September – 2009 – Travel Manager

September 5, 2009 – 1:21 pm

It would seem Global Charter Services Ltd (aka BusBank) thought it was a real bank and has followed some of the worlds great and the good in the financial sector. News reaches us that BusBank has filed for Chapter 11. Their website still seems to be up and running but they haven’t posted on their blog since 24th April 2009 (they used to post very regularly) – so maybe its been in place a while and its been a long time coming.

They have between 200 to 999 creditors with total liabilities between $1m and $10m. Seems like they also owe Coach USA $1m and plenty of operators between $35k and $90k each. Ouch!

Someone has kindly uploaded the chapter 11 documents here for us.

If you have a story to tell about BusBank and its filing for Chapter 11 we would be interested to hear it. Share it with our readers in the comments section below.

Dean

September 5, 2009 – 4:01 am

TravelManager are pleased to announce the successful integration of their online charter booking solution with the RBS operating system. TravelManager and RBS have been working together for over a year to make this possible.

We believe this provides unprecedented levels of functionality in transportation software for the motorcoach industry.

Regards

Dean

September 2, 2009 – 11:21 am

Interesting blog post on re-using waste energy in vehicles to power it:

http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/01/car-of-the-future-will-run-on-its-own-waste-energy/

and from Amerigon’s website:

“Experts report that about 25 percent of energy produced by a typical gasoline engine is used to move a car and power its accessories, and nearly 60 percent is lost through waste heat. Thermoelectrics can be used to capture that heat and directly convert it to electricity.”

Another blog post worth looking at about Tokyo’s Taxis using batteries:

http://gas2.org/2009/09/01/tokyos-taxis-get-green-light-to-test-better-places-battery-swap-stations/

Very interesting….

Imagine the possibilities of this for the motorcoach industry.

Dean

September 2, 2009 – 9:00 am

In this weeks marketing post I’m focusing on the basics of Facebook. Facebook is a powerful and affordable way to announce events, promote your blog/website, and dialogue with your customer base.

The 1st step is to create a Facebook page, which is an extension of your personal Facebook account. So of you don’t have a Facebook account you’ll need to create one on Facebook.com.

Ok, so I’ve created my account using an email address I’m going to use for all my Online Marketing efforts. Next step is to customize your page with things like you’re company logo and some interesting content. I’ve uploaded the Irish Coaches logo and also a video about the company.

Now I need to start letting people know about it so today I’ve added a Facebook badge button with a link from the Irish Coaches website.

Find us on Facebook Badge

Later in the week I’m going to look at customizing the Page and ways to increase the number of fans.

So get started and create your Facebook page today

Regards,

Eamonn

September 1, 2009 – 5:58 am

Next Week is the Summer 2009 TravelManager developers conference. We will have developers from the UK, Ireland, Croatia, Romania, India and North America working on the some of the next generation software solutions for the motorcoach industry.

More news next week…

Regards

Dean

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