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CRS Touts 'Wet and Wild' Zoom Floom
A simple dirt hill is what inspired Ron Romens, founder and president of Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS), to create Zoom Floom – the world’s first portable, inflatable water slide. Zoom Floom quickly turns most any hillside into a wet and wild activity for...PCOA Announces Spring Meeting Schedule
The Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association (PCOA) has announced the schedule of its spring regional campground meetings. According to the current issue of The PCOA News, both members and non-members are encouraged to attend. Reservations need to be made with the...RVIA Offers Data to Address Fuel Price Questions
With gas prices once again on the rise, the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has collected positive data and RV travel savings information to use in responding to media questions that may be asked of industry spokespeople in the coming months. With the...GO RVing Vignettes Entertain, Inform Consumers
Custom-produced RV travel and camping vignettes will be a key element of Go RVing’s all-new “AWAY” campaign launching in February. There will be a dozen vignettes airing on popular networks throughout the year, including SPEED, Great American Country, the Cooking...Non-Profit Offers to Run Some California Facilities
A non-profit group is seeking to prevent closure this summer of Austin Creek State Recreation Area in Guerneville, Calif., and also restore services at several beaches and campgrounds along the Sonoma County coast. As with other proposals to save state parks from...Police: RV Park Killer Had Dark History
A Port Orange, Fla., man authorities say went on a deadly rampage last week at a South Florida recreational vehicle park, gunning down a stranger and stabbing his 9-year-old son to death before taking his own life, threatened to kill his wife nearly five years ago,...Elkhart County RV Open House Set for Sept. 18-20
North America’s two largest RV manufacturers, Thor Industries Inc. and Forest River Inc., jointly announced Feb. 10 that Elkhart County’s 5th Annual RV Open House Week will be held Sept. 18-20 throughout the northern Indiana RV-building center, RVBUSINESS.com has...AGS's Wallboards in More Demand Than Ever
AGS Guest Guide Services, a market leader in the guest guide industry, continues to provide high-quality wallboards to RV parks to great fanfare, according to a news release from parent company Texas Advertising. Each RV park or campground directory that is marketed...South Carolina Parks Seek Self-Sufficiency
South Carolina has set a goal that no other states have been able to consistently achieve: creating a self-sustaining park system. Gov. Nikki Haley asked Duane Parrish, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism director to get the Palmetto State’s 49 state parks...Improvements Noted at Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park, the 5-million or 6-million-year-old granddaddy of Arizona tourism, logged 4.3 million visitors last year. Rangers say that’s a dip of 3.7% from the year before, but the canyon remains among the nation’s most visited parks. And...Ocean Lakes Announces Beach n' Boogie Events
Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will host its 12th Annual Beach n’ Boogie Weekend Feb. 17-18. The family-friendly event will feature great beach music, food and activities for all ages, according to a news release. There will be live music...
