Sherman Goldenberg The 2020 Elkhart RV Open House will take place the week of Sept. 21-25 in and around Northern Indiana’s RV-building zone immediately after the Sunday finale of the Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle & Camping Association’s (PRVCA) Hershey Show, which is currently scheduled for Sept. 16-20 at Hershey’s Giant Center, Pete Liegl, CEO of Forest River Inc. […]
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One of the more intriguing news stories at this year’s Florida RV SuperShow, held Jan. 15-19 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, had to do with new “Peak 9” truck campers and travel trailers on display at the Travel Lite Inc. display. The truck campers, designed to fit short-bed trucks, feature molded front caps, […]
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Dometic is taking its “Mobile Living Made Easy” tagline to a whole new level in February with the launch of an invitation-only Arizona show that is, from all appearances, unlike anything the industry has seen before from its supplier ranks. The publicly held, Swedish-based firm plans to hold its first-ever “Dometic in the Desert” supplier […]
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Selecting RVBusiness Magazine’s annual “Newsmaker of the Year” wasn’t an easy task this time around because there were several viable options including the RV Industry Association (RVIA) for spearheading the development of a groundbreaking new RV Technical Institute (RVTI), Winnebago Industries Inc. for its surprising acquisition of respected Northern Indiana motorhome builder Newmar Corp., and Thor Industries Inc. — 2018’s Newsmaker — for […]
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The biggest show in the RV-building hub of Elkhart, Ind., this week is the Airxcel Product Showcase, a product-centric business soiree geared specifically for recreational vehicle manufacturing personnel that ran Tuesday (Dec. 10) and continues until 4 p.m. today at the LEX 530 Metropolitan Event Center located at 530 E. Lexington Avenue in downtown Elkhart. […]
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New Cavco Industries Inc. President and CEO Bill Boor isn’t a newcomer to the RV park and campground sector, having several years on Cavco’s board of directors and previously playing a strategic role with a former Cavco parent firm Centex Homes. Still, he’s not that well known among the rank-and-file campground operators, a record number […]
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The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds’ (ARVC) Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo (OHCE) closed out its action-packed schedule last night (Nov. 7) with an awards dinner and ARVC Foundation auction at the Knoxville Convention Center in Tennessee. And while the estimated 720 attendees — a 40% increase over 2018’s conference — presumably came […]
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Some things never change. And that’s a good thing in the case of Bob Tiffin, the legendary founder of Red Bay., Ala.-based Tiffin Motorhomes Inc., who built his first Tiffin Allegro Class A motorhome nearly 50 years ago and continues to interface with consumers on a regular basis – especially at rallies and shows. So, […]
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The 67th Annual California RV Show’s first weekend at its new home at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana went exceedingly well, according to several sources RVBUSNESS.com was able to contact this morning (Oct. 7) including RV Industry Association (RVIA) Western Show Director Tom Gaither. The show, which runs through next Sunday, was originally held […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is a column by RVBusiness Publisher Sherman Goldenberg offering an analysis of this year’s edition of the Elkhart RV Open House. In the week since the Elkhart RV Open House closed down and dealers returned to their hometowns from coast to coast, one of the most compelling takeaways from this year’s […]
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