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Conference Promotes Private Membership Camping
The 2010 Coast to Coast Conference, Feb. 16-18 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, is designed to help grow the RV park and campground industry by sharing and promoting best practices for sales and marketing in the private membership camping industry. Conference...Bed Bugs Biting Bakersfield RV Park Residents
Several residents at a Bakersfield, Calif., RV park say they’re being eaten alive by bugs. Residents renting trailers and mobile homes at the Oasis Village RV park say a bedbug problem has them itching with concern and frustration, according to KERO-TV,...Workamper News Plans Technical Training Program
Steve Anderson, editor of Workamper News/Workamper University, and Terry Cooper, “America’s RV Expert” of Mobile RV Academy, have joined forces and are now rolling out a new RV Technical Program to run over a 10-month period in 2010. Registrations starts...Second Annual 'CAMP College' Set for April 26
The second annual gathering for CAMP-College will be April 26 at Cherry Hill Campground in College Park, Md. CAMP-College is a special full day of education put on by Evergreen insurance for members of Campground Association Management Professionals (CAMP). CAMP was...Good Attendance at 46th PCOA Convention
The 46th Annual Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association (PCOA) Convention, held Dec. 7 to 9 at Split Rock Resort, Lake Harmony, Pa., was well attended, attracting 140 PCOA members from 76 member campgrounds, three prospective members and 67 exhibiting vendors,...Sunbelt RV Parks Gear Up for the Holidays
Most Snow Birds arrive at their winter destinations just after the holidays. But many Sunbelt campgrounds and RV parks are organizing dinners, dances and live entertainment to keep their guests entertained through the holidays. “We’re seeing more and more campgrounds,...Popular Alabama Campground Remains Closed
With floodwater from the Tennessee River still covering portions of McFarland Park in Florence, Ala., city officials are unsure when the popular, city-owned campground and picnic area might reopen. The river was expected to fall below flood stage Monday night (Dec....RV Park Opens for Winter Olympics Visitors
As the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, draw nearer, more RV parks are opening up to accommodate visitors. Whistler RV Park and Campground, located approximately 90 miles north of Vancouver, is renting out about 100 spaces for about $160 per...Quebec National Parks Start 2010 Camping Season
Starting today (Dec. 15), campers can reserve a campsite under the “ready-to-camp” option for the 2010 summer season in many national parks in Quebec. The ready-to-camp option features 130 Huttopia tents and 15 tent trailers, in 14 national parks that...ARVC: High Quality RV Parks Defy the Recession
Between 2000 and 2005, as real estate prices rocketed to unprecedented levels, developers pulled out their wallets and encouraged owners of RV parks and resorts to sell their properties because they wanted to replace them with shopping malls – all more lucrative uses...On the Line: KOA Shifts to Park Model 'Lodges'
Publisher’s Note: KOA Chairman and CEO Jim Rogers is arguably the industry’s most relentless marketeer. A former Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. executive, he has etched KOA’s yellow brand into the American psyche and now looks to change the face of KOA’s 463 parks...
