Destination On The Left

Episode 75: This is Not Your Grandparent's Bus Tour, with Peter Pantuso


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On this episode, you'll learn how the Motorcoach travel industry is changing and catering to individual needs – not just one-size-fits-all group packages, with Peter Pantuso.

Peter Pantuso is the President, and CEO of the American Bus Association. ABA is the largest transportation, travel, and tour organization in the United States with nearly 4,000 members. It represents 65 percent of the nation's private motorcoach fleet. The industry provides 600 million passenger trips annually. Peter oversees ABA's government and regulatory affairs, membership, communications and marketing, meetings and conventions, finance, and publishing.

He also serves as President of the National Bus Traffic Association and the ABA Foundation. The association also manages nine councils and affiliates. Peter has testified before US Senate and House committees and has appeared in a number of media outlets include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, The Hill, and Politico. He serves on the US Chamber of Commerce's committee of 100 leading association executives, and is on the boards of the American Highway Users Association, the Roadway Safety Foundation, the Motorcoach Marketing Council, and the Boy Scouts of America National Capitol Area Council. He is also an appointee to the US Department of Transportation's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Council and to the National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure.

A transcript of this episode is available here: http://destinationontheleft.com/peter-pantuso/

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