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GroupsToday: New ABA Foundation Research Sheds Light on Driver Shortage
The ABA Foundation recently conducted a survey to estimate the driver shortage gap in the private motorcoach industry. The results show a large gap (21.4%) between the need for drivers to help the industry recover and the number of drivers
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The ABA and ABA Foundation Welcome New Board Members
"It is our volunteer leaders that make ABA and the ABA Foundation what we are today. Their dedication to ensuring we provide our members the resources, research, scholarships and programming they need to succeed in this industry is priceless," said
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ABA’s Pantuso To Step Down in September 2024 After Nearly Three Decades of Accomplishments
The American Bus Association, the leading industry association representing the bus, motorcoach, tour, and packaged travel industry, announced that its longtime leader, Peter J. Pantuso, will retire in September 2024.
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ABA Foundation Motorcoach Sales Report Shows Continued Impact From COVID-19
While new motorcoach sales in the second quarter of 2022 are 9 percent below where they were during the same period last year, this is still better than the 58 percent drop from where they were prior to the onset
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SmartCitiesDive: Intercity Bus Lines See Encouraging Signs as Riders Return
While ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels, experts see a “sustained recovery” and opportunities for expansion ahead.
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ABA Foundation Motorcoach Sales Report Shows Huge Drop in Sales Because of COVID-19
As the industry struggles to rebound from the past two years, we are hopeful sales will also improve. However, it could well into 2024 and beyond before we see a true comeback for the industry.
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ChauffeurDriven: ABA Celebrates the “Green” Bus Industry on Earth Day
April 22, marked the 52nd observation of Earth Day, which represents the birth of the modern environmental movement. The American Bus Association used the occasion to call attention to the critical role that the motorcoach industry plays in helping the
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ABA Foundation Motorcoach Sales Report Shows Huge Drop in Sales Because of COVID-19
While new motorcoach sales in January are 36 percent above where they were during January 2021, the three-month moving average is still just 92 percent of sales during the last month prior to COVID.
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Latest Motorcoach Census Highlights the COVID-19 Pandemic Damage to the Industry
We are hoping as the world starts to get back to traveling and working in the office again that the industry will pick up speed, however it will take years to return to our 2019 levels of business,” said Peter
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RollCall: Still Struggling Motorcoach Industry Seeks More Federal Aid
The rebound is slow-going, Peter Pantuso said in an interview: “I can tell you in 2021, it wasn’t a lot better than 2020.”
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