Meet some of the Strong Women Driving Change within our Industry

The industry is made up of so many talented and dedicated females who drive thought leadership and innovation across active roles within industry boards and associations and as strong leaders within their respective organisations.  On International Women’s Day, Caravan Industry Association of Australia profiles seven exceptional females in our industry and shares their diverse backgrounds, experiences, thoughts and wisdom around the opportunities available within the Australian caravanning and camping industry.

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How to Use ChatGPT

One of the truths of the auto industry is that people buy stories, and they pay extra for good stories. Selling vehicles is all about crafting engaging stories, but all too often, the story is what dealers neglect the most. One of the biggest pain points in a dealership is writing the descriptions for the vehicles they sell, and the greater the dealership’s volume, the bigger a pain point this becomes.

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Caravan Industry Association of Australia launches the industry’s largest trade activity to support manufacturers, dealers, service providers and state industry caravan camping shows.

Launched February 1, Caravan Industry Association of Australia’s ‘Caravan to a Million’ promotion, in partnership with each of the trade associations, is already gaining momentum.

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Road 2 a Million proves a huge success, with its message resonating with Australians.  

Over 75,000 holidays amassing over 367,000 nights were recorded across the 1300 participating caravan holiday parks in the Road to a Million campaign this year—a cause for celebration for an industry that provides $27 billion to the Australian economy.

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Caravan Parks are gearing up for the Easter Holidays

The Easter Holidays are one of the busiest times for caravan and holiday parks. The long weekend – plus the week of school holidays – is the perfect size for people to hitch up the caravan—long enough to get out of the house but too short for a trip overseas.

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How becoming sustainable saved one resort owner thousands

Fiona Lidgett has been the owner of Townsville Eco Resort since 2014. In that time, she continued to make the park more sustainable for environmental and financial reasons. 

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Licensing not the answer for caravan safety

Calls for an additional towing licence requirement for caravanning continue to draw media attention.  Some would argue that on face value the idea has merit.  What is frustrating, however, is that while caravanning has been the front coverage for the calls based on publicly released accident data, which conveniently does not refer to caravan accidents yet implies it in the reporting, such an introduction would have wide-ranging impacts on all low ATM trailer towing – from your recreation box trailer through to boats and others, with no evidence on how licencing will solve the supposed problem at hand. It smacks of overkill, where other policy drivers, such as education incentives and subsidies, would be far more effective. 

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How Discovery Parks – Cradle Mountain matured its offerings

Discovery Parks – Cradle Mountain, through consistent improvements from park owners, has been able to mature its offerings. It is now an iconic park and a must see for travellers making their way through Tasmania.

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70 new camping and caravan sites for NT park

BIG4 Hidden Valley holiday park has added 70 caravan and camping sites ahead of the upcoming tourist season, bringing the number of its sites to over 300, putting the Federal Government Caravan Infrastructure Grant to good use.  

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CARAVAN INDUSTRY LOOKING FOR A FAIR AND BALANCED APPROACH TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Since September 2022, we have seen desires in the formation of policy by the Federal Government towards a low-emissions environment. 

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