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Gray Line Worldwide is an international sightseeing company which claims to be the largest of its kind in the world. The company was founded in 1910 and operates worldwide through independent operators it calls "licensees" with a presence in most of the world's most popular sightseeing destinations. Gray Line does not provide sightseeing services directly, but rather provides its brand, promotional services and booking systems to licensees. Gray Line is also the largest direct supplier of destination services to online travel sellers, wholesalers and travel agents.
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| dbo:abstract | Gray Line Worldwide mit Sitz in Denver, Colorado, betreibt weltweit Sightseeing-Touren und entsprechende Reiseangebote. Die Firma wurde 1910 von Louis Bush gegründet, der einen selbst umgebauten Mack Truck für Touren in Washington, D.C. verwendete. In den ersten Jahren bezog Bush viele seiner Busse von Wolfington. Gray Line expandierte seitdem zu einer weltweit aktiven Marke und befördert etwa 25 Millionen Passagiere pro Jahr. In Mitteleuropa werden unter anderem Touren in Salzburg, Zürich, München und Berlin angeboten. Zum Programm gehören auch Transferservices zu den jeweiligen Flughäfen oder zwischen verschiedenen touristischen Destinationen, unter anderem in Costa Rica. Bereits 1946 erwies sich das Konzept als wirtschaftlich so interessant, dass Franchisenehmer in das Geschäft einstiegen. 1985 wurde per Gerichtsentscheidung gerügt, dass die Firma 1973 einen schwarzen Fahrer trotz gegebener Qualifikation nicht einstellte, von den damals 53 Fahrern war keiner schwarz. 2015 wurde aufgrund einer Kartellbildung in New York millionenschwere Strafzahlungen verhängt und die führenden Busbetreiber verpflichtet, auch andere Unternehmen Stops an touristischen Destinationen zu erlauben. Die Führungen vom oft offenen Doppeldeckerbus aus und der zugehörige, recht offensive Straßenvertrieb gelten teilweise als Störfaktor und die Buslinien als Konkurrenz zum öffentlichen Nahverkehr in New York. (de) Gray Line Worldwide is an international sightseeing company which claims to be the largest of its kind in the world. The company was founded in 1910 and operates worldwide through independent operators it calls "licensees" with a presence in most of the world's most popular sightseeing destinations. Gray Line does not provide sightseeing services directly, but rather provides its brand, promotional services and booking systems to licensees. Gray Line is also the largest direct supplier of destination services to online travel sellers, wholesalers and travel agents. (en) |
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| dbo:slogan | Sightseeing Everywhere (en) |
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| dbp:ceo | Brad Weber (en) |
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| dbp:serviceType | Sightseeing Tours (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Gray Line Worldwide is an international sightseeing company which claims to be the largest of its kind in the world. The company was founded in 1910 and operates worldwide through independent operators it calls "licensees" with a presence in most of the world's most popular sightseeing destinations. Gray Line does not provide sightseeing services directly, but rather provides its brand, promotional services and booking systems to licensees. Gray Line is also the largest direct supplier of destination services to online travel sellers, wholesalers and travel agents. (en) Gray Line Worldwide mit Sitz in Denver, Colorado, betreibt weltweit Sightseeing-Touren und entsprechende Reiseangebote. Die Firma wurde 1910 von Louis Bush gegründet, der einen selbst umgebauten Mack Truck für Touren in Washington, D.C. verwendete. In den ersten Jahren bezog Bush viele seiner Busse von Wolfington. Gray Line expandierte seitdem zu einer weltweit aktiven Marke und befördert etwa 25 Millionen Passagiere pro Jahr. In Mitteleuropa werden unter anderem Touren in Salzburg, Zürich, München und Berlin angeboten. Zum Programm gehören auch Transferservices zu den jeweiligen Flughäfen oder zwischen verschiedenen touristischen Destinationen, unter anderem in Costa Rica. (de) |
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