Month: August 2014

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- The U.S. Small Business Administration has teamed up with The Millennial Trains Project, traveling from Portland, Ore. to New York City, August 7-17 to take part in a coast-to-coast mobile business incubator to help inform, educate and explore opportunities in entrepreneurship

Charlie and George Lesko had long considered traveling in a recreational vehicle before setting out for Myrtle Beach, S.C. — with son Caiden lounging in the back of their rented motorhome. The Columbus Dispatch reported that RV travel, the first-time renters reasoned, would cost less than airfare and a beachfront hotel for three. And, despite […]

WIT Grand National Rally (GNR) attendees spoke, and Winnebago Industries Inc. listened. As reported by the Mason City Globe Gazette, the GNR will start the week after the Puckerbrush festival in Forest City, Iowa, in 2015 instead of the week of the annual festival. “We listened to our members,” said Denise Yeager, consumer engagement manager […]

CrossRoads RV announced it will resurrect the Cameo and Carriage fifth-wheel brands during this year’s Elkhart County RV House, introducing the iconic lines as part of parent Thor Industries Inc.’s expansive display at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. CrossRoads and sister company Redwood RV acquired the Cameo and Carriage brands during a Feb. 21 court-ordered liquidation of Carriage […]

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 […]

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- It's all about Popcorn Empowerment, a term used by the former head of Disney's training team to describe how even the lowest-ranking employee can make or break a customer's experience with a business.

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- Sometimes it can seem like you're throwing your ad budget at a dart board. You're never sure what works and what doesn't. That can be particularly true with the constantly changing, ever demanding world of social media and e-marketing.

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- “Between smartphones and Wi-Fi hotspots, an unfathomable amount of computing power is at consumers’ fingertips. We’re here to steer you in the right direction -- one that works for you and your customers,” said Wilson.

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- The four-day event closed on a high note after hosting more than 27,000 overall attendees, and 1,595 exhibitors. Of those exhibitors, 329 were new to Summer Market. The exhibits filled 545,684 net square feet, 95,000 in temporary pavilion structures, making Summer Market 2014 the largest Outdoor Retailer show ever staged.

(Aug. 11, 2014) -- In late September, the KOA campground at Circus Circus will lose its lease so the casino can clear the land for an outdoor festival area, the Los Angeles Times reported. KOA is looking for a new location in Las Vegas.