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Freightwaves: Pandemic Creating Existential Crisis for Nation’s Bus Industry
The question now facing the bus business is how many of those small operators who might eventually go under, or who have done so already, will come back.
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ABA Legislative Update on the CERTS Act
We continue to need your help as we push through the final weeks of September.
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Chauffeur Driven: ABA President Pens Moving Message After Stimulus Bill Fails…Again
Noting his frustration about the continued gridlock, ABA President & CEO Peter Pantuso posted a poignant message about the “death of an industry” on the association’s website.
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The Free Lance-Star: GETTING THERE: Is This the End of the Motor Coach Industry?
The bus industry is not dead—companies are finding ways to survive, for now—but it has been severely pummeled by the pandemic. Like many others, the industry has been left to flutter in the breeze while haggling over relief packages continues
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Death of an Industry
This all could have been avoided had Congress provided a lifeline to the motorcoach industry by passing the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Sectors (CERTS) Act and delivered the much-needed money for the industry to survive this pandemic.
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ABA Foundation Announces 2020-2021 Scholarship Winners
“This year, more than ever, we are proud to help our future leaders,” said ABA Foundation President Peter Pantuso. “In a year when most scholarships programs have seen a decline in applicants, our scholarship applications were the highest they have
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Daily Nonpareil: Stretched Thin by Pandemic, Motorcoach Company Sends Buses, Drivers South for Laura
"All the official weather reports point to an especially active hurricane season in 2020. However, because of COVID-19, it is increasingly becoming more challenging to obtain buses as the season continues. Many of the motorcoach companies that would normally engage
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Group Travel Leader: Group Travel Confronts an Unprecedented Crisis in COVID-19
The Group Travel Leader spoke with the heads of four tourism industry associations to get their perspectives on these unprecedented challenges and how the industry is working together to overcome them.
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ChauffeurDriven: Motorcoach Industry Helps Evacuation Efforts During Hurricane Laura
Once weather forecasters knew that the storm was destined to affect the Gulf Coast, the motorcoach industry sprang into action—just as it always does during weather events like this, including the Northern California fires. All in all, the American Bus
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As Hurricane Laura Barrels Toward Gulf, Motorcoaches Mobilize to Evacuate Citizens
Now who will answer the call to help evacuate if the buses aren't running?
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