportation, the world’s largest provider of Fax: (845) 565-1220 transportation solutions. www.leprechaunlines.com [email protected] President: Edward F.X. Gallagher, Jr. Leprechaun Lines, the established leader in premier motor coach transportation in New York State’s Hudson Valley, offers motorcoaches for charter, commuter services and excursions to Atlantic City. Gateway cities served include: New York, NY; Albany, NY; Boston, MA; and Newark, NJ. MARTZ TRAILWAYS 239 Old River Road Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 Tel: (570) 821-3838 Fax: (570) 821-3810 [email protected] General Manager: Bob Chepalonis Daily New York services from Wilkes-Barre and Poconos.
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ONONDAGA COACH CORP. STARR TRANSIT CO., INC. 7659 North Street Road 2531 East State Street Auburn, NY 13021 Trenton, NJ 08619 Operat o rs Tel: (315) 255-2216 Tel: (609) 587-0626 Fax: (315) 255-0925 Fax: (609) 587-3052 [email protected] [email protected] President: Michael Oster CEO: Alan Glickman Onondaga Coach, started in 1953, is a locally Starr Transit Co., Inc. provides bus charter and bus owned family business. We have a full staff ranging tours to customers in Philadelphia, PA, New Jersey, from our charter and tours department to our New York and Delaware. With the highest safety certified bus mechanics and cleaners. You’ll get rating from the Department of Transportation, to know our friendly, experienced drivers on a Starr prides itself on unparalleled quality of service first name basis. Our fleet of 47, 55-capacity and for all your bus transportation needs. Since our 56-capacity motor coaches has all the amenities, founding in 1947 as a bus transportation company, including comfortable lush padded reclining seats our singular focus is that Starr customers travel with foot rests, reading lights, TV monitors to play with peace of mind and comfort on our fleet of DVDs, climate control, large windows to take in the luxury motor coaches. sights and an onboard restroom. All the perks that make your trip more enjoyable. WI-FI now available SUFFOLK BUS CORPORATION on select trips. Contact us today! 10 Moffitt Blvd. Bay Shore, NY 11706 PETER PAN BUS LINES, INC. Tel: (631) 665-3245 1776 Main Street Fax: (631) 665-3186 Springfield, MA 01102 [email protected] Tel: (413) 781-2900 President: John J. Corrado Fax: (413) 746-8671 Executive Vice-President: Philip T. DiDomenico [email protected] General Mgr.: Michael Riordan Vice President: Frank Farrow www.suffolkbus.com Line run, charters and contract service provider with Suffolk Transportation has a long history of providing headquarters office in Springfield, MA, and garage safe, reliable transportation for all its riders. Founded locations in Chelsea, MA, Providence, RI, Rocky Hill, on determination and a strong family work ethic, CT, Seacacus, NJ, and Tuxedo, MD. the early 1900s saw the start of a company with a commitment to leading the way. Today, as a modern ROLLING V BUS CORP. and trusted company, we look to the future and 5008 Main St. continue our tradition of excellence. South Fallsburg, NY 12779 Tel: (845) 434-0511 SUNRISE COACH LINES, INC. Fax: (845) 434-0259 P.O. Box 2050, 74675 West Front Street [email protected] Greenport, NY 11944 President: Phil Vallone Tel: (631) 477-1283 Rolling V provides a wide range of charter coach Fax: (631) 477-2082 options designed to meet your group’s size, itinerary [email protected] and budget. We are an authorized charter carrier President: Christa Brown from Sullivan County, Rockland County and the five boroughs of New York City. SWARTHOUT COACHES, INC. 115 Graham Road SHAMUS COACH, INC Ithaca, NY 14850 64 Masonic Ave Tel: (800) 772-7267 Holtsville, NY 11742 Fax: (607) 257-0218 Tel: (631) 758-1812 [email protected] Fax: (631) 289-5572 President: Robert Swarthout [email protected] Swarthout Coaches, Inc. is located in Ithaca, Vice President: James Drew New York, and provides charter and tour service to Central New York.
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TRANS-BRIDGE LINES, INC. TRANS EXPRESS, INC. 2012 Industrial Drive 150 Conover Street Bethlehem, PA 18017 Brooklyn, NY 11231 Tel: (610) 868-6001 Tel: (718) 834-8807 Fax: (610) 868-9057 Fax: (718) 834-8819 [email protected] [email protected] President: Thomas JeBran Contact: Christina Rubino Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc. is a full service motor coach Trans Express Inc. is a shuttle service and charter bus company providing comfortable, economical and ground transportation provider. Based in the NYC reliable transportation. Trans-Bridge Lines also metro area, we service NYC and its surrounding provides charter service for business groups, schools areas. We are also a DOT inspection facility and and organizations. We can custom design and plan provide diesel maintenance services for other bus day and overnight trips, sporting events, shows and transportation providers. special city tours. Trans-Bridge Lines’ coaches are modern, comfortable and driven by experienced TREASURE COAST MOTOR COACH drivers. Our coaches undergo frequent preventive 1600 26 Street, Suite 4 maintenance at our facility, which is staffed by Vero Beach, FL 32960 expert technicians 24 hours a day. Tel: (772) 569-1777 Fax: (772) 569-1787 [email protected] President: George Childers Family operated, we have been in business since 2004. Operating a fleet of 11 late model luxury motor coaches, we provide transportation to locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Seating 38 to 57 passengers, our coaches are equipped with WI-FI, 110V electrical outlets, DVD players and flat screen monitors. Licensed by US DOT, our associations and certifications include UMA, ABA, Florida Motorcoach Assn, BANY and the Department of Defense. Our professional drivers are personable and knowledgeable and are experienced Is your company in working and driving in New York City and surrounding areas. facing challenges with TONCHE TRANSIT, INC. 5181 Rte 28 the DOT/FMCSA? Mt. Tremper, NY 12457 Tel: (845) 688-7350 Fax: (845) 688-2700 [email protected] President: Glenn R. Every Legal counsel can make a big TTI is a family owned and operated business that has provided transportation services in the difference in the outcome of an Mid Husdon Valley/Catskill region for 50 years. enforcement action. Traditionally a school bus company, TTI entered the Don’t wait until you are OOS. motor coach and charter business 15 years ago. If you are out of service or have lost your authority, we can help. Call for a free evaluation of your specifi c case.
