Month: September 2015

(Sept. 1, 2015) -- Ryan Elias, vice president and general manager of Triple E Recreational Vehicles/Leisure Travel Vans; and Jim Jacobs, president of Allied Recreational Group (ARG), were newly elected to three-year terms.

(Sept. 1, 2015) -- In the September issue of RV Consumer magazine, Mark Polk, co-owner of RV Education 101, discusses hitch receiver ratings vs. tow vehicle ratings as well as RV fall and winter safety awareness.

(Sept. 1, 2015) -- “Although the economy as seen through the eyes of America's small businesses has improved over the last year, recent trends show that small businesses overall are feeling less optimistic about the future," said Lieber. “Expectations about future economic conditions have been on a five-month decline, and hiring expectations have declined slightly since March.”

Campgrounds too often use site maps solely to communicate park rules and regulations when they can also be used as guest guides that showcase everything there is to see and do at the park and in the surrounding area. Realizing the often-untapped marketing opportunities that exist with site maps, Billings, Mont.-based Kampgrounds of America Inc. […]

Today’s video features a look back at the history of Airstream Inc. and its founder Wally Byam through the eyes of former employee Dale “Pee Wee” Schwamborn. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) members elected eight members to the Board of Directors in the association elections that took place in August. In the election for five manufacturer seats, Paul Cassidy, vice president of sales and service for Roadtrek Motorhomes Inc., Jack Cole, president of Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. and Tim Tiffin, general manager […]

Patrick Industries Inc. announced today (Sept. 1) that it has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Edwardsburg, Mich.-based North American Forest Products Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, North American Moulding LLC (collectively, “North American”). The Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier reported in a news release that North American is a major manufacturer […]

Frank Hugelmeyer, the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) president-elect since joining RVIA on July 13, will take the helm as the association’s new president on Oct. 1. He succeeds Richard Coon, the longtime RV industry veteran who has served as president for the past 10 years. During his opening weeks at RVIA, Hugelmeyer has been working […]

Editor’s Note: To view a slideshow from the opening weekend at Caravan Salon scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. The Caravan Salon 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany, which started Aug. 29 and runs through Sept. 6 and will welcome some 175,000 visitors, is one of the world’s largest consumer RV shows. According […]