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Boston — The Chauffeured Success Group (CSG) recently announced the addition of two new members into the group: RMA Chauffeured Transportation of suburban Washington, D.C., and Total Luxury Limousine of Saint Paul, Minn. CSG is the longest running twenty-group in the chauffeured ground transportation industry. Founded in 1995 by Charles Tenney of the Tenney Group, it is moderated by Brian Faulkenberry of NCM, a company that specializes in managing financial based twenty-groups in many industries.
CSG expects the addition of these two outstanding companies to enhance the group’s financial focus, bring a new outlook and maintain the culture of commitment and inclusion. Charlie Murray of Total Luxury and Robert Alexander of RMA will enjoy full membership at the winter meeting.
CSG Chair Huguette Lirette of Bennington Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation in Mississauga, Ontario, expects the new members to be a perfect fit and hit the financial analysis ground running. The group reports financial data quarterly and is rewarded with a set of combined group financials that is a deep dive into the comparison of the member companies with a focus on profitability.
In addition to RMA and Total Luxury, other members include Bennington Worldwide; All Occasion Transportation of Providence, R.I.; All Star Chauffeured Services of Detroit, Mich.; Company Car Worldwide of Cleveland, Ohio; Pure Luxury Transportation of Petaluma, Calif.; Smart Cars Worldwide of Chicago, Ill.; Bayview Limousine Service of Seattle, Wash.; Lindsey Worldwide Chauffeur Services of Hartford, Conn.; Overland Chauffeured Services of Kansas City, Mo.; and Presidential Worldwide Transportation of Denver, Co.
The group is looking to expand further into select markets that are not currently represented.
Contact huguette@benningtonlimo.com for more information.
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CEO Dav El/BostonCoach Scott Solombrino Boston — Dav El/BostonCoach Transportation Network hosted its annual Affiliate Partner Meeting on August 9 and 10 at the World Trade Center in Boston. The two-day conference featured world-renowned speakers and a record-breaking attendance.
The conference kicked off with celebrated speakers including Casey Sherman, New York Times bestselling author and award winning journalist, who spoke to the attendees on reliance and persistency. Also in attendance was Arthur Bernard, attorney at Travaglini, Eisenberg & Kiley, a local lobbying firm, who discussed the strategy and execution of the TNC bill that was recently passed in the Massachusetts legislature. Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, rounded out the special speakers and presented Dav El/BostonCoach Transportation Network CEO Scott Solombrino with a special award. Client panels included topics such as client satisfaction, top interests of clients, and what makes a difference in the industry.
The conference concluded with a special awards dinner at the JFK Library, which featured a special appearance by Boston comedian Steve Sweeney. The top honor of the evening, 2016 True Partner of the Year Award, was awarded to Avanti Transportation of Houston, Tex. Avanti has been a long-standing affiliate partner of Dav El/BostonCoach, supporting all of its brands for over 10 years.
Further top honors included:
2016 International Partner of the Year - United Limousines, Germany
2016 Farm-Out Partner of the Year - Cabot Limousine, New York
2016 Best VIP Service Performance - A Limousine Associates, Cincinnati
2016 Best Chauffeur Details Compliance - DLA Executive Limousine, New York
“I am so proud of my team for putting on a fabulous conference and extremely grateful to all the affiliates that attended,” stated Solombrino. “Every year the affiliate conference continues to grow and our attendees are already excited for next year.”
Visit bostoncoach.com for more information.
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Adam Tortora from Bird Bus Sales with the catch of the day.
Commack, N.Y. — The Long Island Limousine Association (LILA) celebrated the summer with a series of fun events for their members. The association hosted a trio of get-togethers around the Long Island shore region.
“We wanted to emphasize what summer in Long Island is all about,” said LILA President Bill Goerl of Clique Limousines. “To us, it’s about the water, fishing, barbecues, and concerts; July and August on Long Island are about vacation with family and friends, so we wanted to make the association part of that as well.”
On July 26, LILA hosted their annual membership BBQ at Charlie’s Bar & Marina in Lindenhurst. More than 85 members were present, making it a record turnout for the event. The annual BBQ is hosted by LILA member Charlie Gandolfo of Dynasty Limousine, who also is the owner of the venue. Goerl was pleased with the attendance, and said that it’s the organization’s biggest event other than the Holiday Party in December.
Two weeks later on August 9, LILA members took to the sea for a mid-week fishing trip. A LILA tradition in the making, this is the third time the association has chartered a boat from the marina in Captree to fish for fluke and flounder. Roughly 20 LILA members were able to take some time away from the business and take part.
“This was a huge success,” said Goerl. “The members really liked the networking and ‘no business’ aspect of the trip.”
Every summer, Jimmy Buffett and His Coral Reefer Band come to Jones Beach in what is one of the hottest concerts of the season. On August 25, LILA decided to take part in the traditional tailgating that has become an essential part of the Buffett concert-going experience. Goerl and association members Doug Schwartz from Executive Limousine, Matt Silver from Ultimate Class Limousine, and Eddie Podlesny of Serenity Limousine parked stretch limos in the parking lots around the Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre in order to promote the industry to the roughly 67,000 people attending the show.
Limousine parked outside the Jimmy Buffett concert at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
“We got on line at 5 a.m. to be ready to park when the lot opened at 6,” said Goerl. “Arthur Messina from Create-A-Card made up some postcards with the FindaLimo.net branding, and we handed them out as a promotion. Findalimo.net directs consumers to our website to find companies in their area, and has been a huge success.”
Goerl is enthusiastic about how the summer LILA events were received. “It’s the first time we’ve bombarded our members with three activities, back-to-back, but the feedback from the members has been positive. They see fun stuff, and it helps add to the membership. We’re trying to make the association more of a networking group.”
Coming in September is LILA’s chauffeur training class, held on the 13th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Plainview, N.Y. A general membership meeting will follow two weeks later on September 27.
Visit nslali.com for more information.
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