Free coach transfers to Euro Bus Expo, in partnership with Zeelo
Zeelo, the smart bus services company for organisations and specialists in finding and fulfilling demand from corporates and schools for coach services, are offering free coach transfers for Euro Bus Expo attendees.
The exhibition is taking place at Birmingham’s NEC from 1 – 3 November 2022, with the service available across the three days. Zeelo coaches will be running to and from six locations including Brighton, Cardiff, Colchester, Liverpool, Portsmouth and York.
There will be no charge for journeys taken to the industry’s largest gathering, which is set to attract 9,000 attendees, in a bid to encourage greener travel to the venue.
Commenting on the offer, Sam Ryan, CEO at Zeelo, says: “Zeelo is pleased to offer free transport on our smart buses to Euro Bus Expo visitors, and we are also looking forward to attending the event and meeting with our partners in the industry.
“This partnership with Euro Bus Expo demonstrates how using our smart bus platform can help operators to identify and build services that maximise ridership and get more coaches on the road for private services across the country.
“All this while helping corporates and schools to meet the transport needs of their staff and students wherever they live. The added benefit to commuters is that they will help reduce pollution and improve congestion with smarter, faster, safer, green and reliable bus services in partnership with the UK’s local bus operators”.
Make this the year to travel by coach
Convincing people to use more sustainable transport modes is vital for the UK to meet its carbon reduction and net zero targets, and to unlock all the benefits to the environment, society, and the nation’s health and wellbeing they bring.
It is only fitting that the sector’s showcase supports this challenge by providing lower-carbon travel options, with a Zeelo bus journey already offsetting 100% of every journey, including the dead-leg. This free coach transfer initiative has the potential to take 900 return car journeys off the roads. Not only is this more environmentally friendly, but it also makes the exhibition more accessible and affordable for attendees.
Euro Bus Expo will bring together the thought leaders, suppliers, manufacturers and thousands of operators that all play a critical role in decarbonising transport. Visitors will discover the latest emission-reducing technologies, take part in demonstrations on zero emission vehicles, and learn about the practicalities of implementation in a series of free to attend seminars.
Says event director Helen Conway: “Visitors taking advantage of this offer will have further networking opportunities, can multitask on route, experience the services that we as an industry offer and advocate – and most importantly, will lead the way with making small changes towards modal shift. If you've never considered travelling to Euro Bus Expo by coach before, make this the year that you do”.
How to book
Coaches will be departing from six locations including Brighton, Cardiff, Colchester, Liverpool, Portsmouth, and York. Attendees interested in picking up these services on route to and from Birmingham are encouraged to complete the online booking form, as additional pickups will be arranged based on demand. Attendees will be notified in advance about drop off and pick up times, when and where to meet.
To book a free coach transfer, visit:
https://zeelo.co/rides/zeelo-eurobus-2022
Show registration
To register to attend Euro Bus Expo, visit:
Exhibiting opportunities
To exhibit at the industry’s showcase, contact:
Martin Laverton at [email protected] or on 07793 440281.
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About Zeelo
Zeelo is a smart bus platform for organisations. The global tech company is modernising daily bus commutes for frontline workers and students so that they can get to work and school in a faster, smarter, and much greener way. Zeelo serves large businesses and independent schools and moves nearly 150,000 riders each month across the world. Zeelo’s tech-optimised bus routes not only reduce carbon emissions by 78% by replacing 30 cars for every bus journey, but also offset 100% of each Zeelo bus journey. Its innovative transport management software system comprises a SaaS platform, proprietary routing algorithms, and multiple consumer apps, and 24 / 7 customer service support (4.9 TrustPilot rating) that ensure people located in transport deserts have a regular, subsidised and sustainable bus service for their daily commute, wherever they are based. Headquartered in London with over 160 employees, an R&D team in Spain and live operations in the UK, South Africa and the US, Zeelo was founded in 2016 by Sam Ryan, Barney Williams and Dani Ruiz. It closed its Series A in 2018 and has raised over US$ 30 million in funding, including VC-backed investment from ETF Partners, InMotion Ventures and Dynamo. The co-founders previously sold their pioneering ride-sharing app JumpIn to Addison Lee in 2014.
For additional information, visit www.zeelo.co
About Euro Bus Expo
Euro Bus Expo is the major UK-based trade show for the coach, bus and mini-vehicle sector. Taking place on 1-3 November 2022 at the NEC Birmingham, the exhibition attracts thousands of operators, local authorities, and industry stakeholders. Manufacturers and suppliers representing every link of the supply chain will exhibit everything needed to run a PSV operation.
For further information, visit https://eurobusxpo.com/.
Media enquiries to:
Jacqui Trayford, Marketing Manager
Christina Glenister, Marketing Director
Event enquiries to:
Helen Conway, Event Director
Exhibition sales enquiries to:
Martin Laverton, Sales Manager
07793 440281
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Meet the brand: CitySwift
We catch up with Alan Farrelly from CitySwift to find out more about their presence at Euro Bus Expo, on stand T80.
