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With less than six weeks to go until the Chauffeur Driven Show in Atlantic City, N.J., this November 2-5, what are you doing to get ready?
Pick Your Mentor
Are you planning on participating in our Operator Mentoring Program, where one of 17 of the industry’s leading operators will share their advice, tips, and tricks to longevity and growth? You need to register BEFORE the show! We’re talking about some pretty serious knowledge here, so this isn’t an opportunity you want to pass up. We’re the only industry show to offer this type of program, so make it work for you. The Operator Mentoring Program will take place on Sunday, November 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Some groups are almost full, so register ASAP to ensure that you’ll meet with the mentor of your choice. Sponsored by Don Brown Bus Sales and Grech Motors. Register here: chauffeurdrivenshow.com/show-info/mentoring-program.html.
Peruse the Vendor List
Nearly 100 of the industry’s top vendors, from insurance and marketing to dealers and manufacturers and everything in between, will be exhibiting at the Chauffeur Driven Show this year. It’s a pretty big floor, so take some time before the show to get your questions together so you can properly formulate your plan of attack. You don’t want to miss out on some fantastic show-only deals because you ran out of time. Don’t forget our Association Pavilion, where you can chat with representatives from some of the industry’s most successful associations (sponsored by Chosen Payments), as well as our Title Sponsors, The Lincoln Motor Company and Don Brown Bus Sales. Check out the full list of exhibitors and associations here: chauffeurdrivenshow.com/exhibitors/exhibitor-list-2014.html.
Hours of Education
We have a packed program for you over four days, but nothing is more important than our educational seminars and workshops. We devote the entire day on Tuesday to helping you nurture and grow your affiliate network, starting with our seminar on how to gain more affiliate business, followed by our Affiliate Central Global Partner Forum (sponsored by A1A Airport & Limousine Service), and affiliate meetings of two of the largest networks: EmpireCLS and Music Express. But don’t forget about all the other events like our Keynote Address (sponsored by Grech Motors and Mosaic Global Transportation) with Jim Donald, CEO of Extended Stay America and former CEO of Starbucks (check out his special message to attendees click here) or our State of the Industry panel. We’re also working on our list of Micro-sessions, which are short bursts of education on our show floor. Check back for those sessions soon. For the full lineup of our seminars and workshops, click here: chauffeurdrivenshow.com/show-info/workshop-seminar-schedule.html. Our education program is sponsored by FASTTRAK Cloud Livery Systems.
Register!
If you waited to register, today is your lucky day because we’ve extended our $499 full show passport and 3-night hotel stay for just a few more days. After that the price jumps to $549. You can register online at chauffeurdrivenshow.com/registration.
Want more? Be sure to visit chauffeurdrivenshow.com for the full details about our event. Remember, there’s #only1choice this November!
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Princeton, N.J. — The Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) hosted a packed house at its most recent meeting on September 17 at the Princeton Marriott. Chauffeur Driven Publisher Chris Weiss and Editor Madeleine Maccar attended the meeting, where Weiss also spoke about both the industry and the upcoming Chauffeur Driven Show in Atlantic City this November 2-5.
After the open board meeting, the member meeting kicked off with a luncheon before the association’s president James Moseley of TripTracker welcomed all in attendance and recognized those who have joined LANJ in 2014.
Moseley, along with the association’s Immediate Past President Tim Rose of Flyte Tyme Worldwide Transportation and First Vice President/Legislative Committee Chair Jeff Shanker of A-1 Limousine, also discussed what the association is doing to benefit its membership base, which includes the brand-new LANJ Line, scheduled to launch in early October. The service will connect all of its members via text messages and email to both facilitate everyday business transactions and quickly resolve emergency scenarios.
National Limousine Association (NLA) Executive Director Philip Jagiela and LANJ director and membership committee member Jon Epstein of Royal Coachman Worlwide, emphasized how the national association aims to unify its far-flung members’ concerns and interests into one voice.
A number of vendors and sponsors also spoke during the meeting, including Brian O’Neill of Wolfington Body Company (based in NJ), Sandi Burgess of RightResponse, and Tim Thompson of Cadillac. The meeting was also a stop on the American Motor Products road show, which highlights the many discounted services and products it makes available to the livery industry.
The next LANJ meeting will be held at the Chauffeur Driven Show on November 4.
Visit lanj.org for more information.
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After appetizers and friendly conversation, the meeting got down to business with a brief introduction from PRLA President Jim Salinger before the meeting’s speakers took to the podium.
John Bumsted of J. Bumsted & Associates, who provides DOT compliance audits and transportation-safety training, then discussed the rules and regulations for commercial drivers in Pennsylvania and the limitations of CDL versus non-CDL drivers. He then took questions from PRLA members ranging from regulatory compliance for buses to the ongoing battles with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA). PUC was the hot topic of the evening, as updates regarding its August 28 hearing on PPA were discussed.
Chauffeur Driven’s Show Manager Lauren D’Ambra and Editor Madeleine Maccar were both on hand to attend the evening event. After providing a few updates about the upcoming Atlantic City show, D’Ambra raffled off a pass to the event, which was won by Denise Sam Cali of J&J Private Car, Limousine & Coach Service.
PRLA president Jim Salinger of Unique Limousine welcomed “any vendor with a current membership” to apply for the open vendor position on the association’s board before members discussed how insurance companies are starting to come after drivers who are providing their services to transportation network companies (TNCs).
Mike Barreto of Flyte Tyme Worldwide Transportation then discussed a few items concerning the PRLA’s efforts to work with the Philadelphia International Airport, which has turned into a “great relationship over the years.” Chief among them was the construction of the F terminal’s baggage overpass, which will minimize foot traffic for chauffeurs, as well as working with the city to change the penalty incurred from receiving tickets in the airport’s parking lots. Parking violations themselves have been on the decline, though TNCs are still “running rampant” and account for half of the infractions.
TNCs were a main point of Barreto’s, who reiterated that while they may not have an immediate impact on the chauffeured ground transportation industry’s core clientele, “they will affect you if you’re doing business in five years and will change the way you’re doing business if you don’t adapt or at least communicate what you do for your clientele and how you service them.” He urged those in attendance to start speaking up and make their united stance against TNCs known to public officials.
“You can’t fight money with pockets that are deeper than you’ll ever know. Where you can fight it is with numbers, as a constituent,” he said. “As an industry, we have to understand that this is not a monster that’s going to show its face and then go away. It’s going to change the way we do business. Unless you try and get in front of this to protect your interests, not many people in this room will still be here.”
The next PRLA meeting will be at Fred Beans Ford on October 8.
Visit prlainc.com for more information.
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