Dru Carey, Esq. 585 West End Ave., New York, NY 10024 Phone: (212) 799-5033 Mobile: (917) 796-0130 Fax: (917) 398-1974 [email protected]
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UPSTATE TRANSIT OF SARATOGA, LLC WEST POINT TOURS, INC., TRAILWAYS 207 Geyser Road P.O. Box 125 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Vails Gate, NY 12584 Operat o rs Tel: (518) 584-5252 Tel: (845) 561-2671 Fax: (518) 584-1092 Fax: (845) 561-6948 [email protected] [email protected] Managing Member: Robert Brown Chief Executive Officer: Jerome Brisman Upstate Transit of Saratoga, LLC has been serving the President: Robert Brisman general public and private groups alike throughout Vice President: Jay Brisman Saratoga Springs, Albany, Schenectady, the Capital West Point Tours, Inc., Trailways is a NY-based District and all points in the U.S. and Canada. Based motor coach company. Our mission is to give in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Upstate Transit has earned excellent customer service by providing clean, well a solid reputation throughout New York State for its maintained coaches and school buses as well as high standards and professional and helpful staff. courteous, professional drivers. West Point Tours, Inc. Trailways is a third generation, family run company. VARACALLI TRANSPORTATION GROUP At West Point Tours Trailways we are committed to 7988 Brookside Drive quality in everything we do. We are members of Rome, NY 15440 the United Motorcoach Association, Trailways, Bus Tel: (315) 335-4250 Association of New York, Orange County Chamber [email protected] of Commerce and the New York School Bus Owner: Paul Varacalli, Jr. Contractor’s Association. VENTURE TOURS, INC. WHITE PLAINS BUS COMPANY, INC. 600 S. Military Highway P.O. Box 823C Virginia Beach, VA 23464 White Plains, NY 10603-0823 Tel: (757) 494-1480 Tel: (914) 328-1400 Fax: (757) 494-1508 Fax: (914) 328-0402 [email protected] [email protected] Director of Sales: Roni Stevens President: John M. Silvanie Venture Tours offers expertise in the transportation Bus charter service company in White Plains, industry. We offer impeccably kept modern New York. Motor coach charter and tour, equipment with safe and professional drivers. commercial buses for adults w/disabilities, shuttle Venture is the leading transportation provider in the buses, school bus transportation. Hampton Roads/Tidewater area.
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Tour & Travel Leonard Bus Sales...... 29 1000 Island International Council...... 25 Motor Coach Industries, Inc...... 30 Atlantic City Convention & Motor Coach Services Group...... 30 Visitors Authority...... 25 Nesco Bus...... 30 Boardwalk Hotel Group...... 25 Perfect Body Company, Inc...... 30 Discover Lehigh Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau...... 25 Prevost Car, US, Inc...... 30 Dover Downs Hotel and Casino...... 25 Prevost Parts, Inc...... 30 Graceland – Home of Elvis Presley...... 25 Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau...... 26 Products & Services Maid of the Mist Corporation...... 26 Atlantic Detroit Diesel – Allison, Inc...... 31 New York State Division of Tourism...... 26 Capacity Coverage Company...... 31 NYC & Company...... 26 Commercial Lubricants, LLC...... 31 Rocking Horse Ranch...... 26 Easy Bus, Inc...... 31 The Ride, Inc...... 26 Hess Corporation...... 31 Tour the Alleghanies...... 27 Jerry Casser, Esq...... 31 Tropicana Casino and Resort...... 27 Joseph P. Fernandez, CPA, P.C...... 31 Valley Forge Convention & Visitors Bureau...... 27 Konner, Harbus and Schwartz, P.C...... 31 The Villa Roma Resort and Conference Center...... 27 Lancer Insurance Company...... 32 Virginia Tourism Corporation...... 27 Leonard E. Belcher, Inc...... 32 Woodloch Resort, Inc...... 28 MetroClean Express Corporation...... 32 Yankee Candle Company...... 28 Norse Systems, Inc...... 32 P.A. Post Agency, L.L.C...... 32 Equipment Suppliers Patcon Associates, LTD...... 32 ABC Companies, Inc...... 29 Prime Lube, Inc...... 33 Bergen Auto Upholstery Co...... 29 Relational Bus Systems...... 33 CH Bus Sales...... 29 Saucon Technologies...... 33 Don Brown Bus Sales...... 29 Team Coach Imaging...... 33 Empire Bus Sales...... 29 TIB Transportation Insurance Brokers...... 33 First Student Charter Bus Company...... 29 Translite Enterprises, Inc...... 33 LaFrance Industries...... 29 WCB Systems, LLC...... 33
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1000 ISLAND INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL DISCOVER LEHIGH VALLEY 43373 Collins Landing CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Alexandria Bay, NY 13607 840 Hamilton Street, Ste 200 Tel: (315) 482-2520 Allentown, PA 18101 Fax: (315) 482-5906 Tel: (610) 882-9200/(800) 747-0561 [email protected] Fax: (610) 882-0343 Project Assistant: Tillie Youngs National Sales Manager: Marc Kaminetsky, CTIS Along the shores of the mighty St. Lawrence River www.discoverlehighvalley.com and Great Lake Ontario, the 1000 Islands favorite [email protected] tour destination offers natural beauty, quality DMO for Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, PA; accommodations, museums, Singer Castle, the home of the Crayola Factory, Dorney Park and Seaway Trail Discovery Center, Upper Canada Wildwater Kingdom and Historic Bethlehem. Village, Fort Henry, the Skydeck and the Gananoque Excellent senior, student, factory and holiday tours. Charity Casino. Group tour planner with sample Learn more at www.discoverlehighvalley.com. itineraries, videos, slides and brochures available. DOVER DOWNS HOTEL AND CASINO ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION & 1131 N. DuPont Highway VISITORS AUTHORITY Dover, DE 19903 2314 Pacific Avenue Tel: (302) 857-2125 Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Fax: (302) 857-2198 Tel: (609) 449-7151 [email protected] Fax: (609) 345-2200 Tour & Travel Sales Manager: Debbie Eashum Group Sales Manager: Heather Colache www.doverdowns.com Atlantic City… you’ve heard the stories about this Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is a AAA Four empire by the sea. Isn’t it time you experienced it Diamond gaming and entertainment resort for yourself? Hosting more than 23 million visitors a destination encompassing Delaware’s largest hotel year, Atlantic City is a seaside resort and the glittering with 500 rooms/suites, a luxurious spa/salon, A ss o ciates gaming capital of the East Coast. Your experience indoor pool, sauna, exercise center, gift shops and is history in the making. Stay at world-renowned 35,000 sq. ft. flexible meeting space. The casino is casinos and hotels, dine at celebrity chef-owned open 24 hours with 3,000+ slot machines, Poker restaurants, visit unique attractions rooted in history. Room and live table games. Property amenities Experience headliner entertainment, take a break include seven restaurants/cafes, five bars/lounges, with outlet shopping and spas galore. And of course, world class harness racing, simulcast horse racing stroll the world-famous Atlantic City Boardwalk. and headline entertainment. Year-round, a picture-perfect vacation destination is waiting for you in Atlantic City. Plan your trip GRACELAND – HOME OF ELVIS PRESLEY today. Call Heather Colache at 609-449-7151 or 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard [email protected]. Memphis, TN 38116 Tel: (901) 332-3329 BOARDWALK HOTEL GROUP Fax: (901) 332-1636 2200 Baltimore Avenue [email protected] Ocean City, MD 21842 Director of Sales: Carolyn Mears Tel: (410) 289-9103 Your Elvis experience begins at Graceland Mansion, Fax: (410) 289-3435 his famous home in Memphis, TN. The audio-guided [email protected] tour includes stories told by his daughter, Lisa Marie. Director of Sales: Pat Ambler-Perry You’ll also have a chance to climb aboard his We offer group accommodations at three oceanfront two private jets, see his personal automobile and hotels located on Ocean City, Maryland’s famous motorcycle collection in the Elvis Presley boardwalk. www.Boardwalkhotels.com. Auto Museum and explore two memorabilia museums highlighting different aspects of Elvis’ life and career. Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel is the perfect place to stay during your Graceland visit. It is located just across the street from Graceland and offers a free continental breakfast, lobby bar, heart shaped outdoor pool and 24-hour Elvis movies.
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LONG ISLAND CONVENTION & NYC & COMPANY VISITORS BUREAU 810 Seventh Avenue 330 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Suite 203 New York, NY 10009 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel: (212) 484-1200 Tel: (631) 951-3900, ext 302 Fax: (212) 246-6310 Fax: (631) 951-3439 [email protected] Destination Management Organization for the Director, Tourism Development: Reagan Stulbaum Long Island Region, we offer group tour operator NYC & Company is New York City’s official suggested itineraries, attractions, hotels, restaurants, marketing, tourism and partnership organization. receptive and accessibility information. Promotional NYC & Company is the ultimate resource for visitors brochures are available upon request. and residents to find everything they need about what to do and see in NYC. For more information MAID OF THE MIST CORPORATION visit nycgo.com. 151 Buffalo Avenue Niagara Falls, NY 14303 ROCKING HORSE RANCH Tel: (905) 358-5781 600 Route 44/55 Fax: (905) 358-8527 Highland, NY 12528 [email protected] Tel: (845) 691-2927 VP Marketing: Tim Ruddy Fax: (845) 691-6434 Come take a voyage that transcends everyday [email protected] reality and challenges you to indulge your sense of Marketing Director: Kyle Carson excitement and adventure. The world-famous Maid Rocking Horse Ranch has developed into a true of the Mist is your guide to the mighty Niagara Falls. all-inclusive family resort. From Banana Boat Rides As our boats cruise to the base of the American Falls, to Big Splash Indoor Water Park, we have invested then to the basin of the commanding Horseshoe several million dollars in new attractions, facility Falls, you’ll find that your heart is racing as you upgrades and guest room refurbishments. The resort experience the absolute exhilaration of confronting continues to earn the prestigious AAA 3 Diamond millions of gallons of water crashing like thunder Award and the Trip Advisor 4 1/2 Star rating. onto the rocks nearby. Trips last about one-half hour With only 120 guest rooms, we are considered a and depart every 15 minutes beginning at 10 a.m. “boutique resort.” Boasting a staff team of nearly Boats run from May-October. For more information, 300 translates to an amazing staff-to-guest room please visit maidofthemist.com. ratio of over 2 to 1. Talk about service! At the end of an adventure-filled day, it will be the warmth and NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF TOURISM care of our team members that will have your family 30 South Pearl Street feeling right at home. Albany, NY 12245 Tel: (518) 292-5369/(800) CALL-NYS THE RIDE, INC. Fax: (518) 292-5896 311 West 43rd Street, #206 The New York State Division of Tourism offers New York, NY 10036 assistance with the development of itineraries, Tel: (212) 244-2551 itinerary planning and regional familiarization tours. Fax: (212) 247-7145 Numerous marketing aids are available. [email protected] VP Operations: Lindsay Pitzer THE RIDE takes everything that makes New York, New York and kicks it into overdrive. Riders will board THE RIDE, a super-sized, technologically amped-up vehicle that travels the streets of New York. With stadium-style, sideways seating and massive windows, riders have front row seats to the big city. You never know what you’ll see or who you’ll meet along the 4.2-mile route. No matter how many times you take THE RIDE, it’s never the same show twice. From Grand Central to Central Park, THE RIDE provides a look at New York and its people in a way that you’ve never seen before. You’ll laugh, you’ll be wowed, you might even learn something.
