Month: January 2019

RV manufacturers submitted products into nine lifestyle categories. The consumer-focused judging panel will now evaluate and determine the top entries to represent each category. Source

“As we move further into winter, RVs are continuing to exhibit typical seasonal behavior. Both towables and motorized units are down slightly this month, but their rate of decline has slowed," said Lawrence. Source

“One of our key initiatives for 2019 is helping RV dealers identify opportunities for new revenue streams within their businesses,” said White. “DISH Outdoors’ easy-to-implement, easy-to-sell subscription services program aligns perfectly with that goal." Source

Darryl Searer was vacationing down in Florida when he got a call back in January 2012 that the RV/MH Hall of Fame was in danger of closing. As reported by the South Bend Tribune, the RV industry was barely two years removed from the darkest days of the recession when sales figures fell off the […]

While other national parks have faced damaging behavior during the government shutdown — sometimes severe enough to force them to close — the Grand Canyon has avoided it due to an agreement that keeps it up and running. The partial federal government shutdown, which began on Dec. 22, has forced furloughs of hundreds of thousands […]

Over 400 of the industry’s new RVs were submitted by manufacturers for The Reveal, the first-ever national media RV product launch to be held at RVX on March 12 in Salt Lake City, Utah. RVIA News & Insights reported that the Reveal, presented by DISH Network, is a completely re-imagined opening session that will unveil the industry’s best […]

Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that Lindsey Stults has been hired to direct the Elkhart, Ind.-based company’s business development within emerging markets. According to a press release, Stults attended Indiana University and began his career in 1986 with Babsco Inc., an electrical distributor to the RV and residential building product industries. In 1998, he started […]

Editor’s Note: The following column by Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) President Phil Ingrassia, appearing in the December issue of RV Executive Today, details the recently launched Recreation.Gov website. During last month’s RV Dealers Convention/Expo, members of RVDA’s board of delegates were briefed on several public land use topics by the Department of Interior’s Ben Cassidy, including […]

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said the U.S. central bank should put interest rates on hold as it waits to see how uncertainties about global growth, weakness in interest-sensitive industries and tighter financial conditions play out. “We should not take any further action on interest rates until these issues are resolved, for better, for […]

NTP-STAG announced that DISH Outdoors is the newest sponsor for the company’s 2019 EXPO, slated for Jan. 22-23 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. According to a press release, DISH will will host an RV University breakfast on Jan. 22 at 7:30 a.m. in the Presidential Ballroom. During the breakfast, DISH senior vice […]