Rick Kessler

By all accounts, Land ’N’ Sea Distributing Inc.’s RV & Marine Dealer Trade Show, held Oct. 18-19 at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, was a success. Officials for the Pompano Beach, Fla.-based company noted attendance was at least 20% greater than last year and exceeded their goal of 250 RV-specific dealership personnel in attendance […]

As part of Manufacturing Days in Indiana’s Elkhart County, a group of eighth-grade students from Northridge Middle School recently toured Coachmen RV plant No. 310 in Middlebury, Ind. From Oct. 2-11, Elkhart County Manufacturing Days provided nearly 2,000 8th grade students the opportunity to visit local production companies such as Coachmen RV to explore the […]

A record 15,000-plus people attended the 29th Annual Fall Detroit RV & Camping Show, hosted Oct. 3-7 by the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. The final gate attendance represents a 3% increase over last year’s show, which was a record crowd over the previous year, […]

Newmar Corp. is marking the grand opening of its new state-of-the art service center today (Sept. 25) in Nappanee, Ind. At the same time, dealer personnel and other members of the RV industry who attend the event will get a look at the manufacturer’s 2019 model year products. Newmar’s hours during the Elkhart RV Open House […]

“Synergy” might have been one of the more often used terms by officials during Thor Industries Inc.’s conference call with investors Tuesday (Sept 18) following the announcement earlier that morning that the firm had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Erwin Hymer Group (EHG), Europe’s largest RV manufacturer, for approximately $2.45 billion in cash […]

As it turns out, the acquisition of Jayco Inc. two years ago might have been Thor Industries Inc.’s most compelling asset during its negotiations to acquire Germany-based Erwin Hymer Group (EHG), a move that was announced today (Sept. 18). In both cases, said Thor President and CEO Bob Martin, family members for Jayco and EHG […]

America’s Largest RV Show, Sept. 12-16 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa., tallied a final gate attendance of almost 60,000 people, about 5,000 off of last year’s record-setting totals. But most exhibitors came away from the annual trade-and-retail exposition pretty impressed with the pace of sales and the crowds in general despite the looming […]

America’s Largest RV Show, one of the industry’s marquee consumer events hosted by the Pennsylvania RV and Campground Association at the Giant Center complex in Hershey, Pa., hadn’t yet reached the weekend, but already executives at Jayco Inc. and its Starcraft and Highland Ridge divisions were all smiles. Late in the afternoon on Thursday (Sept. […]

Gloomy weather forecasts may have prevented a record crowd yesterday (Sept. 12) for the opening day of America’s Largest RV Show, but officials said those who made it through the turnstiles were serious buyers with money “burning holes in their pockets.” (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. […]

Among other changes up and down its lineup, Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp., a towables and truck camper builder based in Lancaster, Calif., is introducing an all-new 2465 travel trailer at this year’s Elkhart RV Open House. Lance will also be moving its display at Open House from a lot next to the Chubby Trout restaurant, where […]