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Motorcoach Industry Revisited | GroundTranz
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August 3, 2014. To chase those leads and I went up and down the highway calling on prospects and trying to lease their new buses. This was the first time that a financing source had visited many of those properties which was surprising to the operators, but since we would continue to technically own the buses but we were also concerned with the facility, fleet maintenance and the overall appearance of the operation. Categories: US Bus Industry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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July | 2014 | GroundTranz
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Looking under the Hood of the Charter Machine. July 14, 2014. This piece was originally published January 19, 2012: Coach America is a complex organization that is really a collection of companies and services that have some common features but few are identical. We used to think of it as a portfolio of companies, each operating individually. Some of the administrative functions can and should be …. Categories: US Charter Bus Industry. But first, a little background…. July 14, 2014. July 8, 2014.
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The Lady or the Tiger… | GroundTranz
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The Lady or the Tiger…. August 2, 2014. This piece was originally published February 13, 2012. There are so many choices everywhere you look these days. Also late last week, Coach America announced that it had named Laura Hendricks as Chief Executive Officer. This appears to be a very positive step for the company. According to the press release, Laura served for some period last year as Senior Vice President for Business Development, which included strategic planning, sales and marketing. The other is t...
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What Goes Around… | GroundTranz
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What Goes Around…. August 4, 2014. Most other large transportation companies also grew through acquisition during the last fifteen years. Greyhound Lines, Veolia, Coach America have all added to their portfolio. Even Stagecoach came back around and re-purchased many of the operations that had been sold to Kohlberg and Company (Coach America) and Lincolnshire Management (American Coach Lines, later acquired by Coach America). Confused yet? The TBL filing justifies the transaction on the basis of reducing ...
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Is That All There Is? | GroundTranz
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Is That All There Is? August 2, 2014. This piece was originally published June 4, 2012. In the late 60’s, singer Peggy Lee made famous, “Is That All There Is? This piece could have been sub-titled. A large portion of the Coach America companies are now going back to Coach USA, from which they originated. While reviewing the STB filings today, I remarked to a friend that they were going to need a flip chart to be able to follow this one. There is begetting of biblical proportions going on here. The rail c...
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In Memoriam… | GroundTranz
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August 2, 2014. This piece was originally published March 16, 2012. Anyway, it was a good run for FCC, but it always makes me sad when a once-thriving business comes to an end. At this point, all I can say is that it was a pleasure to have met you, Mike Lepore. Categories: US Bus Industry Consolidation. US Charter Bus Industry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.
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August | 2014 | GroundTranz
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What Goes Around…. August 4, 2014. An interesting development occurred in the Texas market this summer as a new entity, Texas Bus and Limo Acquisition Corp. ( TBL ) filed with the STB on June 9, to acquire essentially five companies that operate in the major cities and East Texas. I have been involved in the acquisition of companies for over fifteen years …. Categories: US Bus Industry Consolidation. Texas Bus and Limo Acquisition Corp. August 3, 2014. Categories: US Bus Industry. Is That All There Is?