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TOUR THE ALLEGHANIES THE VILLA ROMA RESORT AND 3 Sheraton Drive CONFERENCE CENTER Altoona, PA 16601 356 Villa Roma Road Tel: (800) 458-3433 Callicoon, NY 12723 [email protected] Tel: (800) 727-8455 Regional Tourism Program Manager: [email protected] Adrienne Eichenlaub Sales Manager: Adam Jacobson Nine destinations making one very unique and Villa Roma Resort has been under its current special experience. All waiting to be discovered by ownership and management since 1969, when your group in The Alleghenies. Martin Passante purchased a small, quaint boarding house from Ernesto Vindigni. In the years TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT following, Marty has grown this small seasonal Brighton Avenue and Boardwalk boarding house into a year-round, full-service Atlantic City, NJ 08401 resort hotel. With the addition of more hotel rooms Tel: (609) 340-4098/(888) 275-1212 and suites and almost every facility under the sun, Fax: (609) 343-6911 Villa Roma has become the leading resort hotel of Contact: Mary Lou Spatola the New York Catskill Mountains. [email protected] Tropicana Casino and Resort offers an action-packed casino, suites, hotel rooms, restaurants, lounges, entertainment, spa and pool for an experience unlike any other in Atlantic City. More than 70 dining, entertainment and retail outlets. Call Now! VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION VALLEY FORGE CONVENTION & 901 E. Byrd Street VISITORS BUREAU 687424_Virginia.inddRichmond, VA 1 232195/24/14 1:05 PM
1000 First Ave, Ste 101 Tel: (804) 545-5543 A ss o ciates King of Prussia, PA 19406 Fax: (804) 545-5501 Tel: (610) 834-7982/(800) 441-3549 [email protected] Fax: (610) 834-0202 Director of Marketing: Carol Torricelli Tourism Sales Manager: Stephanie Kett Virginia Tourism Corporation is the state [email protected] marketing office that offers assistance to the Valley Forge is Southeastern Pennsylvania’s group group tour and travel market by providing the tour headquarters and a perfect hub-and-spoke Virginia Group Tour Planning guide, state website, location to visit historic Philadelphia, Brandywine Virginia.org, maps, itinerary planning, digital images, Valley, Bucks County and the Pennsylvania Dutch familiarization tour opportunities and a toll free Country. Along with Valley Forge National Historical industry phone line, #800-759-0886, direct to the Park and the American Treasure Tour, there are also sales and marketing office. museums, historic homes, gardens and shopping at the nation’s largest retail shopping complex, the King of Prussia Mall, and bargain-filled Philadelphia Premium Outlets. As an incentive for tour operators, we offer planning assistance, complimentary guide service for first time overnight visitors, welcome gifts and much more.
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YANKEE CANDLE COMPANY 25 Greenfield Road South Deerfield, MA 01373 Tel: (877) 636-7707 Fax: (413) 665-2491 WOODLOCH RESORT, INC [email protected] 731 Welcome Lake Road Group Travel Manager: Kimberly Hickie 405760_Woodloch.inddHawley, PA 18428 1 10/27/08 2:49:35 PM [email protected] Tel: (570) 685-2457 New England’s best free group tour stop! Nothing Fax: (570) 685-9082 compares to Yankee Candle Village for creating a [email protected] lasting impression. We offer a unique, entertaining, Bus Groups Coordinator: Sharon Bedrosian interactive shopping and dining experience. Nestled in the picturesque northeastern Pocono Stroll through the Bavarian Christmas Village, the Mountains, Woodloch Pines offers a warm country Nutcracker Castle and the Yankee Candle Home atmosphere. Groups enjoy delicious meals served in Store and enjoy fabulous candle, home decor the dining room overlooking the scenic lake. Exciting and holiday shopping. Savor freshly made fudge, entertainment, bingo and boat rides follow lunch. snacks and quick meals in the store or a fine dining Dinner and a show are available in the evening. experience in Chandler’s Restaurant. Experience For even more fun, try our extended stay packages! Wax Works, where you can dip-your-own candles, Consistently named by Better Homes & Gardens as dip-your-own wax hands or make your own jar one of the top 50 resorts in the U.S. Call for a free candle. In our candle-making museum, explore brochure or visit us on-line at www.woodloch.com. the history of Yankee Candle Company and candle-making through the ages. There is plenty of motor coach parking on-site. Special discounts for our group tour guests. Open year-round.
