Month: May 2016

(May 5, 2016) -- A camping trailer burned in a fire caused by cooking grease Thursday morning near Morning Star Resort Campground, according to the Stearns County, Minn., Sheriff's Office.

(May 5, 2016) -- Following the death of Vern Pearson in 1988, Beatrice remained active in the business and attended several RV industry events until the late 2000s.

(May 5, 2016) -- Members of the association were on hand to greet the guests and give them a 2016 Campground Directory of privately owned parks. A total of 1,332 s'mores were given out to the hungry crowd.

Two of Giant Recreation World’s three central Florida dealership locations will soon be relocating into larger facilities. In about a month, the Ormond Beach store will move into a new site just a few miles up U.S. 1 at the Destination Daytona complex on the I-95 interchange. Later this year the Melbourne location will open for business […]

The Tennessee Recreation Vehicle Franchise Act of 2016 was recently signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam. RVIA Today Express reported that the legislation was negotiated by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), Tennessee RV dealers, the Tennessee Automotive Association, the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission and the Tennessee legislature. The act removes the RV industry […]

PleasureLand RV Center Inc. announced that one of its co-founders, Beatrice Pearson, passed away early today (May 5). Pearson, along with her husband B. Vern Pearson, founded PleasureLand RV Center in November of 1971. The company is currently headed by Beatrice and Vern Pearson’s son, Dan, who serves as president and CEO. Following the death of […]

Grand Design RV Co. will host Ind. Gov. Mike Pence on May 12 for a private invitation-only ground-breaking ceremony at its campus in Middlebury, Ind., set to take place shortly after Pence addresses the RV Industry Power Breakfast at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in nearby Elkhart. On the heels of the recently completed 62,000 […]

Marcus Lemonis is well known for writing checks to fund small businesses as the star of CNBC’s “The Profit.” His company may soon receive a large cash infusion of its own. The New York Times reported that Camping World Inc., where Lemonis is chairman and CEO, is readying an initial public offering, people briefed on […]

(May 4, 2016) — Caravan Salon boasts new record figures. Due to the use of an additional exhibition hall, Caravan Salon Dusseldorf will be bigger than ever.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), producer of the California RV Show held every October at the Pomona Fairplex, and the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) are teaming up to promote California camping to more than 28,000 RVers, according to an announcement from CalARVC. The show is getting bigger every year and the exhibitor […]