ALLIANCES BOOST THE BOTTOM LINE OF MOTORCOACH OPERATORS

This article tells how motorcoach operators can increase business by cultivating partnerships with destinations, hotels and tour operators. The author notes that following the end of the fighting in Iraq and the lessening of fears about terrorism, business picked up in the motorcoach business. The article gives examples of partnerships between motorcoach operators and a tourist attraction, a gambling casino, a hotel-even a fish resort. The article urges motorcoach operators not to overlook tour operators, and gives tips on how to work more closely with them.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/100980083
• Supplemental Notes:
  • June/July 2003; Page range: pp 30, 32-34
• Corporate Authors:

  Bobit Publishing Company

  21061 S Western Avenue
  Torrance, CA  United States  90501-1711
• Authors:
  • Hirano, S
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 10098-0083

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Marketing; Partnerships; Strategic alliances; Tour buses; Tour operators
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961061
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 2003 12:00AM