San Francisco based El Camino Trailways Named INC 100 Fastest Growing Transportation Services Company in America

Released on: February 8, 2008, 4:13 am

Press Release Author: El Camino Trailways

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: El Camino Trailways, the San Francisco based Charter Bus
Operator announced today that it has been named by the INC magazine to the INC 100
Fastest Growing Transportation Services Companies List for its 114% growth in its
business in 2006 in an industry growing at a modest rate of 5%-6% over the past few
years.

Press Release Body: . Company's 114% growth in 2006 led by its new management and
leadership outstrips the single-digit industry growth rate.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - August 31, 2007 - El Camino Trailways, the San Francisco based
Charter Bus Operator announced today that it has been named by the INC magazine to
the INC 100 Fastest Growing Transportation Services Companies List for its 114%
growth in its business in 2006 in an industry growing at a modest rate of 5%-6% over
the past few years. The explosive growth in its business also placed the Company on
the list of INC 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

Founded in 1962, El Camino Charter Lines is one of the oldest Charter Bus Operators
in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Company was acquired by a Silicon Valley based
Investor Group in August 2005 and then joined Trailways to re-brand the company El
Camino Trailways.

"We are proud of our achievements in 2006 and delighted with the recognition
bestowed upon us by the INC magazine and pleased that we have made the INC 100 List
of Fastest Growing Transportation Companies in all of America," said Mike Watson,
Managing Director of El Camino Trailways. "This recognition is a testament to the
strength of our Operations Team, which has enabled us to continue to deliver our
superior customer service even during this period of hyper-growth."

Tour/Travel, Conventions and Corporate Events - Hyper-growth Segments

Led by its new management, the Company has identified Tour & Travel Services,
Conventions, and Corporate Events as its new target segments and in less than a year
has established a significant presence in these segments in the San Francisco Bay
Area.

"The key to our success in 2006 and major contributor to our growth during the year
was our plan to attack these new high-growth, higher-margin market segments, a plan
that included modernization of our fleet with the addition of new high-end
motor-coaches, investment in a direct sales organization, and an Interactive,
Consumer-facing web-site," added Watson.

"Click-and-Mortar" Strategy

With its two bases of operations - San Francisco, the #1 destination site for
Tourism, and Silicon Valley, the high-tech capital of the world - the Company has
uniquely leveraged Internet/Web technologies to catapult itself into a leadership
position in the Tour and Travel services, Conventions, and Corporate Event Services
market in the San Francisco Bay Area, while continuing to serve Schools and
Universities, pre-formed travel groups, and local City and County Agencies. The
company launched its Internet/Web 2.0 based Interactive Travel Planning website on
Christmas Eve in 2005 and since then has captured a significant share of the On-line
Charter Reservations market in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"Our spectacular growth in 2006 is a direct result of our 'Click-and-Mortar'
strategy, which leverages the power of the Web 'Clicks' to drive more business a lot
more efficiently to our 'Brick-and-Mortar' company," said Kumar Shah, Chairman of El
Camino Trailways. "Consumers are turning increasingly to the Internet for their
travel services needs and as they do more of their bookings on-line, we will
continue to benefit from these trends. We intend to continue to maintain our
leadership by investing in and leveraging new emerging technologies, such as social
networking, geo-spatial marketing, etc."



Leveraging the Trailways Brand

As part of its marketing effort to build and leverage a reliable brand for Charter
Services that consumers would trust, the company also joined Trailways, a
nation-wide organization of more than 70 Charter Bus companies, in 2006. The company
has maintained its local brand - El Camino Charter Lines - for its association with
and historical significance of El Camino Real - while blending with and leveraging
Trailways, the national brand, by branding the company El Camino Trailways.

"We are delighted that El Camino Trailways, one of the newest members of our
organization, has been given such a prestigious award," said Gale Ellsworth,
President & CEO of Trailways. "The recognition is well deserved for the leadership
that El Camino Trailways has provided not only to the Trailways organization, but
also to the industry at large in leveraging the power of the Internet to transform a
brick-and-mortar industry and using the new emerging technologies to continue to
promote the Trailways brand."

About El Camino Trailways
Headquartered in South San Francisco, California and with bases of operations in San
Francisco and Silicon Valley, El Camino Trailways provides charters for corporate
and cultural events, airport transfers, Amtrak Thruway service, school field trips,
adventure/sports outings, religious retreats and group tours to destinations
throughout the San Francisco Bay area, including San Jose and Oakland. It also runs
day and overnight trips to Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia as well as
to national parks in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. The company\'s interactive
Website at www.elcaminotrailways.com serves as a convenient portal for travelers and
travel planners. Established in 1962, El Camino Trailways is one of the oldest and
one of the largest Charter Bus operators in Northern California, and a member of the
Trailways organization since March 2006.
For more information, please contact:
Michael Watson, Managing Director
El Camino Trailways
214 Shaw Road, Suite T, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Tel: (650) 989-2607,Toll Free:(866) 588-0256
Mobile: (415) 272-8730
E-mail: mike@elcaminotrailways.com

Web Site: http://www.elcaminotrailways.com

Contact Details: For more information, please contact:

Michael Watson, Managing Director
El Camino Trailways
214 Shaw Road, Suite T, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Tel: (650) 989-2607,Toll Free:(866) 588-0256
Mobile: (415) 272-8730
E-mail: mike@elcaminotrailways.com

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