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ABC COMPANIES, INC. 1494 Federal Street Camden, NJ 08105 Tel: (800) 222-2873 Fax: (856) 966-0055 EMPIRE BUS SALES ABC Bus, Inc. is a leading distributor of new and P.O. Box 1238, 756 Baldwin Street pre-owned coach equipment, mid-size shuttle Elmira, NY 14902 transport vehicles and advanced design, heavy-duty693148_Empire.indd Tel: (607) 767-4295 1 24/05/14 1:25 PM transit. A nationwide after sale service network Fax: (607) 767-4299 supports customers with warranty, repairs, collision [email protected] services and a full inventory of OEM and quality Vice President: Robert Maloney aftermarket parts. Financing/leasing options Upstate New York dealer for Eldorado National, are available through the company’s financial Ameritrous, Supreme, MFSAB and Stallion buses. services group. We have four locations: Elmira, Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown. BERGEN AUTO UPHOLSTERY CO. 375 North Street, Suite U FIRST STUDENT CHARTER BUS COMPANY Teterboro, NJ 07606 Rochester, NY 14609 Tel: (800) 732-8750 Tel: (855) 272-3222 Fax: (201) 457-9103 Fax: (267) 937-3288 [email protected] [email protected] www.bergenseat.com Charter Bus Manager: Liz Malet Bergen Auto Upholstery Co., Inc has been serving First Student currently serves 38 U.S. States and the transportation industry for more than 60 years. nine Canadian provinces. Our service area covers Founded in the late 1940s, this New Jersey-based many of North America’s major metros, including supplier of seating covers and parts is recognized New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, as the leader in the U.S. motor coach and rail car Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Toronto, Montreal A ss o ciates replacement seating market. and Vancouver. Even if you don’t live in a major city, we still have you covered through an extensive CH BUS SALES network of rental facilities that serve smaller cities, 80 Harrowgate Road towns and rural areas. Camden, NJ 08003 Tel: (856) 325-0094 LAFRANCE INDUSTRIES Fax: (856) 751-1649 22 Thrush Drive [email protected] East Brunswick, NJ 00816 VP Sales and Service: Anthony Mongiovi Tel: (551) 482-1608 CH Bus Sales, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of the Fax: (732) 410-6045 Temsa global bus and coach line in the U.S. The [email protected] company’s administrative offices are headquartered Sales Executive: Jeff Goldwasser in Faribault, MN, with sales and service support With its rich history from the 1830s to today’s wide centers based regionally throughout the nation. range of “fabrics with no boundaries,” LaFrance Industries is committed to innovative product ideas, DON BROWN BUS SALES quality and service. Call us today for all your coach 703 County Highway 107 and transit reupholstering needs. Johnstown, NY 12095 Tel: (800) 272-0842 LEONARD BUS SALES Fax: (518) 762-5448 63 Duplainville Road [email protected] Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Contact: AJ Thurber, Sales Tel: (315) 414-9888 Don Brown Bus Sales specializes in motorcoach and Fax: (518) 664-9261 shuttle bus sales and service. [email protected] Commercial Sales Manager: Stacey Bruce Leonard Bus Sales has proudly served the New York State bus industry since 1965. We are a full service dealer for IC Bus, Trans Tech, Champion Bus and General Coach products. We are the one-stop shop for all your warranty, parts, service and new school and commercial bus needs. For more info, visit our website at www.leonardbus.com.
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MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC. PERFECT BODY COMPANY, INC 200 East Oakton Street 7100 West Side Avenue Des Plaines, IL 60018 North Bergen, NJ 07047 Tel: (800) 428-7626 Tel: (201) 868-8994 [email protected] Fax: (201) 861-2205 VP Sales: Roy Furo [email protected] Motor Coach Industries has been manufacturing General Manager: Joseph Patella motor coaches since 1933. With headquarters Perfect Body and Fender Company, Inc. specializes in Schaumburg, IL, MCI is the leading designer, in bus repair services. manufacturer and marketer of intercity coaches in the U.S. and Canada and is the industry’s PREVOST CAR, US, INC. leading supplier of coach-related aftermarket parts 201 South Avenue for most makes and models. To learn more, visit South Plainfield, NJ 07080 www.mcicoach.com. Tel: (215) 680-7532 Fax: (215) 721-7532 MOTOR COACH SERVICES GROUP Director, New Coach Division: David Schmidt 22 Thrush Drive Prevost Car Inc. is a leading North American E. Brunswick, NJ 00816 manufacturer of premium intercity touring coaches Tel: (551) 482-1608 and the undisputed world-leader in the production [email protected] of bus shells for high-end motor home and Contact: Jeff Goldwasser specialty conversion. The company has its major Coach sales, consulting, coach values, appraisals, manufacturing facilities in Canada. Prevost Car also exit strategies, coach broker. has six parts and service centers strategically located in Canada and the United States. NESCO BUS 202 South Fehr Way PREVOST PARTS, INC Bayshore, NY 11766 2200 Point BLVD Tel: (631) 243-4500 Elgin, IL 60123 Fax: (631) 243-0921 Tel: (847) 844-7680 [email protected] Fax: (877) 999-8809 From shuttle bus to tour bus and everything in [email protected] between, Nesco provides options. In fact, we offer Contact: Joe Ward three different commercial vehicles to choose from: EFX, C2 and HDX. And, whether your focus is short trips or long journeys, we have plenty of options to customize our buses to your specific needs. But we offer far more than function and versatility. People choose Thomas Built because of our unwavering commitment to safety and reliability. In those areas, the only option is excellence.
