The ultimate nightmare of coach and bus companies? A driver falling asleep behind the wheel. DTS, a start-up company located in the city of Diest and led by Jelle Van Winckel and Thomas Dietvorst, two young entrepreneurs in their twenties, recently came up with a Columbus’ egg in the form of a brand-new product (Ario), which is smoothly finding its way to the market.
During the World Championship Rugby 2015 in the month of October Iveco, European supporter of the All Blacks, is transporting the team with an IVECO Magelys Vip Coach and three IVECO Daily minibuses, Van of the Year 2015.
Friday afternoon, the gong sounded four times at the VDL fair booth – a nice tradition that is honoured each time a deal is closed – as Oad ordered four VDL Futura FDH2 139. The ink of the signatures on the sales agreement was not even dry yet when the gong was beat.
The Dutch coach company South West Tours (SW) placed an order at the fair booth of EvoBus during Busworld in Kortrijk for five Setra double decker buses. South West Tours also purchased a Tourismo in a ‘training edition’.
The problem of buses has to do with their image, but also with an incorrect perception by the general public. Bus and coach companies have conceptually skipped two generations. However, thanks to plenty of new initiatives set up by non-bus companies the young adults, the so-called millennium generation, are now getting interested in buses again. In order to attract youngsters companies should not only focus on travel comfort and Wi-Fi availability, but also create the right ‘atmosphere’ on board and opt for a contemporary colour setting.