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nuCamp RV Launches New Models at RVX show
nuCamp RV has launched several new models at the RVX show. Beginning in late 2015, nuCamp RV expanded operations of…
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K-Z RV Debuts Self-Sustainable Lightweight RV
K-Z RV recently debuted the award-winning Sonic X RV, which will be on display at booth No. 2700L at RVX.…
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Entegra Coach to Introduce E-Z Steer Tech
Entegra Coach, a division of Jayco, will debut its new E-Z Steer technology at this week’s FMCA International Convention and…
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Winnebago to Display New Additions to Lineup
*See additional photos below Winnebago Motorhomes and Towables is set to display new products at RVX: The RV Experience in…
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Thor Motor Coach to Tease Sustainable Class A
Thor Motor Coach is showcasing a Tuscany Class A diesel motorhome with sustainable energy in mind at the March 12-14…
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Gallery: Liberty Outdoors to Debut Two New Products
Liberty Outdoors will debut the beta version of its new Micro Max and Camp Rover at RVX. The Camp Rover…
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NHTSA: Winnebago to Recall 3,351 Units
Winnebago Industries is recalling certain 2012 to 2018 Winnebago ERA motorhomes. The overhead cabinet shelf may have been improperly attached,…
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Winnebago Names New Chair of its Board of Directors
Winnebago Industries has announced that David W. Miles has been appointed chair of the company’s board of directors, effective June…
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REV Group to Include WiFiRanger on Select Models
In a joint statement, REV RV Group and WiFiRanger have announced that “in-coach” private/secure local networking and Wi-Fi signal boosting…
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BMPRO Announces New Relationship with Jayco USA
An Australian manufacturer of power management systems for the RV industry, BMPRO, has announced its new relationship with Jayco USA.…
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Entegra Coach to Unveil New Reatta XL at FMCA
Entegra Coach will unveil the 2020 Reatta XL Class A compact luxury diesel at the Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA)…
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Gulf Stream Coach Wins Quality Circle Award
For the second year in a row, RV Dealers Association has awarded the DSI Quality Circle Award to the BT…
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SylvanSport VAST to Debut at RVX
SylvanSport announced it will reveal its new approach to compact travel trailers at RVX. The SylvanSport VAST is the result…
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REV Rec Segment Increases 5 Percent, Overall Revenues Down
REV Group has reported results for the three months ended Jan. 31, showing that consolidated net sales were $518.7 million,…
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Ford Transit Gets New Engines, AWD Option
Ford Motor Co. is freshening its Transit vans with new driver assistance technology and two new engines in the hopes…
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Thor Sees Sales Plummet 34.5% in 2Q, Downshifts Production
Thor Industries has announced its second-quarter results with net sales of $1.29 billion, compared with the record second-quarter revenue posted…
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Aliner to Unveil New Trailer and Camper at RVX
As Aliner celebrates 35 years, it is introducing two new additions to its product lineup: The 2020 Family Trailer and…
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TMC to Display Outlaw 38MB Toy Hauler
Thor Motor Coach will be displaying its Outlaw 38MB toy hauler with its patio deck, snap-in patio system, and three…
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Stealth Appoints Scheetz as President and COO
Stealth Enterprises has appointed Michael J. Scheetz as president and COO. In his new role, Scheetz will direct the senior…
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Gulf Stream Coach Announces RVX Sponsorship
Gulf Stream Coach has announced its sponsorship of RVX: The RV Experience, taking place Tuesday, March 12 through Thursday, March…
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Thor Motor Coach to Reveal Outdoor Adventurer at RVX
Thor Motor Coach will premiere the 2020 Magnitude SV34 Super C motorhome at RVX with a new 4WD option aimed at…
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Newmar Promotes McQuown to Exec Position
Newmar Corp. has promoted Matt McQuown to the position of vice president of supply chain and appointed him to its…
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Pleasure-Way Earns Quality Circle Award
Pleasure-Way Industries has announced that it is a proud recipient of the RVDA Quality Circle Award for 2018. It is…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone and Airstream
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2019 Dutchmen Endurance and 2017 to 2019 Dutchmen Voltage travel trailers. The tires may contact…
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Thor to Sponsor RVDA Dealer Lounge At RVX
Thor Industries will sponsor the RVDA Dealer Lounge at the RV Industry Association’s inaugural event, RVX. Centrally-located in the brand…
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VIDEO: Walorski Introduces Bipartisan Bill for Tariffs