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ATLANTIC DETROIT DIESEL – ALLISON, INC. EASY BUS, INC. P.O. Box 950, 180 Rte 17 South 313 Ushers Road Lodi, NJ 07644 Ballston Lake, NY 12019 Tel: (201) 489-5800 Tel: (518) 877-2500 Fax: (201) 368-1071 Fax: (518) 602-9262 [email protected] [email protected] Senior VP: Timothy Meade Contact: Michael Hinckley Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison, LLC (Atlantic DDA) Our passion is writing easy-to-use software that is engaged in the sale and servicing of diesel and addresses the many challenges facing each field trip alternative fuel engines, transmissions and related and charter that departs from a bus garage. Driver components, parts and accessories for equipment training, vehicle maintenance, scheduling, online serving various on-highway and off-highway trip/charter requests, approval processes, budgeting, markets. Those markets include medium-duty and driver selection, invoicing and reporting. heavy-duty trucks, buses and coaches, fire and emergency vehicles. HESS CORPORATION 1 Hess Plaza CAPACITY COVERAGE COMPANY Woodbridge, NJ 07095 One International Blvd. Tel: (732) 750-6797 Mahwah, NJ 07495 Fax: (732) 750-6669 Tel: (201) 661-2440 Director of Sales: Mark J. Taddeo Fax: (201) 661-7797 Hess Corporation is a refiner and marketer of high [email protected] quality diesel fuel, K-1 kerosene, gasoline, heating VP Transportation Division: Michele Mugno oil, natural gas and electricity. For more than 20 years, Capacity Coverage has been providing innovative and cost effective JERRY CASSER, ESQ. insurance programs and solutions for the 75 Lane Road, Ste 402 transportation industry. Our customers range from Fairfield, NJ 07004 A ss o ciates single vehicle limousine owners to bus companies Tel: (973) 758-1300 with some of the largest fleets in the country. Fax: (973) 758-1303 Our insurance specialists stay abreast of industry [email protected] changes, trends and regulatory developments. Our President: Jerry Casser, Esq. comprehensive approach to risk management helps Small law firm providing legal services to the minimize potential exposure to losses. We have the private motorcoach industry. Licensed to practice in market clout to place your insurance with only top New York and New Jersey. rated carriers at the best prices available. Contact us JOSEPH P. FERNANDEZ, CPA, P.C. about transportation insurance. 418 Panay Ave COMMERCIAL LUBRICANTS, LLC Naples, FL 34113 229 Arlington Avenue Tel: (239) 970-0474 Staten Island, NY 10303 Fax: (239) 970-0154 Tel: (718) 720-3434 [email protected] Fax: (718) 720-1625 Accounting and consulting services to the ground [email protected] transportation industry. Managing Member: Gary Stetz KONNER, HARBUS AND SCHWARTZ, P.C. Authorized Exon Mobil lubricants distributor for The Atrium New York City, Long Island, Westchester and 80 East Route 4, Suite 408 North New Jersey. Paramus, NJ 07652 Tel: (201) 556-1311 Fax: (201) 556-1310 Mel Konner Certified public accounting and consulting firm.
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LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY NORSE SYSTEMS, INC. P.O. Box 9004 - 370 W. Park Avenue 245 Sage Hollow Road Long Beach, NY 11561 Guilford, CT 06437 Tel: (516) 431-4441 Tel: (800) 769-8468 Fax: (516) 889-1727 Fax: (203) 457-0833 [email protected] [email protected] www.lancerinsurance.com President: Leif Peterson Senior VP: Randy O’Neill In 1984, Norse Systems introduced the first Since 1985, Lancer has been the nation’s leading computer system based on a commercial database provider of traditional liability, physical damage and that was designed for bus and motor coach general liability insurance coverage to the U.S. motor companies. Today, Norse is still leading the way with coach and bus industries. The company provides important innovations in technology, marketing and onsite management and driver training, along with a applications with leading edge designs to improve wide range of free and exclusive safety and training profitability and performance for all of our clients. products and services to policyholder companies of Contact us today! all sizes. P.A. POST AGENCY, L.L.C. LEONARD E. BELCHER, INC. 1 International Blvd., Ste 405 615 St. James Ave Mahwah, NJ 07495 Springfield, MA 01109 Tel: (201) 252-3010 Tel: (800) 756-1115 Fax: (201) 252-3011 Fax: (413) 736-5605 [email protected] [email protected] President: Bradley W. Post VP Sales: Michael Natale With more than 90 years of proven experience L.E. Belcher, Inc. offers quality products and services insuring the transportation industry, we have grown at very competitive prices. We are here to assist you to become one of the nation’s largest and most in assessing your energy needs and fulfilling your trusted transportation insurance agencies. We offer a requirements in the most efficient and advantageous full range of insurance products and solutions to the way to help you manage your business…and your motor coach/commuter/sightseeing and transit bus bottom line. industries, including: loss control/prevention, risk management, compliance and safety training. METROCLEAN EXPRESS CORPORATION 53-01 Vernon Boulevard PATCON ASSOCIATES, LTD. Long Island City, NY 11101-5901 9201 4th Avenue, 7th Floor Tel: (718) 482-0080 Brooklyn, NY 11209 Fax: (718) 729-2386 Tel: (718) 567-8200 [email protected] Fax: (718) 921-4526 www.metrocleanexpress.com [email protected] MetroClean Express is the New York Metropolitan President: Patrick Condren area’s foremost provider of comprehensive Business consultants, contracts, RFPS, procurement, cleaning and maintenance services for public tour, transit, transportation and government & spaces and has developed a reputation as a leader industry relations, registered lobbyist, NYS-NYC in the provision of maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT) services. Operating from a 50,000 square-foot facility next to the Midtown Tunnel in Long Island City, Queens, MetroClean is a centrally-located, technologically-sophisticated operation with a proven record of service for a wide range of commercial clients, municipalities, engineering firms and contractors.
