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How KOA Brings the Small-town Touch to its Guests
Editor’s Note: Chris Mink, manager of the Value Kards Rewards program for Kampgrounds of America Inc., wrote the following story which appears in the current issue of Colloquy, the “voice of the loyalty marketing industry since 1990.” We like to say...Fierce Storm Terrorizes New York Campground
Click here to watch WTEN-TV’s telecast of the following story. A powerful storm early Sunday (July 18) devastated a campground near Albany, N.Y. WTEN-TV- Albany, reported large tree trunks snapped in half and splintered like matchsticks at the Aqua Vista...Thousand Trails Debuts New Zone Park Program
Thousand Trails is now offering unlimited access to many of its camping preserves through an annual Zone Park Pass launched in honor of Thousand Trails’ 40th anniversary. Starting at $499, pass holders can access between 18 and 81 properties a year, depending on which...County Encounters Snags in RV Park Takeover
This summer has been a season of change for the 90 acres of campgrounds and woods known as Sycamore Ranch near Marysville, Calif. Once a privately owned park for recreational vehicles, the site by the Yuba River has been a work in progress since Yuba County acquired...Saskatchewan Campgrounds See RV Invasion
Some Saskatchewan camping enthusiasts are unhappy with the increasing number of recreational vehicles encroaching on Saskatchewan campgrounds, CBC Canada reported. Jeremy Pilon is an avid camper with a bent for the traditional. For the past several days, he’s...Flooded Wisconsin Campground Reopens Quickly
Heavy rain forced Apple Creek Campground northeast of Green Bay, Wis., to evacuate on July 15, but now as waters recede the campground reopened over the weekend, WFRC News, Green Bay, reported. The campground is still showing signs of heavy flooding. However,...New RV Park Opens on North Carolina Coast
Click here to watch a video on the following story. Harkers Island, N.C., is best known as the gateway to Cape Lookout, and now there’s a new RV park in Harkers Island, News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, reported. The Cape Pointe RV Park opened its doors this weekend...New Owners Revive Once Struggling Campground
Four years ago, Mike Browder’s biggest fear was that the Grass Lake All Seasons Resort near Jackson, Mich., was going to be scooped up by some developer with big plans. His suspicions were dead on, but what the co-manager of the Holiday RV Campground...Alaska Campground Industry 'On Slow Upswing'
At Denali National Park and some other hot tourist destinations around Alaska this summer, cruise-ship visitors have dwindled. But a small rise of independent travelers is providing some new hope for the state’s tourism industry. Some tourism businesses are...KOA Moves Up List of Top Franchises
Kampgrounds of America, the largest system of open-to-the-public campgrounds in the world, has been ranked 21st in the list of Top 50 Franchises by Franchise Business Review. Each year, Franchise Business Review interviews franchisees from the top 500 franchising...InSites Early-Bird Registration Extended to Aug. 15
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has extended early-bird registration for its InSites Convention & Outdoor Hospitality Expo to Aug. 15. In an announcement this week, ARVC shad this to say: Good news ARVC members … we know that...
