MEDIA CENTER

 

Kelly Tours adds a new MCI® J4500 coach to an expanding, diverse business

SCHAUMBURG, IL — September 23, 2011 — Savannah, Georgia-based Kelly Tours has steered through the latest recession by keeping a sharp eye for new markets. That's why its latest MCI J4500 marks the eighth coach in an in-house coach fleet started only six years ago.

"We used to lease coaches for our tour business before 2005, but we started seeing opportunities in corporate, military and university transport that could support our own fleet," said President Don Adams. "We're now a DOD carrier and we've started to bridge all sorts of gaps in local transportation that have given us steady growth."

In a business that also operates minibuses and sedans, Adams says Kelly is now an all-MCI customer for its coach business. "MCI has outstanding product and service at a fair price," he maintains, adding that the company's newest J4500 has only 52 Amaya seats for "maximum legroom." Kelly's newest coach also features a Cummins ISX engine with an Allison B500 transmission and a specialty exterior that features blue metallic and reflective tape that ensures added visibility during night driving. "We think it looks great, too," Adams adds.

Kelly Tours is in its 17th year of operations and Adams says he's never seen a time where operators have had to be more creative about the markets they serve. "We've organized tours all over the country, but we now serve conventions and major corporate meetings regionally, and that's become very important to us," said Adams. "That's how we've continued to grow through a tough economy. It's just a matter of going to work everyday and trying to make people happy."

The company now has more than 50 employees and organizes travel packages around the country and with cruise line giants Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Kelly has also built a business in East Coast school trips and regional college tours for prospective students and their families through Georgia, North and South Carolina and Florida.

The company's website is www.kellytours.com.

Motor Coach Industries, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, is the largest manufacturer of intercity highway coaches for the tour, charter, line-haul, scheduled service, commuter transit and conversion markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company also operates seven sales centers and eight service centers in the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, MCI is the industry's leading supplier of aftermarket parts for most makes and models.

Press contact: Patricia Plodzeen Public Relations, 847-283-0883; or Motor Coach Industries Marketing Department, 847-285-2035.

 

Motor Coach Industries: Corporate Address 1700 East Golf Road, Suite 300, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 | Phone: 866-MCICOACH

Copyright 2004-2012 Motor Coach Industries Int'l, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.