Gray Line Worldwide
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| Founded | 1910 |
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| Headquarters | 1900 16th Street Denver, Colorado |
| Service area | Worldwide |
| Service type | Sightseeing Tours |
| Operator | 100+ licensees worldwide |
| Chief executive | Brad Weber |
| Website | www |
Gray Line Worldwide is the largest provider of sightseeing tours on the planet. For more than 100 years, Gray Line has been at the center of creating and operating the best traveler experiences in the world’s most sought after sightseeing destinations. With thousands of tours and experiences in more than 700 locations, spanning six continents, Gray Line is also the largest direct supplier of destination services to online travel sellers, wholesalers and travel agents.
Since 1910, Gray Line has grown into the most well-known consumer brand in sightseeing tours. Its global network of elite providers operates day tours, airport transfers, hop-on hop-off tours, multi-day packages, walking tours and other specialized destination services.
History
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In March 1910, a young restaurateur by the name of Louis Bush refurbished an old Mack Truck chassis, painted it blue and gray and began offering sightseeing tours around the city of Washington, D.C. Little did he know, his earnest endeavors would help establish the world's leading sightseeing tour company, known today as Gray Line.
By 1926, Gray Line had expanded to other booming cities including New York, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, as well as internationally to Toronto and Havana. With peacetime following World War II, Harry J. Dooley, a former Gray Line employee, acquired the company and helped re-establish Gray Line Chicago. Dooley soon became president of Gray Line and is today considered the father of the sightseeing industry.
With the advent of jet travel and increased gateways in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Dooley expanded Gray Line's market throughout the United States and established Gray Line companies in Canada, Mexico, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The sudden popularity growth in motorcoach sightseeing helped position Gray Line as the leader in the sightseeing industry for decades to follow.
The brand is currently managed from an office based in Denver, Colorado.
Gray Line has a presence in over 700 locations, spanning six continents, and is the largest sightseeing company in the world. In 2018 its carriers handled over 35 million passengers.
Licensees
| Location | Operator |
|---|---|
| Alaska | Holland America Group |
| Amsterdam | Blue Boat Company |
| Argentina | AV & MV SRL |
| Asheville | Asheville Trolley Company, LLC |
| Austria | Vienna Sightseeing Tours |
| Athens | Athens Open Tour |
| Australia | Driver Group |
| Beijing | DTI, Ltd. |
| Berlin | Bus Verkehr Berlin[1] |
| Boston | Brush Hill Tours |
| Branson | Thompson Transportation Group, LLC |
| Brazil | Brazil 4 You Operadora Receptiva |
| British Columbia | West Coast Sightseeing |
| Cancun | Mayaland Tours |
| Charleston | M&S Holding Co. |
| Chicago | Aries Charter |
| Chile | Chirak Tour |
| Colombia | Respresentaciones Irigoyen Vega Cia Ltd |
| Colorado | Colorado Tour Line |
| Costa Rica | Fantasy Tours |
| Croatia | Adriatic 4 You |
| Czech Republic | Bohemia Travel |
| Dominican Republic | Transporte Turistico F&S Tours |
| Ecuador | Combratur |
| Egypt | South Sinai Travel |
| Emirates | Kurban Tours |
| Florence | CAF Tours |
| Geneva | Keytours S.A. |
| Guatemala | Reuxtreme-Reustours |
| Halifax | Ambassatours |
| Hawaii | Teke Holdings Inc. |
| Hong Kong | Gray Line Tours of Hong Kong Limited |
| Hungary | Cityrama |
| Iceland | Gray Line Iceland |
| Indonesia | P.T. Regina Alta Panorama Tours |
| Ireland | The Dualway Group |
| India | Cox & Kings Ltd. |
| Las Vegas | GL Vegas, Inc. |
| London | Golden Tours |
| Los Angeles | Gl Vegas, Inc. |
| Los Cabos | Gray Line Los Cabos SA de CV |
| Louisiana | New Orleans Steamboat Company |
| Macau | Gray Line Tours Hong Kong Limited |
| Malta | Supreme Travel |
| Melbourne | Driver Group Australia |
| Miami | Miami Incoming Services, LLC |
| Minneapolis | Schmitty & Sons Transit, Inc. |
| Montreal | Coach Canada |
| Morocco | Utess Voyages |
| Munich | Autobus Oberbayern |
| Myrtle Beach | Leisure Time Unlimited, Inc. |
| New Orleans | New Orleans Steamboat Company[2] |
| New York | Coach USA |
| New Zealand | InterCity[3] |
| Niagara, Ontario | Miagara Majestic Tours |
| Northern California | Autocares Julia, SL |
| Oman | Kurban Tours |
| Oregon | Road & Rail Travel, LLC |
| Orlando | Gator Tours of Orlando, LLC |
| Ottawa | Greyhound Canada |
| Panama | Gray Line Panama |
| Paris | ParisCityVision |
| Peru | Viajes Pacífico[4] |
| Philippines | Baron Travel |
| Portugal | Cityrama |
| Prince Edward Island | Ambassatours |
| Puerto Rico | Charter Coach Inc. |
| Puerto Vallarta | Gray Line Los Cabos SA de CV |
| Romania | Mr. Tripp[5] |
| Rome | Carrani Tours |
| San Antonio | Star Shuttle & Charter |
| Savannah | Kelly Tours |
| Scotland | Edinburgh Coach Lines[6] |
| Seattle | City Sightseeing Seattle |
| Shanghai | DTI Ltd. |
| Sorrento | Travel Etc. |
| South Korea | Seoul City Tour Bus |
| Spain | Autocares Julia, SL |
| Tennessee | Gray Line of Tennessee / RLCL Acquisition, LLC |
| Thailand | Gray Line Thailand |
| Toronto | Laidlaw, Inc. |
| Tucson | Gray Line Tours |
| Turkey | Plan Tours |
| Vancouver | Westcoast Sightseeing[7] |
| Venezuela | Candes Turismo |
| Venice | Park Viaggi S.R.L. |
| Victoria, British Columbia | Pacific Coast Sightseeing |
| Vietnam | Threeland Travel[8] |
| Washington, DC | Martz Group[9] |
| Zurich | Hans Meier Tourist AG |
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "InterCity Group - About Gray Line". InterCity New Zealand. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Viajes Pacífico
- ^ Tripp, Mr. "Mr. Tripp | Sightseeing tours". mrtripp.tours (in Romanian). Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ^ Gray Line Scotland Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Edinburgh Coach Lines
- ^ Westcoast Sightseeing
- ^ [3]
- ^ Martz Group
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