CalARVC, RVIA Team up on Calif. Show Exhibit

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), producer of the California RV Show held every October at the Fairplex in Pomona, has teamed with the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) to promote California camping to the expected 28,000-plus attendees. According to a press release, Show Director Tom Gaither has redesigned the show layout [...]

Go RVing AWAY Campaign Heads into 3rd Year

Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in the Winter 2014 edition of RVIA Today detailing initiatives and plans for the Go RVing “Away” campaign in the coming year. On the heels of two successful years, Go RVing’s “AWAY” national advertising effort is back for a third campaign. Expanding the proven mix of integrated advertising in the nation’s [...]

Cequent Coupler Boasts 40,000-Pound Capacity

Cequent Performance Products Inc. (CPP) will feature a new Bulldog 3-inch ball gooseneck coupler at the 2014 National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) show, according to a press release “Our coupler meets the new demand for 3-inch high capacity gooseneck hitches,” said Todd Walstrom, vice president of CPP’s trailer group. “The coupler builds upon the [...]

Windish RV to Carry EverGreen’s Bay Hill Fiver

EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC announced that Colorado-based Windish RV Center has added the builder’s Bay Hill fifth-wheels at its Lakewood and Longmont locations. According to a press release, Windish RV’s 35-year history and ideal location, situated in the Rocky Mountain region just outside of Denver, has allowed the dealer to grow into the largest travel [...]

Roadtrek Again Stands as Class B Sales Leader

Roadtrek Motorhomes Inc. again ranked as the No. 1 Class B manufacturer in North America for 2013, according to data from Statistical Surveys Inc. According to a press release, Kitchener, Ontario-based Roadtrek has held the top spot among Class B manufacturers since 1990. In 2013, the builder captured close to 40% retail market share in [...]

Experts See Slight Lift in February’s Auto Sales

Presidents Day promotions and a slight warm-up from January’s unusually harsh winter weather may have helped U.S. auto sales improve this month, but probably not by much. Automotive News reported that high inventories and rising incentives are raising questions about whether the auto industry has lost some of its momentum as the critical spring selling [...]

Nevada County Gives OK on 222-Space RV Park

Nevada’s Clark County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a request from Mohave State Bank for a rezone of 22.1 acres, adjacent to Laughlin Bay Marina, to permit the development of a recreational vehicle park. According to a Laughlin Times report, plans include a 222-space RV park to be built in two phases: The first will [...]

EarthRoamer Integrates ‘GOST Security System’

EarthRoamer recently partnered with Global Ocean Security Technologies (GOST), incorporating the company’s high-tech security system into its XV-LT Xpedition Vehicle. According to a press release, the GOST Insight HD GPS IVR EarthRoamer package provides remote security, monitoring, tracking and video surveillance for the EarthRoamer XV-LT. The system will call/text up to eight phone numbers to [...]