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) recently introduced the Import Tax Relief Act, a bipartisan bill that would…
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Winnebago Awarded Iowa Tax Benefits
Winnebago Industries is getting state tax benefits to help consolidate jobs at its Forest City, Iowa, campus. This story by…
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RV Technical Institute Board of Directors Appointed
The first board meeting for the RV Technical Institute’s newly appointed board of directors concluded yesterday with an adoption of…
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Skyline Champion to Unveil Crystal Cottage at RVX
Skyline Champion Corp. will be introducing the new Crystal Cottage at the RVX show in Salt Lake City. “Over the…
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LKQ Fourth Quarter Revenue Reaches $3 Billion
LKQ Corp. has announced results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2018, showing fourth quarter revenue…
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Spartan Motors Reports 15 Percent Sales Increase
Spartan Motors has reported operating results for the fourth quarter and full year periods ending Dec. 31, showing sales increased $109…
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Community: Winnebago CEO Writes Letter to 12-Year-Old Boy
A year or two ago, the now 12-year-old Jacob Davies became interested in traveling and decided he wanted to live…
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Forest River Unveils New Digital Owner’s Guide
Forest River has partnered with Tweddle Group to create a new, 100-percent digital owner’s guide for its RV, marine and…
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Thor Motor Coach Launches Customer Care App
Thor Motor Coach has announced a new customer care app that runs with Togo, a technology company owned by TH2.…
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Torklift Crafts Frames for Homegrown Trailers
Torklift is partnering with Washington-based Homegrown Trailers by producing the frames for their towable Timberline model trailers. “Homegrown Trailers are…
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Forest River was Hit with $250,000 in Fines
The ABC57 Investigates team spent almost a year going over stacks of IOSHA inspection reports and talking to several current…
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Leisure Travel Vans Awarded 7th DSI Award
Leisure Travel Vans, a division of Triple E, has announced that, for the seventh year in a row, it has…
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RV Shipments Decreased 39 Percent in January
The RV Industry Association recently released the market report numbers for RV shipments in January. The RVIA January survey of…
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Second Half of 2018 Rough on Forest River
Berkshire Hathaway recently released its annual report, which contained information on the company’s Forest River subsidiary. According to the report,…
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VIDEO: Jim Hammill Says Hymer Family to Blame for Closure
In a recent CTV News story, former CEO of Erwin Hymer Group North America claimed that the Hymer family is…
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Winnebago Helps Laid Off Junction City Employees
When Winnebago decided to cut 220 jobs at its Junction City, Ore., campus early this month, warehouse lead Scott Miller…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Forest River and More
Forest River is recalling certain 2019 Forest River Forester and Sunseeker and Coachmen Leprechaun and Freelander motorhomes. The U-Bolts that…
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Cavco to Showcase Smart Park Model RV
Cavco has announced that it will showcase a smart park model RV at RVX, March 12-14, in Salt Lake City.…
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Cummins Appoints Four Vice Presidents
Cummins has appointed Cary Chenanda, Julie Furber, Diana Rey-Marrero and Shon Wright as vice presidents of the company. Chenanda is VP of Cummins Electronics and Fuel Systems, a technology…
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Braxton Creek RV Partners with Maverick Sales
Braxton Creek RV has formed an exclusive distribution agreement for the western U.S. with Maverick Sales, a newly formed company…
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Blog: RVDA Discusses Erwin Hymer’s Impact on Dealerships
Editor’s Note: This blog post that appeared on the RV Dealers Association website has been edited according to AP Style…
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Gulf Stream’s Envision Receives Praise at RV Shows
Gulf Stream Coach has reported that its new lightweight travel trailer, the Envision, recently stimulated traffic, high interest, and sales…
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Bowlus Road Chief Unveils Limited Edition On the Road
Bowlus Road Chief recently introduced the Limited Edition On The Road 26-footer. Like its 24-foot counterpart, the Limited Edition 26-foot…
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Newmar to Introduce Super C at RVX
Newmar recently announced that it will unveil its first Super C model at RVX at 2 p.m. ET on March…
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K-Z Hosts Another Successful Service School
In mid-February, K-Z conducted the spring session of its long-running Service School, hosting RV technicians representing dealers across the U.S.…
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Entegra Coach Expands Footprint
