Shearings Doubles New Coach Fleet

Shearings Group is doubling its fleet of new coaches at a cost £10 million. The new order for 45 Setra coaches is the second major investment from the operator this year, following the purchase of another 45 vehicles in April. Thirty of the new vehicles are 13.2m long which allows for increased luggage, higher passenger [...]

Don’t Stress, Travel By Coach – It’s Official

Passengers’ Pulse Rates Monitored To Test Four Modes of Transport [inspic=17,left,,thumb]In what is believed to be the first experiment of its type in the UK, Leger Holidays, in conjunction with leading travel trade publication TTG, has used digital monitors to test passengers travelling on four modes of transport to find out which offers the most [...]

Coachholidays.com Business Partner Wins Travel Award for the Second Year Running

[inspic=17,left,,0]Leading operator Leger Holidays has been awarded the title of Best Coach Operator for 2008 by UK travel agents at the prestigious national travel industry Globe Awards in London. Peter Raynor, retail sales director, who received the award from radio and TV personality Mark Lamarr, said, ‘It’s a fantastic achievement to win the award for [...]

Over-65s target adventure holidays

[inspic=12,left,,0]The over-65s market is becoming one of the larger buying groups of adventure holidays among the older generations, a new survey has revealed. Shearings Holidays sales and marketing director Karen Gee said an online survey of 1,068 people by Omnibus revealed one in 12 of the 65-plus market are booking activity and adventure holidays. The [...]