Month: June 2012

(June 11, 2012) -- The Toronto Star reports the largest-ever private donation in the 101-year history of Parks Canada was made public for the first time on Saturday at the opening of the yurt campground on the shores of Cyprus Lake in Bruce Peninsula National Park.

(June 8, 2012) -- “I will not stand by and watch an agreement that was entered into in good faith between Don Wallace and my predecessors, and which has worked beneficially for several years be shamefully violated.” said Lemonis. “I will continue to stand by my management and employees at the Seffner location that have been affected by this egregious violation.”

(June 8, 2012) -- “We are in the outdoor hospitality industry, not just the camping industry,” Atkinson explained, noting camping and lodging becomes part of outdoor hospitality. “Soft rugged” is a term often used to describe this type of camping. “Camping isn’t just parking your rig,” he says. “It’s not about the hookups. You have to have them, but once you’re hooked up, you forget about them. Camping is about the experience. With our deluxe cabin, we need to create that same camping experience. We’re just providing the rig also.”

(June 8, 2012) -- One of the key advantages of the site is that the forums are segregated into multiple subjects, like manufacturer and brand, not just one "catch all" topic area like "motorhomes." As of today, there are 1,233,225 messages posted in 119,555 different topics. "For example, if someone wants to talk about their coach's body, we have a specific forum for that," said Pelchat, who noted the Winnebago forum alone has more than 111,000 posts alone, making it the site's most active discussion area.

(June 8, 2012) -- Chad Root, president of Spearhead Sales & Marketing, will lead the discussion, which will include such topics as show booth selection, pre-show promotion, booth design, preparing your show team, lead capturing and post show follow-up, and integration with web, social media, advertising, PR and sales promotions. Time will also be allotted for participants to “swap stories” and learn about the trade show experiences of others.

(June 8, 2012) -- One of the new workshops is a high level view of the inventory management process for dealers and parts managers and will focus on how parts managers, through inventory management, are key contributors to customer satisfaction and fixed operations profitability. Key takeaways will include the true meaning of a lost sale in the parts department; and the importance of managing possession costs and acquisition costs.

(June 8, 2012) -- PeterGreenberg.com Travel News writes that if you're trying out a new RV park or campground, it can be helpful to look at ratings and reviews. But it's also helpful to know who's doing the reviewing and what factors they're looking at.

(June 8, 2012) -- If you park an RV in a Laguna Woods Village parking lot, be prepared to check for flat tires. If there are flats get them fixed, or you could face a fine, reports the OCRegister.

(June 8, 2012) -- This week, Lake Murray State Park is up against Arizona's Alamo Lake State Park and Texas' Guadalupe River State Park in "Nature's Waterpark Showdown," a weekly contest taking place on the TakeMeFishing.org Facebook page. Facebook users who "like" a park in the contest can register to win a trip for four to one of the top eight parks of their choice.

(June 8, 2012) -- Elaborate campgrounds and traveling homes offer resort-like amenities with a hint of the great outdoors, luring travelers who want to start a campfire, fish or hike but don't want to sleep in a tent, reports The Augusta Chronicle.