Month: February 2015

(Feb. 9, 2015) -- People are invited to hear NRVIA President Terry Cooper and RVIC President Steve Anderson as they share the state of development and growth of this new industry. The webinar takes place Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

(Jan. 4, 2014) -- The Michigan Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds will host its spring conference and expo March 23 to 25 at Saginaw Valley State University. More than two dozen companies will be exhibiting products and services at the expo.

(Jan. 4, 2016) -- "Right now, we're hearing much celebrating from the media, the White House and Wall Street about how unemployment is "down" to 5.6 percent," Clifton explained. "The cheerleading for this number is deafening. The media loves a comeback story, the White House wants to score political points and Wall Street would like you to stay in the market."

While Airstream’s Interstate and Interstate EXT Class B motorhomes have shuttled people back and forth in high-end style, customers who wanted a vehicle more capable of extended stays oftentimes were left behind. So, Airstream added the Grand Tour, which is essentially a new floorplan for the 24-foot, 4 1/2-inch long Interstate EXT built on the […]

(Feb. 4, 2015) -- U.S. workers' perceptions of hiring at their places of employment are the most positive Gallup has recorded in any January since Gallup began tracking this in 2008. But the increase since last January came mostly in the first half of 2014. The index has since stalled, suggesting that the future of the jobs situation in the U.S. remains uncertain.

Idaho’s state parks system is looking for corporate sponsors for signs, brochures, group picnic shelters and the like, as part of its effort to make the parks system largely pay for itself. “We would hope to be able to acknowledge their donations on signage, printed materials and so forth,” Parks Director David Langhorst lawmakers this […]

Despite a winter storm that all but wiped out the last day, the 55th Annual Fort Wayne Wonderland RV & Camping Show reported a 19% increase in attendance over last year and was deemed a success by organizers. The show, sponsored by the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council Inc. (IMHA-RVIC), ran Jan. 29 to […]

Winnebago Industries Inc. announced that its retro-styled Brave and Tribute have been named as RVBusiness 2015 RV of the Year. “I can’t think of a higher compliment than receiving this prestigious award from RVBusiness magazine,” said Winnebago’s Class A Gas Product Manager John Millis in a press release. “We worked extremely hard as a team at Winnebago […]

Private parks in several states across the country could face higher taxes, higher employee costs and earlier school start dates if the latest proposed legislation becomes law. “Using our monitoring of the StateNet database we are seeing a significant increase in the number of proposed bills affecting private park operations across the country,” said Jeff […]

(Feb. 3, 2015) — Demco is offering a couple show specials for dealers who purchase during NTP's The Expo this week in Las Vegas. Demco is offering show sale incentives on tow bar and Hijacker product line purchases.