News

Distinctive Systems Appoints New Managing Director and Expands Development Team

13/05/2025

Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Whitehead as its new Managing Director. In addition, the company has expanded its development team with the recruitment of two senior developers.

Obituary Mike Whitehead

24/02/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mike Whitehead, founder and Managing Director of Distinctive Systems Ltd, aged 74.

24/10/2024

Distinctive Systems will be exhibiting at both the CTTC Coach & Bus Show 2024 in Dublin on 2nd-3rd November and Euro Bus Expo 2024 at Birmingham's NEC on 12th-14th November.

All New Driver App Released

17/05/2023

Our all new Driver App allowing drivers to view their bookings and perform daily walk-around checks has now been released.

Latest Coach Manager GPS Vendors

7/03/2022

Here is the latest list of GPS tracking vendors Coach Manager integrates with.

New UK Training Centre Complete

27/05/2020

After 11 months in build, our new UK Training Centre is finally complete.

Motorcoaches Rolling for Awareness Washington DC

13/05/2020

Distinctive Systems was proud to stand side-by-side with our industry during the Motorcoaches Rolling for Awareness Event which took place on 13th May 2020 in Washington DC.

Coach Manager Driver App

13/01/2020

Our new Driver App allows drivers to view a list of the bookings they have been allocated to and on selecting a booking view its full details and be guided through it.

DS Wins TasBus Supplier of the Year Award

7/06/2018

Distinctive Systems has won the Supplier of the Year award at the Tasmanian Bus Association's Annual Conference and Dinner.

Online Portal Wins at UK Coach Awards

14/05/2018

Distinctive Systems has won the Innovation Gold Award for our new Coach Manager Online Portal at this year's UK Coach Awards.