Month: April 2017

Patrick Industries Inc. will release first quarter financial results before the market opens on April 27.     The Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier will also host a conference call at 10 a.m. (EDT) to discuss results and other business matters. Participants on the call will be CEO Todd Cleveland, President Andy Nemeth and CFO Josh Boone.  On Feb. 16, […]

Region One of the Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA)  returns for its 22nd annual recreational vehicle show at the Lee County Sports Complex/Hammond Stadium in south Fort Myers April 21-23. According to a press release, the event features eight dealers from throughout Florida’s Gulf Coast and a variety of RV suppliers providing information on where […]

Extending its sport marketing efforts with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Columbus Blue Jackets, Kenda Tires announced that it will be an official partner of the Cleveland Indians through the end of the 2017 season.  Under the terms of the agreement, Kenda will receive TV-visible branded home plate signage as well as baseline signage, according to […]

(April 14, 2017) -- I received an email last night from RVIA that the association had uncovered financial misconduct involving a mid-level employee to the tune of $75,000. We don't know any of the details, nor do we know which employee was terminated as a result. This type of news is never fun to share, but it appears to me that RVIA squelched the problem before it became a major issue.

(April 14, 2017) -- This week’s guest is Mark Ellert, the president and co-founder of Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts. However, the company is expanding into the outdoor hospitality industry and is in the process of building several destination RV parks in Florida in the next few years. One resort in Tarpon Springs, Fla., will open in 2018 and another in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., in 2019. Ellert explains why Guy Harvey opted to get into the outdoor hospitality industry and what his staff is planning to do to really up the game and attract more families and children to their RV parks. One resort in Tarpon Springs, Fla., will open in 2018 and another in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., in 2019.

(April 14, 2017) -- A limited number of $40 single tickets were still available April 14, said B.J.Thompson, president BJ Thompson Associates and administrator of the annual industry-centric breakfast. A live webcast of the program is being planned.

(April 14, 2017) -- A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a $400,000 fire that destroyed more than a dozen RVs at Tom Stinnett RVs Wednesday, WLKY-TV reported. He was charged with a felony.

(April 14, 2017) -- In 2016, LCI collaborated with Goodwill through job fairs and hiring events that led to the employment of 38 individuals, many of whom were involved with LCI’s welding training program.

The Priority RV Network Annual Meeting was held Tuesday and Wednesday (April 11 and 12) at the M Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page). One of two independent U.S. RV dealer groups, Priority is a 19-year-old, member-owned collective comprised of […]

(April 14, 2017) -- In a blog last summer titled We Got Boosted I wrote about testing the weBoost 4G RV Cell Phone Signal Booster Kit, and I said then that in our 17+ years of fulltime RVing we have seen a lot of cell phone and Internet technology come and go, and in my opinion, that unit was the best and easiest to use I’ve ever seen.