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Palmetto Progress Motorcoach Association of South Carolina P.O. Box 474, Columbia, SC 29202 888.376.1150 FAX 866.376.1156 SUMMER 2011 program. Take advantage of each session to gain knowledge President’s Letter that will help you in your operations. There is so much going on in the industry to the point that I wonder how we can keep Bob Garrett up and stay informed. This is one reason it is so important Sunshine Travel & Express for our operator members to come to Savannah as well as Lancaster, SC participate in other MCASC and industry events. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have served on the planning committee and those local to the Gee, summer is here with a vengeance. High Savannah area who are rolling out the red carpet for members temperatures are setting records in the South. I am of MCASC and GMOA. Members have truly stepped up to hearing that the annual meeting in Savannah August 21- the plate to support this first joint meeting for both of these 24 is setting records, too! At this writing registration is associations. We anticipated this support because our associate nearing 250 and that does not count the group leaders members have been asking for joint meetings to save time who will be included in the market place. As you know, and money in an economy that we wish could be better. This MCASC has not included group leaders in the past. is the associations’ way of recognizing the budget constraints When your board of directors agreed to meet jointly with that many of you are experiencing and responding to your the Georgia Motorcoach Operators Association, we also requests. To continue what we think will be the trend in state agreed that GMOA could include group leaders, which motorcoach association meetings, the MCASC Board of GMOA has done since its first meeting. I understand that Directors agreed to meet jointly with the Florida Motorcoach there will be a strong group leader market place. I hope Association in Orlando July 9-12, 2012 and in South Carolina that MCASC operators will consider inviting their group in 2013. I understand that GMOA will also be continuing leaders or tour planners or charter customers—whatever the joint meetings by meeting with Alabama Motorcoach you prefer to call them. These folks are simply a segment Association for the next two years. I hope our members see of the industry and they charter our coaches! I caution that your requests have not fallen on deaf ears. Now it is up to our associate members attending the annual meeting to you to continue the strong support already shown for the 2011 be sure to come prepared with appropriate venue rates meeting. for operators and group leaders. There is a difference! Yes, it’s summer and it’s hot. Stay cool! I look forward to For more information about pricing, contact Linda at the seeing you in Savannah, the coolest place to be August 21-24, MCASC office. perhaps not weather-wise, but certainly otherwise. I am excited about the joint meeting because it will be an opportunity for operators who are members of two state associations to network and get to know one Bob Garrett another better. I know from experience that folks do business with people they know and trust and I, for one, want to know I have friends in the industry in Georgia if I find myself needing assistance because of a breakdown. They happen even to equipment considered the latest and greatest. No operator is immune to an occasional need for assistance. I challenge every MCASC operator member to come to Savannah for the joint annual meeting. The planning committee and our host destination have gone beyond my expectations to provide a meaningful and worthwhile event from beginning to end. Please don’t discount the sessions that appear to be targeted to Georgia operators. We can all learn from the topics included in the schedule of events on Sunday www.scmotorcoach.organd Monday. Expert speakers have been included in the High temperatures plague the South! NEW OPERATOR MEMBER HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CHARLESTON CARAVELLE RESORT FABULOUS COACH LINES 1943 Savannah Hwy., Charleston, SC 29407 6900 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 P.O. Box 214, Branford, FL 32008 843-402-8300 FAX 843-763-6412 Web: www.thecaravelle.com 877-463-2285 OR 386-935-2700 Email: [email protected] FAX 386-935-3700 Web: www.hiexpresscharleston.com HOTEL BLUE Email: [email protected] Cheryl Wooten, Assistant General Manager 705 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Web: www.fabulouscoach.com Michelle Lewis, Area Director of Sales Web: www.hotelbluemb.com Raymon J. Land III, President, x100 LANDMARK RESORT Laura Fowler Goss, Dir. of Business Dev., x107 HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HISTORIC STONE MOUNTAIN 1501 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Gary Pruss, VP of Operations, x102 Web: www.landmarkresort.com Travis Tysall, Office Administrator, x101 1790 East Park Place Blvd. Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Ben Latimer, Director of Sales, x110 OCEAN CREEK 678-852-3258 FAX 770-465-4260 Code- BCEGHIJ 10600 N. 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Regency Drive, Tulsa, OK 74131 BROADWAY Marianne Smith, Sales Manager 918-224-1049 OR 800-475-1439 1351 21st Ave. N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Email: [email protected] FAX 918-224-1092 843-445-6333 OR 980-253-0357 Direct Connie Ross-Karl, Sales Manager Email: [email protected] Web: www.marriott.com/myroy Email: [email protected] Web: www.nationalbus.com Jennifer Brown, SC Account Executive Additional Properties: Mike Curtis, Commercial Manager Email: [email protected] BEACH COLONY TIB TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE Shanon Headley 5308 N. Ocean. Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 BROKERS Email: [email protected] Web: www.beachcolony.com 425 W Broadway Ste 400, Glendale, CA 91204 818-246-2800 OR 800-248-2877 FULTON STEAMBOAT INN BEACH COVE FAX 818-246-4690 P.O. Box 11116, Lancaster, PA 17605 4800 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 Email: [email protected] 717-299-9999 OR 800-922-2229 Web: www.beachcove.com Web: www.tibinsurance.com FAX 717-299-9992 CAPTAINS QUARTERS Jeff McAnany, Vice President Sales Email: [email protected] 901 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Greg Black, Account Executive-Southeastern Web: www.fultonsteamboatinn.com Web: www.captainsquarters.com Peter J. Chiccarine, General Manager New Members Continued on Back Cover 2 MCASC Summer 2011 Newsletter Member in New Prevost H-41 for the Spotlight Capitol Bus Lines TITANIC MUSEUM Reprinted from the National Bus Trader, April 2011 Issue. ATTRACTION Capitol Bus Lines of West Columbia, South Carolina, rang out the year in style, taking possession of a new Prevost H3-41 motorcoach on December 31, 2010.