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A Candies Limousine and Coachworks Wins Prestigious Operator of the Year Award during Annual Chauffeured Transportation Industry Convention

LAS VEGAS – A Candies Limousine and Coachworks of Gainesville, Ocala and Lake City, Florida won Limousine & Chauffeured Transportation(LCT) Magazine’s Operator of the Year award at its annual convention and trade show in Las Vegas.  The award honors excellence in management leadership, community service and industry involvement, staff training, fleet safety and innovation among companies in the chauffeured transportation industry.  A Candies Limousine and Coachworks was recognized as Operator of the Year for being the best limousine and chauffeured transportation company in the United States.

LCT Magazine is the leading business publication in the chauffeured transportation industry, and its annual LCT International Show is the most-attended industry event of the year.  The Operator of the Year award was presented during a gala dinner event at the Venetian Hotel and Casino.  LCT Magazine created the Operator of the Year award to recognize leadership and innovation in the industry, and to cultivate and encourage greater standards of professionalism and entrepreneurial vision.  Over the years, award winners have included many of the highly respected and successful companies in the industry.

Sander and Lynne Kaplan, owners of A Candies Limousine and Coachworks, accepted the award on behalf of their long-term employees who they credit as the reason for their success.  “Our employees work very hard to represent us as a first class company.  They take exceptional pride in their work knowing that they are the lasting impression for every customer.”

For over 20 years A Candies Limousine and Coachworks, based in Gainesville, Florida, has provided luxury transportation services to a diverse group of clients.  A limousine out on the town for any occasion, or a bus to take athletic, church, school, or senior groups anywhere in the continental U.S and Canada.   Candies is the first limousine company in North Central Florida to carry 56 Passenger Prevost Motorcoaches, 300 Chrysler limousines, Limo/Party Buses, Stretch SUV’s, and a Rolls Royce.  A Candies Limousine and Coachworks also won the 2006 Alachua County Business of the Year Overall Small Business award presented by the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce.  Candies supplies most of its fleet to large transportation for the University of Florida, churches and high schools in the area.   Candies is known locally as being a generous, charitable company who supports Lyrics for Life, Stop Children’s Cancer, MDA, Make a Wish, The Ronald McDonald House, Boys and Girls Club, The Centers, St. Francis House as well as other worthy institutions.