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The board for the Southeast Area Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) decided Tuesday (Jan. 28) to move its annual winter rally from Florida’s Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport to the Sarasota County fairgrounds next year. As reported by the Tampa Bay Tribune, the organization’s president, Jim Duncan, said the decision to leave the airport site after 16 [...]

Wildwood, Fla.-based Alliance Coach RV Sales and Service announced the promotion of Jennifer Germain to the position of business development coordinator. According to a press release, Germain has extensive experience in RV sales, customer relations and promotional advertising. Since joining Alliance Coach in April 2011, she has held various positions and demonstrated excellent project management [...]

The Good Sam RV Travel Guide and Campground Directory has announced 2014′s Top Rated RV Parks. Awarded perfect 10/10*/10 ratings, these 101 RV parks and campgrounds feature the most desired amenities, cleanest facilities and most attractive properties and locations. Long considered the Gold Standard by RVers, the ratings given to these top rated RV parks [...]

The 48th Annual Detroit Camper & RV Show will roll out Feb. 5-8 in Novi at the Suburban Collection Showplace, featuring more than 275 units and 50 manufacturer brands. Sponsored by the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC), the show will feature all types of new 2014 recreation vehicles, along with an array [...]

U.S. consumer confidence has risen to its highest point since August on the strength of a brighter view of the job market and business conditions. The Associated Press reported that the Conference Board, a business research group, said its consumer confidence index rose to 80.7 in January from a December reading of 77.5. It was the second [...]

The jobless rate in Indiana’s Elkhart County, home to the RV industry’s manufacturing hub, continues to tumble. According to a report by the Elkhart Truth, the county’s jobless rate fell to 6.7% in December, its lowest level since June 2008, according to state figures released Tuesday, Jan. 28. The county’s 6.7% rate was down from 7.6% unemployment in [...]

The good news Idaho Parks Director Nancy Merrill had for lawmakers at the department’s budget hearing this morning: Idaho has sold more than 95,000 of its new parks passports in the first 12 months of sales, “bringing in over $1,077,000 – and that’s new money for the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation.” As reported [...]

Based on new figures on recreational vehicle sales in 2013, Florida RV dealers say attendance at the Jacksonville RV MegaShow next month could reach pre-recession levels of more than 12,000 over the four-day event. The Florida Times-Union reported that RV sales projections have held up, led by sales growth for towable RVs and pricier stand-alone [...]

RV Tech Tips, a new newsletter from RVtravel.com, will debut in late February. The twice monthly online publication will be edited by certified RV technician Chris Dougherty of Springfield, Mass. Dougherty is the editor of the blog RV Maintenance Tips and a frequent contributor to a number of consumer and trade websites and printed magazines. With the [...]

The board for the Southeast Area Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) decided Tuesday (Jan. 28) to move its annual winter rally from Florida’s Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport to the Sarasota County fairgrounds next year. As reported by the Tampa Bay Tribune, the organization’s president, Jim Duncan, said the decision to leave the airport site after [...]