October 6th - 7th

Long Distance Operations: The Future of Coach

Coach tourism is facing challenging times, although a renewed attention for group tourism by coach is clearly felt in the market. Difficult access regulations for coaches in city centres and the new drive and rest time regulations for coach drivers promise to be logistical nuisance. 

 

Advisory Board

  • Luis Pedrero, GPN, Member of the Board & CEO of Cartour (Spain)
  • Tomas Jelenik, GPN, Member of the Board & Managing Director of Umbrella Holiday (Czech Republic)

Want to join this Advisory Board? 👉 Contact us now

 

Program

Monday October 6th

09.00 - 10.00 Opening session: Market overview and trends in the European bus and coach market
12.00 - 13.15 Future proof driving and rest time rules supported by the tachograph g2v2 and following
13.00 - 14.00 Technologies and collaborative strategies for enforcement of social regulations in passenger transport
13.30 - 14.45 The role of coach in tourism concepts of the future
15.00 - 16.30 Passenger rights in urban and interurban bus services and in coach tourism
16.30 - 17.45 Strategies to fight driver shortage
16.30 - 17.45 Subcontracting with integrators for international bus lines, airport services and event transportation

Tuesday October 7th

13.30 - 14.45 Trends in exterior and interior coach design and infotainment systems
13.30 - 14.45 Fleet management systems for opex reduction
15.00 - 16.15 Coach and the city: access to cities for coach tourism and long distance bus services
16.30 - 17.45 Decarbonizing long haul & interurban routes: status on the energy transition in operations >300km
18.00 - 21.00 Busworld Europe 2025 Network Dinner