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Witty repartee wins over visitors on moving stage; Gray Line bus entertainer needs to stay a step ahead of savvier customers.

Publication: Crain's New York Business
Publication Date: 05-FEB-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Witty repartee wins over visitors on moving stage; Gray Line bus entertainer needs to stay a step ahead of savvier customers.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)(Fabrice Leclercq, Gray Line New York Tours Inc.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Steve Garmhausen

Bus tour guide Fabrice Leclercq considers himself a New York City performer--and a successful one--but he admits to having an ace up his sleeve.

"My stage moves,'' he says.

Part historian, part comedian and part safety officer, Mr. Leclerq says his job as a Gray Line guide is the best in the world. Working the microphone in the open air of what he calls "skyscraper national park,'' the personable Rhode Island native appears to be having such fun that he could be on vacation himself.

Mr. Leclercq and his colleagues don't usually do tours just for convention groups. But plenty of conventioneers and their families use their free hours to take in the city via...

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