From a press release:

Lotus Tours Announces MotoGlobal, The Alliance of Mototouring Leaders

Chicago, IL USA – Lotus Tours, the international motorcycle touring company, today announced the formal launch of a global alliance network of motorcycle touring companies called MotoGlobal, the first of its kind in the industry. Seven motorcycle touring companies from around the world will join forces to form the network, which will offer customers a complete world of motorcycle touring experiences.

The seven companies cover the six rideable continents and include: Lotus Tours (Burt Richmond and Diane Fitzgerald), Pancho Villa Moto-Tours (Skip Mascorro), Mototouring (Eligio Arturi), Himalayan Motorcycle Tours (Patrick Moffat), Iberian Moto Tours (Scott Moreno), Kazoom Moto Adventures (Kazim Uzunoglu) and New Zealand Motorcycle Rentals & Tours (Darren Tonar and Gordon Lidgard). Other motorcycle tour operators will be associated with MotoGlobal to provide additional touring destinations and new products. Customers will have seamless access to hundreds of tours in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and can choose from a variety of motorcycle brands and models for touring, sportbike, dual sport, and off-road experiences.

“Our shared and new customers will get more of everything and then some,” explains Diane Fitzgerald, President of Lotus Tours.

“MotoGlobal brings together successful motorcycle tour operators who, collectively, can offer motorcycle enthusiasts more roads, more motorcycle brands, more choices of products and price ranges, more convenience and more fun. Customers can expect consistently high quality touring – and everything associated with motorcycle touring including new product development – with each member of MotoGlobal. Imagine working with one source, MotoGlobal, for your motorcycle touring needs. The combined knowledge and talent of the network is tremendous and it is the customers who benefit!”

MotoGlobal will be headquartered on the Internet and can be visited at www.motoglobal.com beginning February 28, 2002. Associated motorcycle tour operators will be announced soon.

For general information today, contact Lotus Tours in Chicago, IL USA at 312-951-0031 or [email protected].