Ben Quiggle Billings, Mont.-based Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) is adapting to a new way of operating, while also staying on top of COVID-19 issues so that it can provide help and resources to its more than 520 franchised parks spread throughout North America. Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM), a sister publication to RVBusiness, sat down recently with […]
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Dyana Kelley, the executive director of the CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance (CampCalNOW), is working to make sure her member parks can open their doors before Memorial Day, but the task has its challenges, according to a report by Woodall’s Campground Management, a sister publication of RVBusiness. A hope that an announcement might be […]
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Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI), the franchisor of more than 75 Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts in North America, is keeping a close eye on executive orders and directives to reopen the economy that vary from state to state and even county to county, according to Trent Hershenson, LSI’s vice president of marketing. He told Woodall’s […]
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As most states begin looking at plans to reopen their economies on some level amid the COVID-19 crisis, Go RVing, the 22-year-old marketing campaign to attract people to the RV lifestyle, is gearing up a new campaign that looks to encourage people to emerge from the stay-at-home restrictions with a desire to go camping. Karen […]
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Between writing letters to national, state and local officials, and advocating for the RV park and campground sectors, the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has been updating its coronavirus (COVID-19) blog and hosting weekly webinars to answer park owner questions related to the COVID-19 crisis. That has meant ARVC officials are being […]
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Many park owners were thrown into limbo on Friday (March 20) as some states including, New York, California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, saw government officials release orders that effectively closed parks in those states unless they were listed as an “essential service” due to the spread of COVID-19. David Balser, vice president of membership and […]
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Bobby Cornwell, executive director of both the Alabama Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (Alabama ARVC) and the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (Florida ARVC), reported that that both of the association’s members are being “strong and resilient” as they adapt to the changing environment bought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19). “Our members […]
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The CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance has rescheduled its Spring Summit to Sept. 29-30 to maximize attendance and avoid coronavirus impacts, according to CampCalNOW’s President Dyana Kelley. “We are rescheduling from spring to fall because we want to maximize attendance and ensure that we have a successful summit that benefits everyone in attendance. We’re […]
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The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) saw a record-breaking turnout at its annual National School of RV Park & Campground Management, held from Feb. 24-27 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Paula Horwitz, ARVC’s executive director of education and events, told WOODALLSCM.com that 85 individuals participated in this year’s school. Sixty-two students were in […]
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