Month: January 2013

(Jan. 3, 2013) -- John Mckibbin was appointed the new location manager for Campers Inn Elkhart. A long-time RV industry veteran, for the past six years Mckibbin has been general sales manager for Camping World of Las Vegas, formerly Wheelers RV.

(Jan. 3, 2013) -- In Texas, the Rockport Pilot reports the Fulton Town Council last month held a public hearing concerning an RV park and then discussed rezoning the property for business.

(Jan. 3, 2013) -- Pete Orofino of Custom Camper in Southington, Conn. stops by WTNH with Joe Gonsalves, president of Northeast Productions, to show some of the features now available on various models of recreational vehicles.

(Jan. 3, 2013) -- Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort, long one of the premier operations of its type in the United States, is in the process of being sold to to Sun Communities, reports the Casa Grande Dispatch.

(Jan. 3, 2013) -- The Baltimore Sun reports 2012 was a banner year for Maryland's 66 parks, which logged nearly 11 million visitors by early December, 1.1 million more than at the same point last year.

(Jan. 2, 2013) -- The rewards of education serve the industry, the dealer, and the individual employee over time, as increased professionalism makes our industry perform better," said Ingrassia. "Consumers recognize the benefits of dealing with a business that uses certified employees and will often choose a dealership on that differentiating factor."

(Jan. 2, 2013) -- In 2004, Visa, MasterCard and Discover established the Processing Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS). Failure to comply with those rules will result in charges added on to credit card statements and, after six months, the suspension of the credit card account. If the account is re-established, the merchant may be subject to quarterly forensic audits. 

(Jan. 2, 2013) -- Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. announces it acquired two properties, Victoria Palms Resort and Alamo Palms, in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

(Jan. 2, 2013) -- A retired Marine is at the helm of the California state parks department, where parks officials had concealed tens of millions of dollars -- and his job is to make sure it doesn't happen again.

(Jan. 2, 2013) -- The California parks department had accounting problems for longer than previously revealed, according to an audit from Gov. Jerry Brown's Department of Finance, reported in the the Los Angeles Times.