"Your Guide to the Nation's Capital"
Washington, D.C. is a city of many magnificent monuments and memorials. Capitol Entertainment Services, Inc. uniquely showcases our nations's capital and its rich history by offering interesting and enjoyable guided sightseeing tours.
Capitol Entertainment Services, Inc. (CES) was founded by John Shelton Best in 1979. CES offers a variety of sightseeing guided tours of the national monuments and memorials, African-American history points of interest, and educational sites. Our sightseeing tours come completely packaged with tour intineraries, tour buses, and licensed professional tour guides.
We also provide local transportation for group(s) (shuttles/transfers/airport pickups). Guided sightseeing tours are great for national conventions, conferences, family reunions, school field trips, church groups, etc.
CES Company Profile
Sightseeing Tours
CES began operating as a licensed tour operator in 1979 by offering an entirely new
tour product to the tourism industry of the nation's capital and that was the
"African American Heritage Tour of Washington, D.C.." While CES
offered a wide variety of guided sightseeing tour of the Nation's Capital including tours
of the national monuments and memorials, the company became nationally known for its
unique heritage tour which features African American historical attractions.
CES Tour Guide Training School
In 1985, CES was authorized by the District Government's Licensure Commission to
operate the "Capitol Entertainment Services Proprietary Tour Guide Training
School" as a non- degree post secondary training program. CES have graduated more
than 125 tour guides from its school with 96% of its graduates obtaining a tour guide
license from the District Government. Additionally to employing the graduates to conduct
CES tours, step-on guide service is sold to tour bus groups visiting Washington.
Charter Bus Service
In 1990, CES was authorized by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission (WMATC #193) as a motor coach carrier and began operating its own bus fleet. The company is also authorized by the Department of Transportation (USDOT #477173) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC #MC239589). Currently the company operates a small fleet of 21 and 31 passengers tour buses.
CES Overview
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3633-18th Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20018 (202) 636-9203/Fax: (202) 636-4178