Rick Kessler

The 6th Annual Knoxville Smoky Mountain RV Show, held Jan. 9-11 at the Sevierville Convention Center in Sevierville, Tenn., was “off the charts” according to organizers, who reported pre-show website traffic was up 47%, attendance was up 37% and sales were “probably up 100%.” The Knoxville show was “phenomenal,” summed up the show’s manager, Rob Lynch of Fairfield, Ohio-based […]

News in January that Airstream Inc. was receiving a $100,000 economic development grant from JobsOhio, the state’s private development arm, came as a reminder to some in the RV industry that the Jackson Center, Ohio, manufacturer is well underway on a $5.9 million construction project adding 94,000 square feet of production capacity at the company’s […]

The 39th annual Ohio RV Supershow, which claims to be the nation’s largest indoor RV show, more than lived up to its billing. Organizers reported that more than 50,000 people came to the IX Center Jan. 7-11 in Cleveland to see more than 700 RVs on display in the IX Center and its 1 million square feet […]

News in January that Airstream Inc. was receiving a $100,000 economic development grant from JobsOhio, the state’s private development arm, came as a reminder to some in the RV industry that the Jackson Center, Ohio, manufacturer is well underway on a $5.9 million construction project adding 94,000 square feet of production capacity at the company’s […]

If the first of three RV shows hosted by the North Carolina RV Dealers Association (NCRVDA) is any indication, 2015 is shaping up to be a banner year in the Tar Heel State. Attendance was up 36% over last year at the NCRVDA Show in Greensboro, held Jan. 2-4 in the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The NCRVDA […]

Despite one less day than the normal four-day run, officials are still pleased with attendance at the South Texas RV SuperSale, held Jan. 2-4 in Expo Hall at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. The SuperSale, hosted by the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association (TRVA), traditionally begins on a Thursday and runs through the weekend. However, because […]

Middlebury, Ind.-based Grand Design RV Co., makers of the Momentum and Solitude fifth-wheels and Reflection fifth-wheel and travel trailers, will be introducing an ultra-lightweight, mid-priced travel trailer later this year that will take the company into a whole new towable category. President and CEO Don Clark, who co-owns the two-year-old company with partners Ron and Bill […]

Middlebury, Ind.-based Grand Design RV Co., makers of the Momentum and Solitude fifth-wheels and Reflection fifth-wheel and travel trailers, will be introducing an ultra-lightweight, mid-priced travel trailer later this year. President and CEO Don Clark, who co-owns Grand Design with partners Ron and Bill Fenech, told RVBUSINESS.com the company is adding a fourth production line […]

During the holidays, employees at Pleasant Valley Teardrop Trailers in Sugarcreek, Ohio, were busy moving down the road to their new $2.5 million, 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The extra space is about five times the size of its former 12,000-square-foot plant about a quarter of a mile away. The move came in response to the fifth consecutive […]

Editor’s Note: The following is an editorial appearing in the Goshen News assessing the economic outlook in Indiana’s Elkhart County. For the full story click here. As 2014 draws to a close and we consider what the year has brought to Goshen, Ind.-area residents, the word “prosperity” comes to mind. As many benchmark statistics show, the […]