Month: August 2014

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- The 13-year-old son of the Jersey City couple killed last month when a tornado struck a campsite in Virginia has died.

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- A Florida man attacked his father, sister and mother Wednesday evening at Evergreen Lake Campground in Moore Township, Pa.

Like many of the metro Detroit clients he serves as an accountant, Jeff Vitale feels better about the economy now compared to the days of the Great Recession. So, when it was time to enjoy the family cottage on Harsens Island with his wife and two children, Vitale decided to spring for a new aluminum-hulled […]

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- A huge campsite could be created at Auchterarder to cater for some of the many thousands of golf fans who will descend on Perthshire, Scotland for the 2014 Ryder Cup.

The big, shiny, Monaco coaches will soon be pulling out of The Mill Casino-Hotel & RV Park in North Bend, Ore., and heading for points unknown after spending the last week learning new things and rekindling old friendships. The World reported that the Monaco International RV Club, a chapter of the Family Motor Coach Association […]

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- Today, Cummins Inc. is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its Jamestown Engine Plant in Jamestown, N.Y.

Sales were brisk at the 59th Annual Midwest RV Super Show, which featured 13 dealers displaying 215 units Aug. 7-10 at the RV/MH Hall of Fame grounds in Elkhart, Ind. Matt Rose, director of recreation vehicles for the host Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC), said the crowds were about the same as […]

As wildfires – some of them historically large – ravage the West Coast, the news for independent RV parks and campgrounds has thus far been somewhat positive, if close calls and very slow business could be called positive. While many thousands of square miles have been burned in Washington, California and Oregon, as well as […]

Blue Bridge Financial, a leading national provider of equipment financing, announced seven new additions to its national sales and management team that will bolster the company’s recreational vehicle, marine and manufactured housing. Blue Bridge reported in a news release that Ed Arienti will lead the new business development team as managing director of business development. During a 36-year […]

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- First Digital, a New Zealand based digital marketing agency has just released a new industry report showing how visible New Zealand’s campervan and motorhome providers are within Google’s Search Engine.