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PRIME LUBE, INC. TEAM COACH IMAGING 800 Roosevelt Avenue 1328 1st Street - Industrial Park Carteret, NJ 07008 St Marie, QC, Canada G6E1H4 Tel: (732) 969-9200 Tel: (418) 386-3039 Fax: (732) 541-7999 Fax: (418) 386-2420 primelubeinc.com [email protected] Vice President: Don Devite Contact: Marc Chasse Prime Lube carries complete lines of conventional Team Coach Imaging specializes in fleet signage and petroleum and specialty synthetic oils and greases. digital printing for bus and recreational vehicles. These include: heavy-duty diesel engine oils, passenger car motor oils, hydraulic fluids, gear TIB TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE BROKERS lubricants, transmission fluids, metalworking fluids, 20 South Terminal Drive compressor oils, cylinder oils, air tool oils, rock drill Plainview, NY 11803 oils, way oils, heat transfer fluids, food-grade white Tel: (516) 349-8799 mineral oils, environmentally friendly/biodegradable Fax: (516) 349-9227 oils, USDA food grade oils and greases, power [email protected] generation oils, aviation oils, marine oils, railroad oils, Regional Vice President: Charlie Gusman solvents, antifreeze and glycol. TIB Transportation Insurance Brokers is the nation’s largest brokerage firm dedicated to the passenger RELATIONAL BUS SYSTEMS transportation industry, offering auto and general 10 Lancaster Street, Box 215 liability, physical damage, workers’ compensation Cherry Valley, NY 13220 and more. With offices from New York to Tel: (800) 448-7001 Los Angeles, TIB is able to meet insurance needs Fax: (607) 264-8070 quickly, economically and professionally. [email protected] Vice President: Walter Buist TRANSLITE ENTERPRISES, INC. Relational Bus Systems is a major provider of charter 107 Trumbull Street, K Bldg A ss o ciates and tour management systems specifically designed Elizabeth, NJ 07206 for the motor coach industry. For more than Tel: (908) 355-4250 18 years, we have been designing, implementing Fax: (908) 355-3250 and supporting our premier products: GoChart [email protected] and GoTour. President: Michael Turner Translite Enterprises, Inc. is a glass distributor whose SAUCON TECHNOLOGIES sole market is the bus industry. We have been 2455 Baglyos Circle servicing the industry’s bus glass replacement needs Bethlehem, PA 18020 since 1993. Our mission is to continue to provide Tel: (484) 241-2514 the bus operator/dealer with the best options for Fax: (484) 895-0341 their glass replacement needs. [email protected] Contact: Michael Deeb WCB SYSTEMS, LLC Saucon TDS provides a total transportation 5250 Coye Road communications solution with onboard computer Canandaigua, NY 14424 technology that receives positioning signals Tel: (585) 797-7837 from GPS satellites, direct engine data and Fax: (585) 282-1013 interconnectivity for video, APC sensors, WiFi and [email protected] other devices. Users can define business rules, Contact: Casey Benham monitor engine and driver performance, speed and WCB Systems, LLC distributes, installs and services route compliance, hard stops, excess idling and a complete line of vehicle (car, bus and truck) erratic driving. The web-based interface displays washing equipment, buildings, parts and supplies. fleet activity on configurable maps, dashboards, WCB can provide you with many types of washes: reports, mobile applications and web-based friction, touchless, drive-thru, gantry rollover or customer views, giving a complete picture for specific custom designs. WCB Systems does first operational efficiency, customer service, and class work, and, just as important, we are there after passenger and vehicle safety with real-time video, the installation with service, chemicals, maintenance driver performance, route compliance, dispatching, and preventive maintenance contracts. alerts or warnings and maintenance.