Tell us a bit about your company:
Founded by Alan Farrelly and Brian O’Rourke, CitySwift is an Irish big data company powering bus networks across the world. Since its inception in 2016, CitySwift has built the world’s first "Mobility Intelligence as a Service" platform that gives bus network providers the always-on insights needed to operate and adapt bus networks, with precision.
The CitySwift platform was built to break down all of the barriers to data that bus network providers have to deal with. CitySwift partners no longer take action based on manual analysis, guesswork, and inaccessible and unreliable data. Instead, they meet and exceed punctuality and reliability goals, without compromising on resources. Bus giants like National Express and Transport for Wales are using CitySwift to power their passenger experience. Networks built on CitySwift are reliable, efficient, and punctual – free of friction and catered to passenger needs.
What makes CitySwift so powerful is that the team comes from a background of real-world bus industry experience. Merging this industry experience with deep knowledge of data science, bus networks can get the best of both worlds.
Tell us about your latest products, services, promotions or launches that visitors can hope to see on your stand:
CitySwift will be launching two new products at the Euro Bus Expo 2022.
-CitySwift Network: Network provides bus networks with the occupancy, capacity, and origin-destination insights they need to match supply and demand by incorporating CitySwift’s proprietary origin-destination algorithm.
-CitySwift Discovery Packs: Discovery Packs are a range of dashboards delivering brand new insights across bus networks, tailored to problem areas like Driver Performance, Running Board Analysis, and Bus Priority measures.
Why is exhibiting at Euro Bus Expo 2022 an unmissable opportunity for you?
We’re looking forward to getting the opportunity to learn more about emerging trends and innovation within the industry, meet new and existing clients, and launch some really exciting products we’ve been working on the past few months
Meet the brand: Stratio
We catch up with Anna Fernandez from STRA S.A. to find out more about the Stratio brand and its presence at Euro Bus Expo, on stand T60.
Tell us a bit about your company:
Stratio is the World’s Leading Real-time Predictive Fleet Maintenance Platform. Our proprietary technology combines large-scale processing with the latest machine learning techniques to prevent thousands of breakdowns from happening, thus saving millions of people from the hassle of public transportation delays.
The Stratio Platform offers unparalleled visibility over vehicle faults. Our AI Predictive Maintenance models can identify the patterns in real-time data that indicate a potential component failure, thus allowing maintenance teams to anticipate when a breakdown may occur and avert unplanned downtime. Maintenance plans and servicing schedules can be fully automated based on predictive intelligence, saving engineers’ time and resources. With Stratio, maintenance teams can also remotely monitor the state of health of components and assess the best course of action without having to recall a vehicle from the road.
5 of the 10 largest transportation companies in the world rely on the Stratio Platform to eliminate unplanned downtime and increase operational efficiency. Fleet operators in Europe, North America, Asia-pacific, and Latin America trust Stratio’s technology to fully leverage the data under the hood to safeguard operations, and keep customers happy. Our technology has enabled transportation for 1.3 billion people so far.
Tell us about your latest products, services, promotions or launches that visitors can hope to see on your stand:
Stratio has recently incorporated into our offering the findings of an extensive research project on predictive battery analytics. The newly productised metrics enable public transport operators to break even on their initial investment into electric buses by predicting faults, eliminating breakdowns, maximising fleet availability, and ensuring that operations are planned according to real-life battery range calculations. Without this kind of information, it would be impossible for transport companies to make a return on investment on the transition to zero-emission buses, which are significantly more expensive than their ICE counterparts.
Our AI and machine learning models have been trained on real vehicle data to offer the most comprehensive picture of the state of health of vehicles of any brand, type, model and age. The volume of vehicle sensor data we collect is unparalleled - 2.5 billion data points are processed by our algorithms every day - and that's the key to the accuracy of our predictive intelligence.
This makes the Stratio Platform an essential tool for the maintenance of public transport fleets, which often comprise a mix of electric and combustion vehicles, as it provides maintenance teams with a single pane view of the condition of each vehicle in the fleet.
At our stand, visitors will be able to request tailored product demos, which show real-life vehicle data and predictive insights. Our team of knowledgeable experts will present the benefits of a predictive approach to fleet maintenance, as opposed to a reactive or planned one.
Stratio will be present alongside our partner Freeway Fleet Systems, the end-to-end digital solution for vehicle maintenance and compliance, to showcase how public transport operators can bring together fleet management and predictive maintenance with one simple integration.
Why is exhibiting at Euro Bus Expo 2022 an unmissable opportunity for you?
We are delighted to be exhibiting at Euro Bus Expo alongside our partner, Freeway Fleet Systems, to present the integration of our two platform solutions. The integration of Stratio’s AI platform with Freeway’s fleet maintenance system will provide coach and bus operators with crucial real-time information relating to on-the-road vehicle performance and condition.
Furthermore, we are looking forward to presenting our new predictive battery analytics features for electric buses. The event is for Stratio an opportunity to meet with industry-leading manufacturers and suppliers to the bus and coach industry and exchange ideas and experiences with thought leaders in our industry.