Dial-a-Cab at the ITLA
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| Being members of the ITLA
(International Taxi & Livery Association), Brian Rice and Allen Togwell as Dial-a-Cab
(UK) representatives took the opportunity to attend a three day convention in New York.
Unlike Mountview and Computer Cab, DAC don’t attend many of the ITLA conventions but
felt that we should attend this one as it concerned taxi data systems. DAC were at the previous ITLA convention held last July at the Langham Hilton in London where many first-time contacts were made (See September 97 Call Sign…Ed). "Seeing and discussing different systems under one roof and being able to compare one with the other, is far more advantageous than travelling all over the World to see a single system" said Chairman Brian Rice. While there, both DAC representatives renewed some old acquaintances and made several new ones. The main subject of conversation with most of the different taxi operators was concerning the systems they were using. Two locally based operators gave Brian and Allan a tour of their premises. The DAC duo were especially interested to learn from one large taxi operator that his company were toying with the idea of real time bookings via the World Wide Web but as yet, hadn’t progressed very far. |
Allan Togwell told Call Sign: "Like any short
visit to the States, no sooner are you getting over jet lag when it is back to London and
adjusting to the time difference here. At that moment, I felt as though my head and body
were 6.000 miles apart. However, there is no doubt in my mind that it was a very
worthwhile visit." |