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USSC Group Boardwalk Plaza Hotel 150 Gordon Drive 2 Olive Avenue & Boardwalk 694754_USSC.inddExton, PA 19341 1 17/05/14 12:38 PM 688253_Boardwalk.inddRehoboth Beach, 1 DE07/05/14 19971 7:21 PM (973) 747-8131 (800) 33-BEACH • Fax: (302) 227-0227 [email protected] • www.usscgroup.com [email protected] USSC Group is a leader in Transit Seating and Fire www.boardwalkplaza.com Suppression Systems for Buses. USSC, 4ONE and At the Boardwalk Plaza, you’re not just at the beach, FMNA are part of the USSC Group. Our transit seating you’re on it! Overlooking the white sands and quaint, is designed and engineered to provide comfort, mile-long boardwalk of the resort town of Rehoboth durability, industry leading life cycle costs, and simple Beach, Delaware, the family-owned-and-operated maintenance. USSC driver seats are ergonomically Boardwalk Plaza has offered the Delaware seaside’s designed to reduce day-to-day driver fatigue. only oceanfront, AAA Four Diamond Award-Winning 4ONE passenger seats are affordable, easily maintained hospitality for more than two decades. A variety of and designed for customer comfort. FMNA fire delightful accommodations is available, each decorated suppression systems utilize advanced technology in Grand Victorian style yet providing modern to detect and suppress fires. A high-pressure water amenities, for a perfect getaway any time of the year. mist cools, chokes and suppresses fires in seconds, Their oceanfront, fine dining restaurant, Victoria’s, is UL Certified. FMNA’s CNG monitor provides early open every day for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and detection of methane vapors. dinner…all with a breathtaking view of the ocean. BUS SERVICE & MAINTENANCE HOTELS/RESORTS/ WCB Systems, LLC CONFERENCE CENTERS 5250 Coye Road Canandaigua, NY 14424-8914 (585) 797-7837 • Fax: (585) 282-1013 [email protected] WCB SYSTEMS, L.L.C. distributes, installs, and services Hilton Garden Inn Kitty Hawk a complete line of bus washing equipment, parts P.O. Box 1069 and supplies. Featuring NS bus wash and the very Kitty Hawk, NC 27949 economical Awash Power Brush systems. We provide (252) 261-1290 ext. 191 • Fax: (252) 255-0153 many types of washes. Friction, touchless, drive-thru, [email protected] 1 01/06/13 9:16 PM gantry rollover or specific custom designs. We are www.HiltonGardenInnOuterBanks.com there after the installation with service, chemicals, The Ramada Plaza & Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/ maintenance and preventative maintenance contracts. Kitty Hawk has so much to offer your tours! Both hotels have full service restaurants offering breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails daily in our beautiful oceanfront restaurant Peppercorns and Great American Grill. Our hotels have all indoor corridors, and is fully handicapped accessible. The Ramada Plaza offers guests an indoor pool and hot tub and the Hilton Garden Inn Kitty Hawk has an indoor pool and Jacuzzi and an outdoor pool. Our expert staff is ready to assist you in all your tour planning. From start to finish we are here to help make your tour a success!
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RECEPTIVE OPERATORS Cape Cod Custom Tours 36 Ocean Street New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania Hyannis, MA 02601 401 Seventh Avenue (888) 793-8687 • Fax: (508) 775-2662 New York, NY 10001 [email protected] (212) 736-5000 • Fax: (212) 502-8153 www.capecodcustomtours.com 639710_NYHP.inddwww.hotelpenn.com 1 21/05/13 12:52 PM Cape Cod Custom Tours will assist you in providing Recognized as The World’s Most Popular Hotel®, your clients a memorable vacation on Cape Cod, New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania is your perfect New York throughout New England or Atlantic Canada. As a hotel in the heart of the city. We offer an unbeatable Receptive Operator, we provide the personal touch location and unsurpassed value! Our location is across of a small company combined with the experience from Madison Square Garden & Penn Station, and of working with tour operators and motor coach within walking distance of the Empire State Building, companies since 1977. Times Square, and many popular attractions. As one of the few Energy Star awarded properties in Manhattan, TOURISM BUREAUS we offer over 1,700 guest rooms to accommodate tour and bus groups of all sizes. We have an exclusive offer for tour groups so call us today to book your next visit! INSURANCE
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ATTRACTIONS GROUP TOURS & ENTERTAINMENT Adirondack Scenic Railroad...... 39 Trans Express Inc...... 36 Seneca Nation of Indians...... 36, 39 HOTELS/INNS/RESORTS/LODGING BUS - SALES & LEASING Best Western Premier Eden Resort & Suites...... 40 Empire Bus Sales...... 14 Boardwalk Plaza Hotel...... 41 Doubletree Richmond Airport...... 40 BUS - SALES, SERVICE & LEASING Skyline Hotel New York...... 39 Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison...... 4 Leonard Bus Sales, Inc...... 35 HOTELS/MOTELS/INNS/RESORTS New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania...... 4 BUS PARTS Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison...... 4 HOTELS/RESORTS/CONFERENCE CENTERS Doubletree Richmond Airport...... 40 BUS REPAIRS Hilton Garden Inn Kitty Hawk...... 37, 41 Perfect Body Co., Inc...... 4 New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania...... 42
BUS SEATING INSURANCE USSC Group...... 41 Protective Insurance Company...... 42, Inside Front Cover BUS SERVICE & MAINTENANCE ABC Companies...... 4 PRESSURE WASHING Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison...... 4 A-1 Hydro & Fa...... 35 Trans Express Inc...... 35 WCB Systems, LLC...... 41 RECEPTIVE OPERATORS Cape Cod Custom Tours...... 42 CASINOS & RESORTS Resorts Casino & Hotel...... 3 SHOPPING CENTERS & OUTLETS Tropicana Casino...... Outside Back Cover Arnot Mall...... 36
COMPUTER SOFTWARE TOUR COMPANIES Norse Systems, Inc...... 35 Service Tours...... 35
CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAUS TOURISM BUREAUS Atlantic City Convention & 1000 Islands International Tourism Council...... 42 Visitors Authority...... Inside Back Cover Cooperstown/Otsego County Tourism...... 40 Fredericksburg Area Tourism...... 37 Ocean City Maryland...... 38 TRANSMISSION SERVICES Winchester-Frederick County CVB...... 38 Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison...... 4
DIESEL ENGINES TRIPS & ADVENTURES Atlantic Detroit Diesel-Allison...... 4 Adirondack Scenic Railroad...... 39
FINANCIAL/LEASING Shore Funding Ltd...... 34
45 Notes
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