Get Ready For A Global Luxury Travel BOOM

[Decemeber brings LCT’s annual Global/International Outlook Issue, available in digital version this week].

CANNES, France — A new report by International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), in association with Euromonitor, released Nov. 30, reveals that there will be more than one billion extra people traveling in 2030 as a result of growing tourism flows from emerging markets and eager middle class consumers.

With a 48% increase in the last five years, luxury travel has grown twice as fast as all other types of foreign trips, which grew by 24%, reveals research by the World Travel Monitor.

Kipp Report article here

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Bill Could Change Insurance Rules For TNC Drivers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State lawmakers are moving a bill through subcommittees that could affect the way app-based companies like Uber and Lyft are insured.

The bill would require Transportation Network Companies to meet minimum insurance standards. Companies like Uber and Lyft already meet those requirements, but this bill codifies those standards and makes it official so that moving forward, all TNCs need to have the minimum coverage.

South Florida Business Journal article here

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Only 6% Of Cities Are Getting Ready For Driverless Cars

Car-makers say driverless vehicles will be here by 2020, but urban planners are on a much slower timeline.

That gap is worrying, because some of the biggest benefits of autonomous vehicles will come with careful infrastructure planning.

Fortune article here

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GCLA Tries Out New Format For Holiday Parties

NAPA / LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Greater California Livery Association faces a challenge common only to one other elongated state in the union: Florida. Both states stretch out into distinct northern and southern regions, most efficiently traversed from one end to the other by air. 

This year, the GCLA has split its annual holiday parties and membership meetings between the classic North-South divide in 800-mile long California. The Northern event will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 5:30-9 p.m. at Napa Ford Lincoln, 570 Soscal Ave. in Napa. The Southern event will be held Tuesday, Dec. 15 from 5:30-9 p.m at its usual spot at The Proud Bird restaurant, 11022 Aviation Blvd., near Los Angeles International Airport. 

For operators, it either means a more convenient industry networking spot this holiday season, or two opportunities within one week. Both events will feature holiday-themed raffles and auctions of gifts and prizes donated by sponsors.

Highlights and presentations at the NorCal event include:

• Napa Chamber of Commerce presentation.
• Super Bowl 50 updates on transportation and parking logistics at airports.
• Tips on how to market to increase your business from Gen X and Hispanic customers, provided by NBC Universal’s Telemundo 48.

Preceding the event, the GCLA will host a wine tasting, Monday, Dec. 7 at wineries in Calistoga and Napa Valley, @ $150 per person, and a golf game at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 at the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course, @ $150 per person.

Highlights and presentations at the SoCal event include:

• Regulatory and legislative update from GCLA legislative supporter Rep. Adrin Nazarian, D-46th District, and GCLA lobbyist Gregg Cook.
• Memorable words from the limousine industry’s fiery rhetorician Scott Solombrino, CEO of Dav El / BostonCoach Chauffeured Transportation Network and veteran board director of the National Limousine Association.
• Results of 2016 GCLA board of director and officer elections.

All details, ticket and attendnace information for both events HERE.

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How To Deter Illegal Behavior On Party Buses?

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grand Forks officials are looking into ways to govern party buses, but as the law stands, those companies can allow alcohol on their vehicles because of an exception to open container

Dickinson Press article here

MINNEAPOLIS — While many customers of party buses use the service to drink and bar hop without driving, the Minneapolis city attorney worries about a different clientele. A criminal one.

KARE-TV 11 article here

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