Travel Ports of America, Inc. - TPOA- Profile

Travel Ports of America, Inc. operates travel plazas and franchising of travel port operations. The travel plazas sell petroleum products, primarily diesel fuel, gasoline and lubricants to both trucking industry and to others. The other services provided by the travel plazas include truck service, repair/parts shop, parking facilities, motel rooms, restaurants, laundry facilities, game rooms, telephone facilities and accounting services for truck fleet operators. The company operates 16 travel plazas and 1 fuel terminal in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Diesel fuel accounted for 65% of fiscal 1998 revenues; restaurants, 11%; store, 8%; gasoline, 7%; shop, 5%; motel, 1% and other, 3%.