Camping and RV News and Press Releases
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January 3, 2022
The Haugen RV Group Adds to Portfolio
Salt Lake City-based dealership group the Haugen RV Group has announced its purchase of Crater Lake RV in Klamath Falls, Ore. A purchase price was not disclosed. The Haugen RV Group also owns Legacy RV in Salt Lake City and Bonne Terre, Mo.; Funtime RV in Tualatin and Sandy, Ore.;...
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January 2, 2022
This Expanding $2.4M ‘Mobile Estate’ RV Used to Be Will Smith’s Movie Set Trailer
Smith could literally and figuratively raise the roof in this 1,200-square-foot behemoth, which is as big as some full-time homes and includes a 30-person screening room. Today, you can rent it for a mere $9,000 per night from Anderson Mobile Estates, based in Elgin, Texas. This double-decker RV sits on...
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December 28, 2021
Chip Shortage Expected to Remain ‘Complicated’ in 2022
The global microchip shortage cost the auto industry millions of lost vehicles and billions in lost revenue last year. The latest estimates have the problem lingering through the first half of 2022. RV Business
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December 27, 2021
Sun Outdoors Acquires LSI, Franchisor of Jellystone Parks
It was announced Tuesday (Dec. 21) to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees that Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI), the franchisor of more than 70 Jellystone Park locations in North America, had been acquired by Sun Outdoors. Sun Outdoors currently owns more than a dozen Jellystone Park locations. Woodallscm
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December 25, 2021
Thor works to dominate EV RVing
While the possibility of smaller electric-powered motorhomes moves closer to reality, travel trailers are a different story. But industry gorilla Thor is making a move to dominate EV RVing in the towable market. Now Thor has announced it has signed on the dotted line with with ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF),...
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December 23, 2021
Magnificent motorhomes and large camper vans of 2021
It was officially "The Year of the RV," and the US RV Industry Association (RVIA) didn't even need to wait for the year to end to declare it. It was over by October, at which point the 510,608 shipped towable and motor RVs surpassed 2017 numbers for a new record....
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December 23, 2021
Hundreds of Consumer RV Shows on Tap in 2022
As an eventful, record-setting 2021 winds down, we head into the new year with a full calendar of in-person RV shows – there are no less than 41 shows in January alone. Woodallscm
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December 23, 2021
THOR Industries Announces Binding Mou with ZF Friedrichshafen AG for Global Electric Trailer Systems
ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 23, 2021 -- THOR Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) announced the execution of a binding Memorandum of Understanding with ZF Friedrichshafen AG ("ZF") which outlines the parties' joint development of a proprietary high voltage electric drive system for towable recreational vehicles ("eTrailer System"). The development driven by THOR and...
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December 23, 2021
How Amazon’s CamperForce program doubled this year, adding jobs for seasonal workers who live on the road
Five nights a week from December through February, Shay Machen and America Martinez take off from their Mississippi campground for an overnight shift at Amazon, leaving their two kids and two dogs with Machen’s parents. This is Machen’s fourth holiday season with Amazon, and Martinez’s fifth. After losing their jobs...
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December 22, 2021
FBI Seeking Potential Victims in Grand Canyon NP Voyeurism Investigation
Between November 2018 and September 2020, visitors to several inner-canyon restroom facilities may have been filmed or photographed without their knowledge. The FBI and National Park Service Investigative Services Branch are looking to identify victims who were filmed covertly at the Grand Canyon’s Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Trail, North Kaibab, and...
