Welcome New Member, King Gray Coach Lines! |
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Welcome to GNJMA, King Gray Coach Lines! Based out of Massachusetts, King Gray Coach Lines offers charter services for groups of any size.
Their fleet features 56 luxury motor coaches, wheelchair accessible coaches, 14 and 25 passenger mini buses, and 5-6 passenger mini-vans. Their meticulously maintained, modern fleet and professional drivers meet and maintain the safety criteria of both The Department of Transportation (US DOT) and The Department of Defense (US DOD). Our primary contact is Dennis King. Welcome!
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Friendly Tours and Travel - Voted the Best! |
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Friendly Tours and Travel, located in Mays Landing, NJ, took Gold for Best Bus Tours and took Bronze for Best Travel Agency in the Press of Atlantic City's 2021 Best of the Press contest. Congratulations to their team!
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Kelly Anderson Group - Their e-Learning Does It All |
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With classroom training, it is virtually impossible to get all your drivers in one place, at one time. On average, in-house safety meetings can cost between $2500-$3000 per meeting. That number represents a mid-sized company with approximately 50 drivers. With that cost, it is easy to see why so many companies are switching to a cost-effective online safety training approach.
GNJMA Platinum Sponsor, Kelly Anderson Group offers the top-tier e-Learning programs in the industry. Their platform may be accessed through any browser or mobile device.
"One of the biggest challenges fleets face as it relates to professional development for drivers is getting them to take the courses and to adopt the instruction into their daily life. To change this paradigm, change the reason drivers take the courses. Get them to admit the reason they drive is to provide for their family and that every decision they make needs to be in perfect alignment with reaching that goal. You are providing access to Professional Driver Development in support of that goal." Kelly Anderson, President
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Resorts Casino Hotel Wins Award |
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They won a Gold Medal for Best Hotel/Resort and a Silver Medal for Best Food and Beverage in the Stella Awards for the Northeast Region!
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NFI/MCI Receives Orders from New Jersey Transit |
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GNJMA Platinum Sponsor MCI announced that NJ TRANSIT has exercised options for 118 D4500 clean diesel commuter coaches, in its final year of an existing six-year contract (originally announced in 2015) with NFI subsidiary Motor Coach Industries (“MCI”). The order was converted from NFI’s backlog. Earlier this year, NJ TRANSIT also exercised and received delivery of additional options for 30 MCI D4500 commuter coaches and 25 clean-diesel, sixty-foot New Flyer Xcelsior® heavy-duty transit buses (50 equivalent units or “EUs”). Read more...
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Atlantic City Parking Update |
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In case you missed the recent Member Alert, B&B Parking in Atlantic City has moved their parking a little further down the street to 170 S. Kentucky Avenue.
GNJMA Members receive exclusive discounted parking rates through B&B Parking in Atlantic City.
Exclusive GNJMA Member Rates:
Daily $20/day per bus (plus sales tax)
Overnight $35/night per bus (plus tax)
Note, the Kiosk has both daily rates, $20 and $25. First rate appears in the kiosk is $20. GNJMA members can pay $20 at the kiosk.
B&B Parking Contacts:
Email: bbparking@yahoo.com or
Tim Boland at 609-432-9394
Bill Boland at 609-705-6561
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Update from Wind Creek Bethlehem |
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Sharing information on behalf of GNJMA Gold Sponsor Wind Creek:
As of Wednesday, November 10, 2021, they don't have availability for weekends for the remainder of this year. Their first available weekend is January 8th, 2022.
If you have a last-minute cancellation or late arrival to them, please reach out to Jacob Heft at the contact information below.
Also, they ask to please contact them two months in advance if you are interested in booking on Wednesdays and Thursdays. They have set a limit for how many buses they are able to accept each day. This decision was made to eliminate delays.
Their busiest times are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The latest bus they can accept on any day is 3 p.m. Also, if someone on your bus needs to rent a mobility scooter, please reach out to Bob Palik of Segway of the Lehigh Valley at Bobpalik222@gmail.com or 610-349-5333. Please make sure to book at least 2 weeks prior to your trip.
Office: 484-777-7445 | Fax: 484-777-7689 | Cell: 484-523-5069
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Save the Date! GNJMA Spring Meeting at Wind Creek |
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GNJMA will hold their Spring Association Member Meeting and Sponsor Appreciation Dinner at Wind Creek in Bethlehem. The dates are Monday and Tuesday, March 14th and 15th. The Board will host the Sponsor Appreciation dinner at Emeril's Chophouse. |
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CERTS Quarterly Reporting Will Be Required Starting in January 2022
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Women In Buses is hosting an entire Day at ABA in Grapevine, while simultaneously trying to grow their membership. There is a common misconception that tour professionals think they can not get involved with WIB Council and that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Get more information about WIB Membership and WIB Day at ABA - Grapevine.
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Get featured and get some FREE Marketing! Share with us your story, any special news, such as company anniversaries, etc. Each Monday, we send an email to our entire membership and post to our website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) using the hashtag #MemberMondays, along with your company's social medial handles.
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Stay Up-to-Date on the Benefits of Membership
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Login to the GNJMA Member Portal and review all the benefits through your GNJMA Membership! You can also make changes to your member records there, too. Contact us for help with logging in or navigating the site.
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