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Trailer Life publications recently released its 2012 Trailer Life RV Parks & Campgrounds Directory. It is the official directory of the Good Sam Club, the world’s largest RV owners’ organization, and includes all Good Sam discount locations, according to a press release. In addition, the new directory provides expanded listings for more than 12,000 RV [...]

Effective immediately, Stephane Cordeille has been promoted to CEO of Thetford Corp. According to a news release, the announcement was made Jan. 24. “Thetford is a global company with very similar operations in the US and Europe,” said Cordeille. “Because of this, nothing changes for our customers and we will continue to make the best [...]

Best Parks in America (BPA), a national marketing and business development network serving the RV park, campground and outdoor recreation destination industry, announced the affiliation of Normandy Farms Family Campground, Foxboro, Mass.; Lakewood Camping Resort, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Twin Fountains RV Park, Oklahoma City, Okla. “The addition of these terrific parks to the Best [...]

The Recreational Park Trailer Industry Association (RPTIA) is surveying its 45 members on their opinion about reuniting with the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). Votes will be tallied the end of the month and the RPTIA board will go from there, RPTIA Executive Director William Garpow told Woodall’s Campground Management. An affirmative vote would put [...]

Confidence among U.S. consumers rose more than forecast in January to the highest level in almost a year, on signs of improvement in the job market. Bloomberg reported that the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment climbed to 75 from 69.9 at the end of December. The median estimate in a Bloomberg [...]

With springtime approaching, many motorhome travelers will begin preparing for the 2012 travel season. Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), an international organization for motorhome owners, realizes that destination planning and prepping the motorhome will be high-priority tasks. But it’s also a time of year when scores of owners begin to look for a new towed [...]

Camping World Inc. will expand its aftermarket parts and accessories store in Nashville, Tenn., with the purchase of the historic Nashville Nightlife Theater for $2.4 million. According to a report in The Tennessean, the theater, located about a mile north of the Opryland hotel, has hosted country music dinner shows the past 20 years. The [...]

A local realtor is hoping to capitalize on the convoy of motorhomes that arrives each year for the annual Southeast Area Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) Rally at the Hernando County Airport in Brooksville, Fla. According to a report in Hernando Today, many of those RVers travel south to escape the snow and cold of [...]

Indiana’s Elkhart County is holding out hope that Think, the electric car company that set up shop there, can be resurrected by its Russian owner. “We want them to be successful,” said Barkley Garrett, Elkhart’s economic development director, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. “We’d like to see them meet all their numbers. Certainly [...]

A new INdiana Business Council survey suggests the state’s business community is becoming more upbeat about the Hoosier economy. Seventy-six percent of respondents feel confident in the state’s economy in 2012, an increase of 11% over 2011. The survey, conducted by Indianapolis-based Walker in mid-January, also reveals a dramatic shift in the hiring outlook of [...]