Month: January 2015

A new luxury motorcoach park in Florida called The Fountains of St. Augustine is expected to open in the coming months near Interstate 95 interchange. The St. Augustine Record reported that work on the project has already begun, and the plan is for the first 14 units — called casitas — to be open some […]

Jayco Inc. has been recognized for 30 consecutive years of membership support to the National Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA). “Supporting the dealer network through RVDA has been a top priority and part of our mission” said Derald Bontrager, CEO and president of Jayco, in a press release. “We recognize that without a strong body […]

Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC President Chris Hermon acknowledges that despite the company’s multifaceted expansion plans this year, there is still a tendency to look over the shoulder – a holdover from the fallout the industry endured in the face of the country’s economic tsunami. But he also recognizes that the time is right to jump […]

Drew Industries Inc., a leading supplier of components for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) has acquired the business and certain assets of EA Technologies LLC. According to a news release, EA Technologies is an Elkhart, Ind.-based manufacturer of custom steel and aluminum parts and provider of […]

Good traffic and good sales were the common themes coming out of the Colorado RV Adventure Travel Show, Jan. 7-10 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. The show featured more than 300 units from 16 dealers and was sponsored by GS Media & Events, a division of Good Sam Enterprises LLC, which owns and […]

Editor’s Note: The data for November Canadian towable sales in the New Brunswick province was incomplete and are not included in totals. To offer a fair comparison the New Brunswick totals for 2013 have also been removed. Year-over-year Canadian towable sales fell 12.45% in November and 5.5% for the first 11 months, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. Results […]

RVs took center stage on New Year’s Day when Great American Country (GAC) premiered RV 2015, the annual RV special, which ran on HGTV in previous years. According to a report in RVIA Today Express, the hour-long show appeared on GAC at 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 and again at midnight. Its next rebroadcast is […]

RVs took center stage on New Year’s Day when Great American Country (GAC) premiered RV 2015, the annual RV special, which ran on HGTV in previous years. According to a report in RVIA Today Express, the hour-long show appeared on GAC at 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 and again at midnight. Its next rebroadcast is […]

Mark Bowersox, executive director of the Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (RVIC), is expects a big turnout at this weekend’s 41st annual Valley RV & Camping Show at the Century Center in South Bend, Ind. As reported by the South Bend Tribune, consumer confidence is running high as a result of low interest rates, low gas […]

NTP-STAG announced the continuation of long-standing relationship with distributor the Priority Rv Network. Stag-Parkway was acquired by NTP parent Keystone Automotive Operations in October of 2014. Joe Santangelo, vice president and general manger of NTP-STAG, noted, “Since the acquisition we have consistently said we will bring together the best of the NTP and Stag Parkway and […]