Expanding a highline motorhome brand – even in upbeat economic times – can be a challenge. The number of customers…
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Regency RV to Move Class B Production to Texas
Regency RV has announced it is relocating its newly acquired National Traveler Class B motorhome production line in Elkhart, Ind., to…
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Airstream, AT&T Partner for 4G LTE on All Units
Airstream and AT&T have joined forces to offer the more 4G LTE data plans specifically designed for any Airstream vehicle.…
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Dealer Satisfaction Index Manufacturers Named
The RV Dealers Association will honor RV brands built by 12 manufacturers with its Quality Circle Award during the RV…
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Braxton Creek and Victory Formation Sales Partner
Braxton Creek RV has announced that industry veteran Bill Westbrook and his company Victory Formation Sales have signed an agreement…
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Nissan, OPUS Camper Uses Second-Life EV Batteries
Nissan Energy and OPUS Campers have collaborated on a smart camping concept that uses second-life Nissan electric vehicle batteries to…
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Nearly 900 Erwin Hymer Employees Laid Off
About 900 people are out of work at Cambridge, Ontario-based recreational-vehicle maker Erwin Hymer North America, after the company filed…
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NHTSA: Recall Made for Sprinter Van
Daimler Vans USA is recalling certain 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter VS30 vehicles. The steering shaft that connects to the steering gear…
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Steel Fabricator to Hire Fired Winnebago Workers
A local steel fabricator in Eugene, Ore., wants to hire workers laid off by Winnebago in Junction City. This story originally…
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Leisure Travel Vans Names New Brand Ambassadors
Leisure Travel Vans is teaming up with Mike and Jennifer Wendland, who have an online community of more than 500,000…
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Forecast 2019: A Look at What to Expect
Businesses should enjoy brisk economic tail winds in 2019, according to economic experts, who say corporate profits will continue to…
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Thor Appoints Troy James to Senior VP Role
Thor Industries has appointed Troy James as senior VP of international operations. In this new role, James will lead Thor…
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Study: RV Market to be Worth $75 Billion by 2025
The global RV market was worth $54.6 billion in 2017 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of about 4.11 percent from 2017…
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Talin Introduces Mobile RV Repair Service
Talin RV has launched a mobile RV repair service which will serve multiple counties in Florida. The Florida-based RV company…
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NHTSA Recalls Return, Sprinter Airbags May Explode
Daimler Vans USA is recalling certain 2015 to 2017 Freightliner Sprinter 2500 and 3500 and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 and 3500…
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DexKo to Acquire Preston Chassis Industries
DexKo Global has signed an agreement to acquire Preston Chassis Industries through its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary AL-KO International. PCI has a…
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Jayco Honors Retiring Wilbur Bontrager
This blog appears on the Jayco website. The beginning of Jayco was truly a family affair. Bertha Bontrager still remembers…
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Company Boosts Tiny Home Production
Earth Gen-BioFuel has opened a MicroHab production facilities and taken advance dealer commitments. Resulting from its introduction of the MicroHab…
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Community: Liberty Raffle Backs HoldYou Foundation
Janine Pettit has been a brand ambassador for Liberty Outdoors since 2016, showcasing the company’s lightweight travel trailers to the…
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Winnebago’s Oregon Plant to Lose 220 Employees
More than 200 people will soon be out of a job as Winnebago says it’s shutting down production at its…
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Cummins Q4 Revenue Increases 12 Percent
Cummins has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2018, showing revenues of $6.1 billion, a 12-perent increase from the…
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NeXus RV Executive Retires
NeXus RV has announced the retirement of Mike Peterson, a 40-year veteran of the industry. Currently Peterson served as VP of…
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Trends: Chris-Craft, Winnebago Share Plans
Sarasota’s Chris-Craft and its owner, Winnebago Industries, have big plans. The blueprint for increasing the number of boat models Chris-Craft…
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K-Z RV Releases Customer Care App
K-Z recently unveiled a new customer care app. “RVing is about making memories, but ownership has practical considerations,” said Aram…
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Winnebago Transitions Motorhome Manufacturing to Iowa
Winnebago announced that it will shift Winnebago-branded Class A diesel motorhome manufacturing from its Junction City, Ore., plant to its manufacturing…
