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El Cajon, Calif.—This April, American Motor Products (AMProd) left its headquarters in Southern California on its first nationwide tour to showcase its and its sponsors’ wide variety of products. The first stops included Austin, Dallas, and Houston, where the tour joined the local organizations, including Central Texas Limousine Association, Dallas Fort Worth Limousine Association, and Houston Area Livery and Charter Association. Each event is by invitation only from the association, AMProd, or through the National Limousine Association, which is a sponsor. All stops are in conjunction with local associations or events.
The tour, which is being hosted by Executive Vice President of Business Development Dave Ward and Wendy Ward, is expected to hit nearly 40 venues when it wraps up in January 2015. The tour is also expected to stop at the Chauffeur Driven Show in November. They are traveling the country in a motor home adorned with sponsor logos including Grech Motors, Create-A-Card, Rental Limo, Chosen Payments, LimoLive24, Safety Kleen, and Michelin. Sponsors have also joined the tour on occasion, giving their own presentations of their products and which often includes a raffle.
The tour is currently in Florida and is expected to make stops in Orlando and Tampa as of press time. Tentative stops for June include Atlanta, Greenville, S.C., Raleigh/Charlotte, N.C., and Washington, D.C., before making its way to the New York/New Jersey area in July. The tour is also being covered on AMProd’s Facebook page at facebook.com/AmericanMotorProducts.
Email Wendy Ward at wendyw@amprodusa.com for more information. Also visit American-motor-products.com for a full list of its products and services.
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Doris and John Sutich
Montvale, N.J.
— This past April, Perfect Limo Service celebrated their 30 year anniversary. Starting in the basement of their home in 1984 with one town car, John and Doris Sutich envisioned better things to come and, with hard work and perseverance, those “better things” eventually did come.
Now with a fleet of over 30 luxury vehicles, Perfect Limo has thrived throughout the years, becoming an industry leader in corporate work, weddings, and other social engagements. Perfect Limo also continues to be a huge part of the business community in the Northern N.J. and greater New York City areas.
Visit perfectlimo.comfor more information.
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Richmond, Va. —Virginia Limousine Association (VLA) members have been put on alert about possible wine tour scam artists. Unfortunately, several chauffeured ground transportation companies in the Washington D.C. area have already been duped.
The offending company, Capital Region Wine Tours and Travel Planners, operates under one of several wine tour sites (dcwinetour.com and viginiawinetour.com, just to name two) that have no common phone number or address listed anywhere on the sites. Also, they can only be contacted via email to book a wine tour.
The scam itself breaks down as such: The customer submits a request for a quote, and they are quoted a very low rate for the tour. The customer is then asked to send payment by check to a “dummy” address that is nothing more than a P.O. Box disguised as an office suite address. A few days prior to the tour date, the offending company calls the customer requesting a credit card for “incidentals” or overcharges if the tour runs over. The scammers then call a real chauffeured ground transportation company pretending to be the client and provides the customer’s credit card for payment. When the chauffeured ground transportation company charges the card, the customer claims they have already paid for the trip and stops the charges on the card, leaving the company without payment for services rendered.
The VLA requests that anyone with more information directly contact the Better Business Bureau (bbb.org) and/or the Virginia State Police (vsp.state.va.us).
Visit virginialimousineassociation.org for more information.
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