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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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ABA Foundation Coach Builder Survey Shows Second Quarter Sales Decimated by COVID-19 Effect
There was an overall 83 percent decrease in sales year over year.
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Tell Your Senators to Support and Co-Sponsor S. 4150, the CERTS Act
This bipartisan legislation would provide $10 billion in emergency economic relief funding, in the form of grants and other economic assistance, through the Treasury, to motorcoach operators, school bus companies, U.S. flag passenger vessel operators, and other U.S. transportation service
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Fredericksburg.com: GETTING THERE: Bad News for Bus Operators
Peter Pantuso noted that while those numbers are improvements to earlier data, the figures show “the continued decimation of the private motorcoach industry, which has not received any financial help from Congress or the Trump Administration like other modes of
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EpochTimes: Hit by Pandemic, Motorcoach Industry Says It Needs CCP Virus Relief Funds
Epoch Times reports on the latest ABA Foundation research showing that the industry is experiencing an $11 billion loss because of COVID-19 despite states re-opening.
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ABA Thanks Congressional Supporters Committed to Helping the Industry Survive COVID-19 Pandemic
“We give thanks want to specifically recognize Sens. Daines and Van Hollen and Reps. Katko and Sires for their leadership on this bipartisan effort support, We now look to them, as negotiations begin on the next legislative relief package, to
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TBN: Congress Misses Bus on Motorcoach Relief
The Brunswick News reported on the ABA Foundation's latest report on the effect of COVID-19 on the industry.
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As COVID-19 Crisis Lingers U.S. Motorcoach Industry Seeing Devastating Losses
“Life without motorcoaches available will affect millions of people around the country,” said Pantuso.
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LCT Magazine: Mid-Sized Coach Sales Soar In 2019
According to ABA Foundation data, motorcoach sales from the participating manufacturers saw a modest 0.1% increase over the same quarter in 2018.
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ABA Foundation 4th Quarter Motorcoach Sales Report Shows Smaller Buses in Demand
“As we have been predicting for a few years now, smaller more intimate trips are what travelers want and that is highlighted in the growth in the 30- to 40-foot coach market,” said Peter Pantuso, president of the ABA Foundation.
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