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Software developer Moovs has announced a partnership with ground transportation industry technology platform provider GRiDD, producers of popular industry staple, GNet.
Moovs provides modern software to chauffeured transportation owners with an all-in-one solution that enables owners to fully automate their day-to-day tasks, drive more sales, cut costs, and provide SEO-optimized transportation websites.
GNet Powered by GRiDD is the industry solution for providing booking and trip information between global proprietary industry booking/reservation systems. It allows sending and receiving reliable, real-time booking and trip information using the operators’ chosen booking/reservation systems and driver apps. The GNet platform has been live for almost four years and connects more than 1,500 members in 44 countries across six continents and growing, according to GRiDD.
Moovs and GNet are directly integrated, requiring no add-ons and no extra costs. One of the benefits of GNet is that it links affiliates regardless of the software they use, so operators can seamlessly connect with affiliate users who are GNet members and whose reservation system is integrated with the GNet platform.
“We are really excited to be integrated with GRiDD. Our users can now farm-in rides from operators that use other software, which will help them grow their business with Moovs even more. Whenever our users are able to grow their business, we are happy, because that’s our ultimate goal,” says Moovs CEO Amir Ghorbani.
"We welcome Moovs connectivity to GRiDD's GNet network, and we look forward to supporting Moovs users to expand their global affiliate network connections with GNet's more than 1,500 members," adds GRiDD Technologies Vice President Operations Bradley Brown.
You can meet the Moovs team at the upcoming CD/NLA Show in Dallas this October 10-13, where they will have a booth on the show floor (#240) and are hosting a session on Tuesday, October 12, called The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Chauffeured Business in 2022. GNet Powered by GRiDD is also a sponsor of the Women in the Industry Event, scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, at 4:30 pm.
Visit moovsapp.com or gnet.grdd.net for more information.
[10.05.21]
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James Limousine Service Co-owner Lynn Allen died Saturday, September 25, 2021, following a long illness. She was 66.
Allen was actively involved in the day-to-day operations of James Limousine with her husband Randy for 12 years, managing the front office and serving in various roles, including president, CEO, and affiliate manager prior to her retirement in 2019 due to her health. She attended many industry events and was a member of the Going Global Partners Affiliate Manager Group. Prior to joining the industry in 2007, she was a respiratory therapist in the neonatal intensive care unit for premature infants for 30 years.
She is also survived by her three children, triplets Kendall, Lauren, and Ben Allen, as well as her granddaughter, Kelina.
A Celebration of Her Life is scheduled for October 10 at 2:00 pm at Woody’s Funeral Home, Huguenot Chapel, in Richmond, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Richmond Animal League in Chesterfield, Va.
Chauffeur Driven sends condolences to the friends and family of Lynn Allen.
Photos courtesy of the Allen family.
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The search is over! The United Motorcoach Association (UMA) recently announced that Scott Michael has been named president & CEO, following a nationwide recruitment process that began in June. Michael began his tenure on October 4. Current President & CEO Larry Killingsworth will stay on at UMA during the month of October to facilitate a smooth transition.
New UMA President & CEO Scott Michael
Michael is an experienced association executive who comes to UMA following extensive leadership experience in the transportation industry, where he was the president & CEO of the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA).
UMA Vice Chair David Moody of Randleman, N.C.-based Holiday Companies led the executive search along with other UMA members. "After months of work, perusing through resumes, Zoom interviews, and in-person interviews,” he said, “I believe that UMA has found the individual with the right skill set and experience to move our organization and industry forward as we rebound, restore, and learn what normal is again."
Over 26 years at AMSA, a trade association for the moving industry that has since merged into the American Trucking Associations, Michael had numerous roles, including serving as the industry’s liaison with its largest customer, the US military, helping improve the process for relocating military families with every change in duty station. He also ran the association’s Membership Department, recruiting and retaining 3,000 members.
The culmination of his work at AMSA was five years as president & CEO, where he strengthened the association’s lobbying team to focus on consumer protection issues, served on an FMCSA Working Group to streamline paperwork, enhanced the criteria for the industry’s ProMover certification program, oversaw the termination of the group’s pension plan, and moved the association’s headquarters to a new location.
Michael also was executive director of the Moving and Storage Institute, a philanthropic organization that raised funds for scholarships, training, and industry research. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Highway Users Alliance to promote infrastructure and highway safety and was the moving industry’s representative to the National Defense Transportation Association.
Visit uma.org for more information.
[10.04.21]