Travis Pryor When Bruce Hopkins announced last winter that he was going to retire at the end of this year from his position as RV Industry Association (RVIA) vice president of standards, he might have thought that seemed like a long time away. But now that the time is just a few weeks away, he chuckles at […]
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A year ago at this time, COVID-19 was a distant murmur of yet another strange illness brewing in China. RV shipments were still slowly recovering from a drop-off and the RV Dealers Association (RVDA) was wrapping up another successful gathering of its membership at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. With all that has gone on […]
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For evidence that 2020 has been a year unlike any seen by the RV industry, one only needs to take a look at Thursday’s (Nov. 19) RV Dealers Association’s (RVDA) annual meeting. Rather than RVDA officials, dealer members and others gathered in a Las Vegas banquet room, the meeting took place online, with members seated […]
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Although he acknowledged the likelihood of a Joe Biden presidency starting in a few weeks, David Kemps, executive director of government relations for Morgan Stanley, said a full-blown Biden agenda probably is not on the immediate horizon. Kemps, who delivered “Bracing for Impact: How the Elections Will Affect Your Dealership” for the RV Dealers Convention/Expo […]
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The RV industry’s resurgence has yet to fully make its way to Canada, or at least that was the news yesterday (Nov. 17) at the RV Dealers Convention/Expo, which is taking place in a virtual format this year through Nov. 20 due to the pandemic. The 2020 Con/Expo is presented by RVDA, RVDA of Canada, […]
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Brad Stanek, financial advisor and senior vice president of The Stanek Group at Morgan Stanley acknowledges we live in “interesting times” as the Chinese proverb calls them. Speaking Monday (Nov. 16) in a session during the RV Dealers Association’s (RVDA) Virtual Convention/Expo, the sixth day of the virtual event that runs through Nov. 20 and […]
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A group of five of the industry’s top dealers gathered for a roundtable discussion that was presented as part of the RV Dealers Association’s (RVDA) Convention/Expo lineup on Thursday (Nov. 12), the fourth day of the virtual event that runs through Nov. 20 and is presented by the RVDA, RVDA of Canada and the Mile […]
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After a promising start to 2019, campgrounds across the United States and Canada quickly found themselves not only over their heads in the floodwaters of the COVID-19 outbreak, but seemingly struggling to come up for one last breath last spring. As Toby O’Rourke, president and CEO of Kampgrounds of America (KOA), told RVDA Convention/Expo attendees, […]
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A pair of hot-button issues took center stage during the first full day of educational sessions at the RV Dealers Association’s (RVDA) 2020 Virtual Convention/Expo on Tuesday (Nov. 10). Operating from Nov. 9-20 in a virtual format this year due to the pandemic, the Con/Expo is presented by the RVDA, RVDA of Canada and the […]
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Dealers logging into their accounts for the 2020 RV Dealers Association Convention/Expo, which has more than 1,000 attendees registered so far, got a special VIP greeting from actor/comedian Jeff Daniels of “Dumb & Dumber” fame. Daniels created a music video to commemorate his first RVing experience when he and his family rented a “28-foot Jayco” […]
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