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The Rise of the Budget Bus

As news reports chronicle Depression chic and declining air travel, it can be easy to think people aren't traveling anywhere and wallowing in despair. Then you see the ads for budget bus service for as little as $1, or 100,000 seats free. While air travel is down, the bargain bus battle is heating...

Tags: New York City, Fare, Megabus, Bus Line, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Finance, Barbara E. Hernandez

Blog posts 2008-12-11

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Megabus Offers 100,000 Free Seats, No Airline Matches

Megabus announced today it would offer 100,000 free seats for travel between Jan. 6 to March 20, 2010. It's not the first bargain blitz for the Chicago-based subsidiary of Coach USA. Previously the buses, which feature reclining seats, air-conditioning and WiFi, also offered $1 fares. Most of these buses operate in...

Tags: Airline, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Wireless LANs, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Barbara E. Hernandez

Blog posts 2009-12-08

Icy Weather Strands Buses and Planes

Passengers taking the bus have found themselves in accidents, staying overnight on the frigid roads or stuck in Cleveland as they try to make their way to the icy, blustery Northeast. Both Megabus and Greyhound Lines reported problems, with at least one Megabus overturning in near Buffalo early this morning sending...

Tags: Greyhound Lines Inc., Passenger, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Barbara E. Hernandez

Blog posts 2009-12-11

Buses get cheaper

A fierce fares war between Britain's bus operators has seen the cost of coach journeys fall to absurd levels - typically, Scotland to London for under pounds 5 each way, or pounds 2 return between London and Manchester. The price cutting is chiefly being fought by National Express and Megabus,...

Tags: National Express Corp.

Research articles 2004-08-14

OLD DOG'S NEW TRICKS; Despite discount competition, Greyhound profits roll-thanks to surprising tactic.(News)

Byline: BOB TITA Facing a new breed of discount competitors, Greyhound Lines Inc. is fighting back with a surprising tactic: price increases. Greyhound, a unit of Naperville-based Laidlaw International Inc., has raised most of its fares by about 11% in the past...

Tags: Greyhound Lines Inc.

Research articles 2006-12-04

New Inter-City Bus Service Likely to Start Low-Cost Bus War.

By Robert Lea, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A low-cost bus war is about to break out on motorways into London with Stagecoach launching a self-styled "Ryanair of the road" UKpound 1-a-ride inter-city service in direct competition with...

Tags: National Express Corp.

Research articles 2004-02-19

U.K. bus operators clash over cut-price services.

By Andrew Leach, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20--A battle of the buses is about to break out on the motorways between two of the industry's biggest players, National Express Group and Stagecoach. Stagecoach...

Tags: National Express Corp., Stagecoach

Research articles 2004-06-20

Evening Standard, London, Business Insider column.

Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 24--Stagecoach boss Brian Souter hasn't got where he is today without taking a few risks. There was the loss-making online train seat-booking company thetrainline.com, which has since been hived off to the deeper...

Tags: National Express Corp.

Research articles 2004-08-24