Month: November 2015

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- Despite the growing hype around Small Business Saturday, the promotion developed by American Express that’s gotten some traction in the past few years, the nation’s small business owners aren’t really that happy a bunch, the Pacific Coast Business Times reported.

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- Kenya Wildlife Service is targeting couples as it seeks to rev up domestic tourism numbers by opening up less-visited national parks and reserves.

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- Sarah Nielsen, chief financial officer of Winnebago, commented, “Fiscal 2015 results were driven by strong performance in our class B and C motorized products as well as significantly improved results from the towables group, where both revenue and operating income grew."

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- There was a time when the bushland retreat was an old shack, or a converted bungalow set on a remote block where families could escape for the weekend. But now there's glamping.

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- Wellington, New Zealand, City Council is eyeing the middle of Kilbirnie for a campground as it scrambles to find suburbs happy to take campers.

(Nov. 27, 2015) -- A turkey fryer fire claimed a camper in Great Falls on Thanksgiving.

(Nov. 26, 2015) -- “We’re basically telling any company interested in coming in and developing in Liberty State that we will do everything we can to make sure the process goes exceedingly slow," Fulop told NorthJersey.com.

(Nov. 26, 2015) -- The law, approved in a 5-2 vote by the Santa Cruz City Council, bans the large vehicles’ overnight parking on city streets and lots from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., hours originally proposed as 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Recreational vehicle utility hookups and the vehicles themselves would not be able to impinge or block public rights of way, under the law.

(Nov. 26, 2015) -- The three-day show, produced annually by the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association, is expected to draw about 7,500 attendees and generate an estimated $6.6 million in local economic impact, the Courier-Journal noted.

(Nov. 26, 2015) -- Colorado joins Arizona, California, Kansas and Minnesota and other states, as well as a number of outdoor recreation retailers and other businesses across the country, in encouraging people to get outdoors following the Thanksgiving holiday.