News Archives
CONY Welcomes New Exec. Director Emily Simmons
Emily Simmons has started work as the new president and CEO of the Campground Owners of New York (CONY), replacing Donald G. Bennett, Jr., who managed the 60-year-old association since 2006. Simmons assumed her new position on May 1, although Bennett and his...TACO Wraps Up Record Convention and Trade Show
If anyone needs convincing about the current strength and growth potential of the campground and RV park business, the recent Spring Meeting and Trade Show of the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) was certainly a good indicator. TACO’s April 25-26...
Alaska Park Owners Face Challenges and Rewards
Alaska may be one of the hardest places to own and operate a campground. It not only has one of the shortest camping seasons in North America — too short for most park operators to survive on campground income alone — but its remote location requires RVers and other...
Koep Focuses on Websites During CalOHA Session
Mark Koep, CEO of CampgroundViews.com, raised some interesting questions for park operators Wednesday (March 29) during his digital marketing session at the California Outdoor Hospitality Association’s Summit in Roseville, Calif. Close to 70% of consumers visit...
DAY 2: CalOHA Summit Focuses on Education
Is it wise for private park operators to consider the people they rely on to perform ongoing park management or maintenance services as independent contractors? Not in California. “They’re not contractors, but we keep treating them as if they are,” said Dyana Kelley,...Janine Pettit Turns Love of RVing into ‘Girl Camper’
Janine Pettit is known as the “Camper-in-Chief” to the women who engage with the Girl Camper website, her national network of Girl Camper guides and her quarterly Girl Camper Magazine. She has been inspiring and empowering women to “Go Places and Do Things” — her...
Open Road Resorts Continues Investments in Parks
Open Road Resorts LLC is a four-year-old, Heath, Texas-based company that owns and operates an attractive portfolio of four campgrounds in some of the most sought-after locations in the country. One of its parks, Red Rock RV Park in Island Park, Idaho, is in a scenic...
