Month: June 2016

Class A motorhome builder Newmar Corp. recently named its list of dealers being recognized for providing excellent customer service over the past year. According to a press release, the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Award is presented to dealers who scored in a predetermined percentile based on results from customer surveys. Fourteen Newmar dealers earned the award […]

Cruise Inn has “strengthened its foothold” in California with the addition of Shadow Hills RV Resort, the company reported in a press release. Located in Indio, Shadow Hills RV Resort is a five-diamond, family-owned and operated resort in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area. It is situated just off of Interstate 10, directly across from Sun City Shadow […]

A publicly traded Chinese company’s investment of $2 million in a Reno-based startup that makes lithium-ion batteries is expected to accelerate expansion of the manufacturing capacity for Dragonfly Energy Corp. According to a news release, Dynavolt Renewable Power Technology Co. Ltd. invested $2 million to acquire 2 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock in Dragonfly […]

Tiny houses may be the darlings of the green-living set — with their own blogs, TV shows, documentaries and cottage industry builders, planners, and consultants. But, according to a report by Sightline.org,  they’re usually illegal. Across the Pacific Northwest, to pass legal muster, residential structures must comply with one of three sets of rules: building codes, manufactured […]

Don Clark, president of Grand Design Recreation Vehicles LLC in Middlebury, Ind., has won the Ernst & Young (EY) Entrepreneur Of The Year award for the Hospitality and Leisure category in the Ohio Valley Region. (To view the video scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page). Clark and other regional winners move on […]

The U.S. economy will likely take a modest hit from the United Kingdom’s vote last week to leave theEuropean Union, but the episode is expected to produce some winners as well as losers. USA Today reported that the market turbulence generated by the referendum is already prompting some businesses to rethink hiring and investment plans. […]

Larry Kelsey began work at Traverse City, Mich.-based Nature & Me RV in 2010. The dealership has sold record amounts of recreational vehicle every year since. According to a Record Eagle report, Nature & Me RV aims to sell around 250 RVs this year, Kelsey said. Last year’s number to beat was just over 200. […]

(July 28, 2016) -- The heavy-duty weatherproof SmartPlug is designed to literally snap and lock into place without twisting to provide a more secure electrical connection that prevents overheating and reduces fire risk.

A controversial plan to test the idea of allowing more privately operated recreational and hospitality facilities to be developed in state parks is positioned for a vote by the Pennsylvania House as early as Tuesday (July 5). PennLive.com reported that despite the criticisms and mounting pressure from the environmental and conservation communities to scuttle the legislation, Rep. […]

(June 28, 2016) — Xantrex collaborates with HollyNorth, a Burnaby-based supplier to the film and entertainment industry, to create a Zamboni using a modified golf cart – a Fanboni, for the city’s National Hockey League (NHL) team.