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)
- John Gilbert, EPTO, Secretary General
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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 |