Rick Kessler

Heading into its final weeks of post-production work, “RV Nomads: The Movie” is riding a wave of momentum lately, and that couldn’t make the film’s director, Tom Morton, any happier. Set to premiere this October via livestream from the sold-out NomadFEST event in Wellington, Texas, “RV Nomads” is a documentary-style feature-length film that chronicles the […]

It’s been 22 years in the making, but All Seasons RV Center in Yuba City, Calif., is in the middle of an eagerly awaited expansion project. Once completed sometime in mid-November, the dealership owned and operated by the father-son duo of Ernie and Darrel Friesen will have transformed four undeveloped acres of its property into […]

Judges in the aftermarket category for the inaugural RVBusiness RISE (Recognizing Innovation & Supplier Excellence) Awards program said the criteria guiding their decisions are simple: does the product “enhance the RV experience.” “I’m excited about the RISE awards because they provide a platform for shining a spotlight on some supplier products that deserve to be […]

The annual RV Aftermarket Executive Conference is underway at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Fla., with the highlights so far being the handing out of several awards as well as the release of a survey specific to aftermarket buying tendencies among consumers. Running Aug. 13-16, more than 250 people […]

With the company’s 50th anniversary front and center, the 49th edition of its Annual Jayco Dealer Homecoming got underway Monday (Aug. 12) at the Indiana Convention Center in Downtown Indianapolis with more than 400 employees, dealers and their families in attendance. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. […]

At about this time for the last 49 years, Forest City, Iowa, pretty much doubles its 4,000-person population when Winnebago owners and their families gather for the Grand National Rally (GNR). Under the theme of “Red, White, & W – 60 Years of an American Icon” to commemorate the company’s 60th anniversary, the rally is set […]

Next week’s television broadcast by NBC’s “The Today Show” from a Maine campground in a Winnebago Navion motorhome is the latest example of how perseverance and partnerships can pay off with national publicity. Early next week, ‘Today Show’ hosts Al Roker and Craig Melvin are driving a Winnebago Navion 24G – hand-picked by Roker – […]

The Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) announced Tuesday (July 10) the appointment of three people to its board of directors, including Terry Goddard, Ryan Krenek and Bob Rohn, who was re-elected. Goddard is a field sales representative at Tom Manning & Associates, a Michigan-based manufacturers representative firm for the RV and manufactured […]

Go RVing Canada, an offshoot of the 20-year-old U.S.-based Go RVing Coalition’s national marketing program, continues to add to its successful “Bring Back Wildhood” campaign for 2018. While it’s closely aligned with the U.S. program, Go RVing Canada was established to give Canada’s RV industry more creative independence in an effort to reach the country’s buyers.  […]

While details continue to be worked out, organizers of “RVX: The RV Experience” (RVX) say the event’s concept is beginning to catch on as more people understand it’s not so much a replacement for the now defunct National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., as much as it’s a completely new and “reimagined” industry-only event. […]