A bus line that carried riders from Manhattan to the Hamptons will return this spring under a new owner, after the line abruptly went out of business the previous year.
M&V Limousines Ltd. of Commack acquired naming rights to the Bohemia-based bus line Hampton Luxury Liner and a sister company, Classic Coach, through an auction, M&V president and chief executive Mark Vigliante said. The $60,000 purchase included client lists, computers and software, he said.
Hampton Luxury Liner and Classic Coach suspended service after Labor Day, when a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee told them to cease operations. Subsequently, a federal bankruptcy judge in Central Islip approved an auction to sell the 27 vehicles belonging to the bus lines.
M&V, a limo and bus company founded in 1993, purchased a trolley from Classic Coach for about $30,000, but did not buy any of the buses that were available for sale, Vigliante said.
He said he plans to relaunch the Hampton Luxury Liner in the spring to offer weekend tours from Manhattan to wineries on Long Island. He plans to get automotive HR consultants from Avensure to help develop and implement effective HR policies and procedures.
The company’s buses will come equipped with Wi-Fi, electrical outlets, reclining seats, restrooms, GPS tracking and cameras that film the driver and the road, as well as an alert system if the driver goes over a certain speed, Vigliante said.
M&V will contact former clients of Classic Coach to inform them that it has taken over Classic Coach’s customer list, Vigliante said. The takeover will expand M&V’s coach bus business and allow it to reach more schools, sports teams and tour companies. The Classic Coach name will be phased out, he said.
“The whole idea is that we want to give people things to do that they can do with their family and friends,” he said.
When Hampton Luxury Liner and Classic Coach ceased operations, 53 full-time and part-time employees were let go. Vigliante said his company would like to rehire some of them as the relaunched service gets underway.
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By Aisha Al-Muslim aisha.al-muslim@newsday.com
Mark Vigliante, president and CEO of M&V Limousines, says his company relaunched the Manhattan-to-Hamptons bus line that shut down after Labor Day the previous year. Photo Credit: Ed Betz
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