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(March 27, 2012) -- SylvanSport, producer of American-made mobile adventure gear, today announced that Ultimate Campers, Australia’s leading off-road camper trailer manufacturer, as its exclusive Australian and New Zealand distributor for the award-winning SylvanSport GO.

(March 27, 2012) -- “The moderate decline was due solely to a less favorable short-term outlook, while consumers’ assessment of current conditions, on the other hand, continued to improve," said Franco. "The Present Situation Index now stands at its highest level in three and a half years, suggesting that despite this month’s dip in confidence, consumers feel the economy is not losing momentum.”

(March 27, 2012) -- Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Lodge Company, LLC will operate the Volcano House as well as Nāmakanipaio Campground, and other smaller locations within the park. The contract will be for a term of 15 years and a required minimum franchise fee, paid to the NPS, of six percent used to help maintain facilities and other critical visitor services.

(March 27, 2012) -- The 20th Annual Northwest Michigan Camper & RV Show, to be held March 30-April 1 at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center in downtown Traverse City, will have over 50 new recreation vehicles on display, including folding campers, travel trailers and fifth wheel travel trailers.

(March 27, 2012) -- Abare noted there are 23,000 campsites in Maine, of which a sizeable percentage are occupied by RVers who he implied may boycott the state if they face an additional tax for using an RV in Maine. Currently, the state collects a 7 percent lodging tax every night someone stays at a campground. At just $35 per night for a 100-night season, the state would lose more than $560,000 in lodging tax alone if RVers were to avoid the state, said Abare.

(March 27, 2012) -- Partnering with Pure Fishing, Encore and Thousand Trails kicked off the start of the spring fishing season in February with a month-long contest for three family fishing packages worth more than $500 each. Winners were selected March 1 from entries completed throughout February at www.RVonTheGo.com.

(March 27, 2012) -- It wasn’t the first time Texas Advertising had visited the Northeast Campground Association show, but the company wanted to continue AGS’ presence in the northeast. Additionally, AGS hopes to be on the slate of speakers at next year's show.

(March 27, 2012) -- Fun In The Shade custom RV awnings allows RV owners to promote their favorite college teams, companies, brands and causes as well as the American flag. People can even customize their awnings with pictures of of their family.

(March 26, 2012) -- On Thursday afternoon, 27-year-old Nicholas Giersdorf, the man who crashed his vehicle into Cruise America's showroom in 2011, appeared in court to face the family he injured and hear his sentence, reports KIRO Seattle.

(March 26, 2012) -- RV shipments to dealers rose sharply in February, climbing 31.8 percent above last month and up 24.2 percent ahead of this same month last year, the RV Industry Association reported today. The 24,600 units reported in the latest survey of manufacturers marked the best February total in four years for all RV products and raised the first two month’s total this year 15.2 percent above the same period one year ago.