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Tour Operators: companies that organize tours without owning equipment. They offer travel packages by arranging for transportation to hotels, attractions and other travel suppliers. Travel Industry Members: tourism-related companies and organizations that work in partnership with the North American motorcoach industry.
Gray Line, the largest sightseeing operators, began operations in 1910. [2] Sightseeing was likely a side business for many intercity bus operators because the same types of buses were used (this remains true even today). World War II saw the industry decline, but it slowly re-emerged as an alternative to driving. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Coach operator: Fleet: 58 (November 2015) ... Redwing Coaches [1] is a coach tour operator in London and Kent. History
National Express, [1] also abbreviated NX, is a long and medium-distance intercity coach operator operating services throughout Great Britain. It is a subsidiary of the British multinational public transport company Mobico Group. Most services are subcontracted to local coach companies.
Bruce's Coaches was founded in August 1982 by John Bruce. After operating as a Scottish Citylink subcontractor, in 1988 a service to London commenced under the LondonLiner brand with a pair of Van Hool Alizée bodied Volvo B10Ms. [1]
Leger started operating coach tour holidays between the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, from their base in Rotherham, South Yorkshire since 1983. [3] [7] [8]The parent company, as of 2022, is Leger Shearings Group which is 70% owned by Ian and Kathleen Henry, with the remaining 30% owned by company directors, Liam Race, Andrew Oldfield and Chris Plummer.
Whittles was founded in 1926 in Highley taking miners to and from villages to the coal pits, and hauling coal in between shift changes. [1] The founder was J. T. Whittle, and he ran the business of J. T. Whittle & Son with members of his family.
In 1922, the first motorised bus was purchased. In the late 1970s, it began to operate coach tours, expanding with the purchase of the Fletchers Coaches business in 1989 and Arnold Shaw Coaches in 1993. [1] In 2000, it diversified into bus service operations with services operated under contract to Warwickshire County Council.