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Victorian Caravan Parks Association Award for Employee Achiever of the Year 2017
At the recent Victorian Parks Association Gala Dinner, Bianca Hurn was the deserving recipient of the Employee Achiever of the Year 2017 Award presented by MHIA. Bianca has kindly taken the time to share with us a bit about the initiatives that she has taken as Operations Manager at Murray River Holiday Park which led […]
More overseas visitors are caravanning and camping across Australia
More than ever visitors from Europe and the USA are exploring Australia traveling beyond our cities to caravanning and camping throughout the country. The latest data from Tourism Research Australia shows that Australia’s international caravan and camping visitor economy continues to grow strongly up to the end of the June 2017 financial year. The latest […]
New Road Vehicle Safety Act to be introduced
Caravanning Industry welcomes Government moves to strengthen trailer safety standards. Caravan Industry Association of Australia warmly welcomed the announcement by the Commonwealth Government, that it will introduce a Road Vehicle Standards Bill into Parliament before the end of the year. The announcement after a four-year review and consultative process of the 1989 Motor Vehicle Standards […]
National TV Caravan & Camping Promotion
Sunrise are going on a Caravan and Camping Road Trip Caravan Industry Association of Australia and Channel Seven’s top ratings show ‘Sunrise’ continue their successful relationship. This September as the season changes to Spring and Australians start to think about Summer Holidays again, the popular Sunrise weather host Sam Mac will take a caravan and […]
Latest Industry Sentiment Research Shows Caravan and Camping Industry Remains Well Positioned in Challenging Environment.
Trump. War. Interest Rates. The three most commonly cited themes that were front of mind for our industry representatives when asked about how they see the future of the Australian economy and the caravan and camping industry in the latest industry sentiment survey conducted in April. This is a considerable shift from the collective focus […]
Franklin Expands Through Govt Funding
Concept Caravans has continued it’s managed expansion with the official opening of their new dedicated manufacturing facility for their Franklin brand at Barry Road, Campbellfield on Friday 28th July. The new facility was partly funded by the MNIIF grant program (a Federal and State Government initiative in conjunction with Ford Australia to encourage investment and employment […]
National TV Promotion a huge Success
The Channel Ten ‘Studio 10 ‘caravan and camping road trip was a huge success, which resulted in over 10 hours of live TV from Caravan Holiday Parks positively promoting the caravan and camping lifestyle. The media value for the week was worth over $5.5 million dollars. The hosts and the crew of the show were […]
Latest Caravan and Camping Visitor Snapshot
In the year ending March 2017, a total of 11.58 million caravan and camping overnight trips were undertaken by Australians, which represents a 1.1% decrease from the previous year. This decline in numbers is largely attributed to a seasonality issue where Easter fell in March in 2016 and April in 2017. As such, the current […]
Caravan Park Holidays Featured Nationally on Sunrise
Caravan parks are enjoying plenty of exposure on national television this week with school holidays soon to kick off around the county. Channel 7’s Sunrise also wanted to showcase Australia’s favourite family holiday, so we sent them to Ocean Beach Holiday Park to film a spot about the best school holiday getaways. Once again putting […]
Real Richness Australia
Real Richness Australia explores the social benefits of camping in Australia. It is based on a similar report conducted in the United Kingdom in 2011. It draws a comparison between Australians who camp and those who do not, and asks campers what they love so much about camping experiences that they have had. Some of the […]
Caravan and Camping State of Industry 2017
The Caravan and Camping State of Industry 2017 is a comprehensive review of all caravanning and camping tourism figures, recreational vehicle manufacturing and caravan and campervan registration statistics for 2016. This is discussed in context with the national economy along with historical industry trends to help inform industry of the current situation and the trajectory […]
Caravanning and Camping Consumer Demand Report
The 2017 Caravanning and Camping Consumer Demand Report is the first in an annual series of research measuring consumer preferences, behaviour and intentions in a domestic setting. This report helps to identify opportunities within the Australian caravanning and camping market and inform the industry of the customer decision-making process, consumer behaviour and likelihood of future […]
Caravan Parks Take Centre Stage on Studio 10 This Week!
Tune in between 8:30 and 11am, Monday to Friday to catch all the fun! Watch Studio 10 this week to catch Caravan Industry Association of Australia’s latest initiative to place caravan holiday parks top-of-mind for Aussie holiday makers. The entire show will be live broadcast from Caravan holiday parks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, plus […]
Caravan Park Lifestyle to Feature Nationally on Studio 10
Caravan Industry Association of Australia are taking the whole Studio 10 team caravanning and camping. David (Robbo) Robinson, Sarah Harris, Joe Hildebrand, Denise Drysdale, Jess Rowe and a host of special guests will be sharing the wonderful qualities of caravan park environments with their national audience, timed around the school holidays. Tune in between 8:30 […]
China has arrived and is seeking out the great Aussie camping trip
The first quarter of 2017 has continued to show robust growth in international caravan and camping arrivals to Australia, growing by 10% to 368,490 visitors for year ending March 2017. This increase in visitation is being primarily driven by the traditional markets of the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, increasing by 1%, 9%, […]
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