Pinpointers, a provider of vehicle tracking and mobile workforce services, has announced that its fleet tracking systems now support seamless integration with our industry-standard Coach Manager booking system.

With the new facility, all contract and private hire bookings together with their associated movements are automatically loaded into the Pinpointers Jobs Management Suite. For every vehicle that has a Pinpointers tracking system installed, a corresponding job is created for each movement in Coach Manager. The fleet manager can then monitor the performance of their bookings in real time on the Pinpointers Web Interface.

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A second press release covering customer access to vehicle locations is available here.

"We developed our own system in partnership with another company back in the 1980s. It was very expensive at the time. Gradually the costly old mainframe computers gave way to PCs and we eventually abandoned the system and went with the flow with Distinctive Systems."

Andrew Richmond, Managing Director, Epsom Coaches

Click here to read CBW News Reporter Gareth Evan's feature on how Epsom Coaches relies on our systems to manage everything from day excursions to vehicle maintenance.

The introduction of our new Microsoft SQL Server based Tour Booking System has been a huge success. Over 40 operators are now using the system and around half have already implemented the taking of online bookings.

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Chambers of Northern Ireland has implemented Internet based satellite tracking from Masternaut Three X. Chambers is a long standing user of our Microsoft SQL Server based Coach Manager private hire and contract booking system and was therefore able to take immediate advantage of our existing Masternaut integration.

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Distinctive Systems sponsored the top award of the evening, the COACH Monthly & CDC Special Award, at this year's Coach Tourism Awards held at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on 5th June.

Although this is only the third year this event has run, it has already firmly established itself as one of the most eagerly anticipated dates on the coaching calendar. The awards honour companies and individuals from both the operator and supplier sides of the industry.

Distinctive Systems MD Mike Whitehead presenting the award to winner Bob Pilbeam with Zoe Doyle Commercial Editor of Coach Monthly.

Not surpisingly there is always a strong contingent of mainland operators amongst the visitors to the CTTC's biennial Coach and Bus Show. So why not make a weekend of it and take in both the show and some of the city's prime coaching venues, such as the famous Guinness Storehouse pictured above?

Distinctive Systems will be exhibiting at the show for the fourth time in succession when it takes place at Dublin's RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd of November.

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