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Beau Wine Tours Assistant General Manager Christina Zanone
Beau Wine Tours CEO & President Thomas Buck is excited to announce that he has promoted his right-hand person, Christina Zanone, to Assistant General Manager. In her 12 years with Beau, Zanone has grown into a well-respected member of the management team, including in her latest role as Director of Affiliate Relations. Beau Wine Tours, a leading provider of concierge wine tour transportation across California’s Sonoma and Napa Valleys, also focuses heavily on corporate and affiliate work—a network that Zanone helped to build.
Early on, Buck recognized Zanone’s great sales and leadership qualities. From her start in the reservations department, she was promoted to Reservations Manager within a few years, where she led the sales team and created lasting relationships. In 2014, Buck decided to bring her to an industry show in Las Vegas in hopes that she could take her natural abilities to the next level and cultivate affiliate partnerships to help expand the company’s network beyond Northern California. Zanone’s efforts were successful as she carefully constructed and maintained a large network of affiliates, eventually being recognized as a mentor within the industry as the Director of Affiliate Relations. Over the last two years, she assumed more of the day-to-day operations to ensure success in uncertain times, which Buck says proved that she was not only capable, but also eager to take on more.
“It is an honor to continue acting on behalf of Beau’s best interests. I love what I do for a living. More importantly, I love who I do it for and cherish the supportive, family-like atmosphere we have created here,” says Zanone. “I truly believe that good leaders create good leaders and I’m excited to continue building our dream team. I’ve always had tremendous respect and admiration for Tom. I’m grateful for the opportunity to mature and evolve in this role, and I look forward to accepting new challenges.”
As Zanone begins her new chapter, she will continue to develop under Buck’s guidance, furthering her contribution to the success of the business. Though she will oversee more of the daily operations, she will continue to lead the sales, dispatch, and concierge teams and attend industry shows as Director of Affiliate Relations, nurturing established partnerships and forging new ones.
“Christina has spent her time in the trenches for our company, and with every challenge has always risen to the occasion. She has natural leadership qualities, and a sharp eye for the details. I am proud to see her take on this much deserved promotion within Beau Wine Tours. The path is being set for Christina to become our GM in the next couple years, and I look forward to seeing her continued growth as we take the company to the next level,” says Buck.
Both plan on attending the upcoming CD/NLA Show in Las Vegas this month.
Visit beauwinetours.com for more information.
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Director of Business Development & Information Technology Keith Gibson (left) and Director of Leasing & Fixed Operations Mike Maddox
Davey Coach Sales President Mark Stenseth has announced the following organizational updates for the company’s affiliate, Cornerstone Bus Leasing & Rentals. The changes are designed to optimize the history and experience of key leadership team members.
“We are excited to focus the talent and effort of these exceptional leaders in a meaningful way. Both are long-term veterans of the transportation industry segment, and both are critical elements of our executive management team,” stated Stenseth.
Michael Maddox will be director of leasing & fixed operations. With more than 20 years of progressive operational success in both commercial truck leasing and the passenger bus industry, Maddox’s expanded responsibilities will provide seamless oversight and coordination of all fixed operations within the company’s Colorado and Indiana locations.
Keith Gibson returns as director of business development and information technology. With a long, successful history across Davey Coach and Cornerstone Bus Leasing & Rentals, Gibson will be involved in decisions concerning Cornerstone’s fleet composition and providing guidance to business development activities for the California location. In addition, he will continue oversight of the technology and its infrastructure across the entire Davey Coach organization.
Davey Coach Sales is a dealer and lease fleet provider of new and used mid-sized shuttle bus and specialty transportation vehicles. Consistently awarded Top Dealership honors over the course of its 30-year history, the company represents 15 bus manufacturers and serves diverse end-markets including senior and assisted living, resort and lodging, pupil transportation, government transit, parking operations, and more.
Visit daveycoach.com for more information.
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The TEMSA Team at the 2022 UMA Motorcoach EXPO
Bus manufacturer TEMSA unveiled the first electric version of its TS45 model vehicle at the 2022 UMA Motorcoach EXPO in Long Beach, Calif., this past February.
The TS45E, the electric version of the TS45 family that has been on North American roads since 2014, has been testing in Silicon Valley in California and across America. It has successfully passed all the tests and provides a cost advantage over its conventionally fueled competitors, especially in long distances, and is expected to be one of the pioneers of the transformation in the motorcoach segment with its high driving comfort, maximum passenger safety, advanced technology, and zero emission features.
TEMSA CEO Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu (left) with North America Country Director Fatih Kozan
In the introductory launch, TEMSA CEO Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu stated that TEMSA is one of the leading manufacturers in the industry with its 54 years of experience, and that TEMSA-branded vehicles, which have hit the roads in 66 countries around the world, have traveled 6 billion miles.
“The TS45E is the fourth electric vehicle in TEMSA's global product range. As a company that has put ‘smart mobility’ solutions at the foundation of its growth strategy, we are very happy to add our fourth electric vehicle to our product range. North America is one of the strategically priority markets in TEMSA's growth plans. We have been a great success in this market for nearly 10 years and have become one of the strongest players in this segment, especially with our market share reaching 10 percent in the motorcoach segment. Now, together with our electric TS45E model and our revamped TS45, we are bringing a whole new vibe to the market," said Doğancıoğlu.
TEMSA North America Country Director Fatih Kozan echoed his sentiments.
TEMSA at the 2022 UMA Motorcoach EXPO
“Our TS45E model can travel 250 miles with a charge time of only four hours,” said Kozan. “The battery packaging of the vehicle was also specifically developed according to North American regulations by TEMSA engineers. We have integrated one pedal drive technology, which we have also developed in-house. Connected to the battery, this pedal ensures both the acceleration and the deceleration of the vehicle, or even stopping of it, when drivers take their foot off the pedal. While this technology also increases the range of the vehicle by up to 15 percent, it also reduces the vehicles’ brake maintenance costs and maintenance times. On the other hand, there is another very important design modeling in our vehicle that the passengers do not see. Service and maintenance processes have also been facilitated here compared to competing models, as all parts of the vehicle powered by electricity are positioned as close to each other as possible.”
Visit temsa.com for more information.
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