It is a buyer’s and a seller’s market right now for auto dealerships looking to expand. Automotive News reported that such a rare occurrence has brokers predicting big buy-sell activity this year and for the next few years. The 2014 pace of dealership consolidation already is almost double that of 2013, says Tim Lamb, president […]

(May 12, 2014) -- Whether visitors like to spot moose, watch for turtles, hear birds sing, fish for trout or walk among wildflowers, there's plenty to do in Ontario's parks this spring.

(May 12, 2014) -- A variety of positions are available, including line cooks, assistant golf car mechanics and landscape technicians. The campground is also looking for surf camp instructors for its Billabong Surf Camp.

Opponents of day-use fees in national forests chalked up another victory with a recent California federal court ruling in the long-running battle over recreation charges. The Los Angeles Times reported that U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter Jr. sided with four hikers who contended that Southern California forests were improperly requiring them to buy an […]

Suzi and Edmund Kuehn parked their 41-foot motorhome in Flint, Mich., on a Saturday night four years ago. The New York Times reported that the next morning, Kuehn’s ex-husband called from Dallas and told her their 31-year-old son, Leslie, who had been fighting plasma cell leukemia, had died. “We left within 45 minutes,” said Ms. […]

A panel discussion was held Thursday (May 8) with some of the leaders in the RV industry at the RV Industry Power Breakfast at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. In a wide-ranging discussion, they talked about the current boom that is going on in the industry and some of the issues that they are now facing […]

The rapid rise of the recreational vehicle industry has created a shortage of workers and drivers in the Elkhart, Ind., area to transport RVs to dealers, according to a report by the Goshen News. Thursday (May 8) morning, industry leaders gathered to talk about those problems. At the RV Industry Power Breakfast created by and […]

Increasing numbers of Chinese are traveling wherever the road takes them. The website “What’s on Xiamen” reported that with growing demand for recreational vehicles in China and consumers’ shifting travel preferences, experts expect a surge in RV-related business in Xiamen. “More people are choosing to explore the countryside and hit the roads with recreational vehicles – a […]

From following required procedures to determining employee eligibility, employers need to understand complicated aspects of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to comply. The Mike Molino RV Learning Center, through a partnership with KPA, will tackle these issues and more in a webinar at noon ET on May 15. RV dealers’ participation in the free, […]

Editor’s Note: The following is a column by Chuck Woodbury, editor for RVtravel.com, offering his perspective on an upscale KOA campground in Cape Hatteras, N.C. When is the last time you stayed in a campground with an elevator? Or one with “hotel-like suites?” My guess is never. Same here. So I must say, I was […]