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The holiday event welcomed association members, supporters, and industry operators alike. Chauffer Driven’s Editor Madeleine Maccar and Assistant Editor Rob Smentek were both in attendance for a night of fun, food, and games of chance.
Upon entering the hall, guests were given chips to try their luck at various game tables, including black jack, roulette, poker, and craps. For unlucky players and the folks who just wanted to increase their chances of winning big, the option to purchase more chips was available. At the end of the evening, any remaining chips were traded for raffle tickets, which gave attendees the chance to win various donated prizes, including housewares, toys, Kindles, Eagles tickets, and a flat-screen television. Also among the prizes was a pass to the 2016 Chauffeur Driven Show held in Washington, D.C., from October 9-12, which was won by Tracy Salinger Long of Unique Limousine.
PRLA President Steve Rhoads, who will continue his position in 2016, briefly spoke to the group, and thanked everyone for their work on behalf of the association throughout the year. Later, PRLA Director Anthony Onorata and Vendor Member Peter Corelli assisted Rhoads with the raffle and distributing prizes.
The next PRLA meeting will be held January 13 at Maggiano’s in King of Prussia, Pa.
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strategic alliance with the National Limousine Association (NLA), Deem said it has signed agreements with scores of operators, including nearly 70 percent of the top 100 operators by volume.
The latest round of operators is headlined by Diva Limousine and also includes BLS, About Town Limousine, Isaac Alan Xport, Unique II Limousine, AAA Worldwide Transportation, Cordial Limousine, T-Star Limousine, Brentwood's DET, Class A Transportation, Drivers Unlimited, Gem Transportation, and All Roads Transportation, amongst others. These operators join EmpireCLS, Music Express, Carey International, Pure Luxury, Flyte Tyme, Arrow Limousine, Gem Limousine Worldwide, Mosaic Global Transportation, Universal Limousine, Presidential Worldwide Transportation, U.S. Sedan Service, North Point Transportation, AJL International, and Sterling Limousine, who are already on the network.
"The buy-in and trust of the industry reinforces the drive the Deem Car Service team comes to work with every day," said Patrick Grady, founder and CEO of Deem. "Diva Limousine is one of the latest operator partners to join the Deem network and adds yet another top 100 operator to what is already the largest chauffeured transportation network on the planet."
"Our industry has been under siege and in need of a technology solution to match the upstart TNCs for years now," said Bijan Zoughi, founder and chairman of the board at Diva. "Patrick and the team at Deem have shown not only the willingness to work with all the partners and players in our industry but also the dedication to ensure that the solution they build works with every layer of the chauffeured transportation industry to deliver the complete solution we need."
In addition to agreements with new operators, Deem has been working with other technology providers in the chauffeured transportation space as well as with industry groups to help drive industry-wide education about the benefits of Deem Car Service and to expand the footprint of operators able to easily join the network and integrate with Deem's technology. Deem has signed an agreement with Limo Anywhere, one of the industry's largest cloud-based and mobile software providers, to establish bi-directional coding between their respective platforms, allowing Limo Anywhere's customers who sign up with Deem to accept and send affiliate reservations over Deem's Affiliate Connect network. Deem also received the endorsement of the Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) as the official technology provider for its hundreds of association members.
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A long-time home builder, founder Elaine Hamel realized that introducing girls to this non-traditional activity went beyond teaching them a skill to teaching them to use their inner power tools of strength and courage. In the decade since its inception, Girls at Work has reached more than 5,000 girls through camps and classes. While building projects such as bookcases, birdhouses, sheds, and tables, girls are empowered to meet real-life challenges such as abuse, neglect, parental incarceration, or poverty.
“Our mission has been to empower inner city girls who struggle with little support in their lives. The experience of placing power tools into the hands of young girls opens a door to the limitless potential and power that inherently exists in each one of them, despite the challenges they face. The experience allows young girls to soar to new heights and alter the powerless lens through which they view themselves. They begin to see themselves as powerful and capable!” Hamel says. “Groups like LMC help us bridge the gap and enable us to reach these young girls with a powerful experience. Together, we build stronger girls and women and together we can, and will, change the world.”
The LMC Group chose to donate to Girls at Work because of the important and innovative work they do with girls. As a woman-owned business, LMC strives to support women and girls in the community. Giving back is part of LMC’s core values, and #GivingTuesday was a great way to involve the entire organization.
“We founded our company with the mission of empowering small-business owners by providing them with resources, training, and access to experts to help them succeed,” says founder Kristen Carroll. “We are a values-driven organization, and when we were trying to select an organization to sponsor this Giving Tuesday, Girls at Work was an immediate fit. They are also an organization focused on empowerment, training, resource sharing, and growth, but they are providing these tools and resources to young girls and women in need. We set a challenge to our team to give to Girls at Work this holiday season, and we were thrilled to reach 90 percent participation. I’m so proud of my team, and we all share in the blessing of giving to a great organization that makes the world better, one life at a time.”
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