Editor’s Note: The following opinion piece appears in Forbes magazine and was written by Warren Meyer, CEO of Recreation Resource Management. Two weeks ago, on the exact same day, I took two seemingly contradictory actions: I held a conference call of all my...
Evanne Schmarder, principle of Roadabode Productions, founder of the Digital Marketing Workshop, and co-author of “Unconventional Wisdom Works: 25 Marketing Strategies to Build Your Outdoor Recreation Business Today” has been tapped to contribute to the...
Click here to listen to a 17-minute interview conducted for National Public Radio (NPR) by NPR’s Neal Conan with Andy Isaacson about his trek through the RV world, and the interesting people he met along the way. Freelance writer and photographer Andy Isaacson...
The storm that hit Springfield and Brimfield, Mass. on June 1, 2011, left a trail of devastation, the Cable News Network reported. One of the places heavily damaged was the Village Green Family Campground, where one person was killed, and 95 of the 97 trailers on the...
Representatives from Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort in Hilton Head, S.C., announced the successful launch of their new brand and national marketing campaign. The kickoff officially took place over the Memorial Day weekend with record-breaking crowds and...
The new partners who are working toward reopening the former Kentucky Kingdom amusement park said the facility is in bad condition and may not reopen until 2014. The Louisville Courier-Journal cited a development plan submitted to Louisville officials in reporting...
The “father of guerrilla marketing” and international bestselling author Jay Conrad Levinson, whose books have sold more than 21 million copies worldwide, will provide the foreword to Evanne Schmarder and Peter Pelland’s upcoming book “Unconventional...
For the second time in five years, the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) has given its Vendor of the Year award to Color Visual Concepts Inc., a family owned and operated printing company headquartered in Granbury, Texas. As TACO noted in a news release,...
Car campers in the national forest of the upper Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado will be required to take extra precautions with food storage because of the potential for conflicts with bears, The Aspen Times reported. The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District is drafting a...
Palomar Mountain State Park in Southern California, which was slated for complete and permanent closure this July, will be permitted to stay open for the next three years as long as local citizens are willing to cover the deficit between the park’s income and...
Bamboo Ridge Campground, a Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) franchise near Waterloo, Iowa, is slated for a July 4 opening. Bamboo Ridge convenience store manager Kim Frost has been taking calls for reservations ranging to mid-September, the Waterloo Cedar Falls...
The National Park Service is looking to create a new concession contract in Yellowstone National Park late next year, and it will ask the winning bidder to complete $134 million in improvements to visitor lodging and other services as part of the bargain. Outlined in...