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Electric Motorhome Set to Launch in Europe
Germany’s Wohnmobile Outlet Factory GmbH recently introduced an electric motorhome said to travel 186 miles. This story by C.C. Weiss…
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RVX’s Reveal to Showcase RVs Years in the Making
The RV Industry Association recently reported how the RVX: The RV Experience’s “Reveal” will showcase some RVs that have been…
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Thor Expects to Close Hymer Acquisition Friday, Price Reduced
Thor Industries anticipates closing its pending acquisition of the Erwin Hymer Group on Feb. 1 with an expected price reduction…
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Horizon Global Lands New CFO
Horizon Global has named Barry Steele the company’s CFO, effective Feb. 18. Steele will have responsibility for the company’s global…
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RV Frame Pioneer Gabriel Grise Dies at 92
Gabriel Eugene “Gene” Grise, 92, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, at Goshen General Hospital after a long battle with asthma…
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Winnebago Chief Information Officer Details Goals
Jeff Kubacki has been a chief information officer for nearly a decade and a half, first as an interim-CIO at…
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Elkhart Area Susceptible to Automation, Study Says
The Elkhart-Goshen metro area is the third most likely in the country to be affected by automation, according to a…
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Newmar and Thor Motorcoach Among Companies to Close from Cold Weather
Extreme cold in the Elkhart County, Ind., area was forcing local businesses, schools and local governments to close their doors this week to keep…
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Annual Detroit RV Show Kicks Off Feb. 6
Details for the 53rd Annual Detroit RV & Camping Show sponsored by the Michigan Association of RV and Campgrounds (MARVAC)…
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Community: Airstream Partners with National Forest Foundation for Campsite Clean-up
Airstream recently announced that public campsites across the country will be tended to after the partial government shutdown thanks to…
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Marathon Hires VanKlompenberg and Prins
Marathon Coach welcomes Randy VanKlompenberg and Dawn Prins to its sales staff. “We’re excited to welcome Randy and Dawn into…
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VIDEO: CEO Dustin Johns on PDI and an Upcoming Reveal
In Part Two of RV PRO’s interview with Dustin Johns, CEO of Travel Lite RV, Johns talks about the company’s new…
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Country Coach’s Ron Lee Dies at 76
Lane County has lost another icon of its once thriving RV manufacturing industry. Ron Lee, who had been vice president…
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Motorhome Shipments Fell 32 Percent in December
The RV Industry Association’s December survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 28,363 wholesale shipments,…
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Airstream Launches Digital Ownership App
Airstream has announced a new ownership app that Runs with Togo, an RV technology company. The Airstream Care app helps…
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Middlebury Preps Town Water Supply for Winnebago
A project to connect a Winnebago factory to the town water supply passed the final hurdle this week at the Middlebury Town Council meeting…
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How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World
In my lifetime, I have gone from a Laissez-faire capitalist to a protectionist capitalist and then back to a freer…
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Jayco’s Ken Walters Adds Responsibilities
Ken Walters, formerly the vice president of sales and product development of Jayco’s Motorhome Group, will assume additional responsibilities for…
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TH2 Joint Venture Names Daniel Hest CEO
TH2, a joint venture between Thor Industries and Tourism Holdings Limited, has named travel industry veteran Daniel Hest as its…
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NATDA Examines State of the Trailer Industry
To prepare dealers for new heights in 2019, Statistical Surveys’ Jeff Jones will analyze the state of the trailer industry…
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Lance Campers’ Paul Harris Passes
This week, Lance Campers colleague and friend, Paul Harris passed away in his sleep at his home. Harris had retired from Lance…
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K-Z Debuts Sportsmen SE Series
K-Z recently debuted the all-new Sportsmen SE, expanding its most popular lineup to a new demographic. “SE is a well-appointed…
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VIDEO: Travel Lite RV CEO Dustin Johns Extols the Evoke, Pt. 1
On the second season premiere of In the Know with RV PRO, we sit down with Travel Lite RV CEO Dustin…
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Hymer Reviews North American Business Practices
Erwin Hymer Group on Monday acknowledged it is currently reviewing the business of Erwin Hymer Group North America. An initial…
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Jayco Makes Personnel Changes
Jayco Inc. has announced key personnel changes taking place in the product development team for the Jayco towable group. Matt…
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