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5/6/2008 All KOAs Now On KampSight System The world’s premiere computerized campground operating system is now standard equipment at every Kampgrounds of America park in North America. Although the KampSight system has been available to KOA owners since 2000, not all KOAs had adopted the technology. Now, they have!
3/10/2008 KOA Offering Free Camping May 9-10! Kampgrounds of America's popular Come Camp and Care With Us Weekend will be held the weekend of May 9-10, 2008. Campers staying as paid guests on Friday, May 9, at participating KOAs will receive a free night of camping at that campground on Saturday, May 10.
3/8/2008 KOA Campers Already Achieving VIP Status In New Program On Sunday, March 2, the McKeevers checked out of Sugarloaf Key KOA after a 47-day stay, automatically becoming the very first campers to achieve VIP status in Kampgrounds of America’s new KOA Value Kard Rewards Program.
3/7/2008 Sign-ups Strong For 2008 Motorcycle Tour Sponsored By KOA Kampgrounds of America Inc. will again partner with the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) to sponsor the 2008 Cycle Trader AMA Grand Tour/KOA Along The Way Series.
3/5/2008 KOA’s New Value Kard Rewards Program Off And Running Camping’s Newest Way To Save Gives Guests One More Reason To Stay With KOA
2/24/2008 2008 Edition of KOA Directory Now Available For Campers Campers looking for the best camping experiences in North America have a new place to look. The 2008 edition of the KOA Directory has arrived.
2/15/2008 KOA Launching New Rewards Program For Its Campers A new era in camping will begin March 2, 2008, when Kampgrounds of America launches the camping industry’s only online camping rewards program, KOA Value Kard Rewards.
1/30/2008 Proclamation Honors South Padre Island KOA Campground Kampgrounds of America’s new jewel on the Texas Gulf Coast, the South Padre Island KOA, has been recognized by the Texas State Senate for it’s contributions to Texas and the community of South Padre Island.
200711/12/2007 Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Names 2008 Franchisee of the Year Garry and Vicki Cole, owners of the Shelby/Mansfield, Ohio KOA, were presented as the 2008 Franchisee of the Year at KOA’s international convention in Phoenix last week.
11/11/2007 Cedar City KOA Presented with KOA's Rising Star Award Cal and Roslyn Loewen, owners of the Cedar City, Utah KOA, have been a little tied up with the construction of their new KOA campground in California. However, the couple was able to slip away to KOA’s international convention in Phoenix last week, where they accepted the system’s 2008 Rising Star Award.
10/15/2007 Recreational Vehicle Sales and Camping Popularity Stake out New Growth Frontiers Recent interest rate cuts have made owning an RV even more affordable, according to Essex Credit, a leading national provider of recreational vehicle and boat financing. Kampgrounds of America Inc. partnered with Essex Credit to offer KOA campers the best financing available.
9/25/2007 KOA Hires Experienced Camping Executive For VP Position Kampgrounds of America Inc. recently hired one of the top camping industry executives in the United States to head its KOA Franchisee Services Department.
9/10/2007 Million Minute Family Challenge™ and KOA Partner For 5th Year Kampgrounds of America, Inc, KOA, is proud to enter a fifth year of sponsorship of the 2007 Million Minute Family Challenge™ with Patch Products. Families across North America will once again be playing games and accruing minutes to help reach a grand total of 1,000,000 minutes of quality family gaming time.
9/1/2007 KOA’s GREAT Recreation makes for GREAT Camping Over the past two years, KOA Kampgrounds around North America have taken a fun-filled approach towards what they offer campers. Two popular new additions on selected campgrounds are the jumping pillow and open-air cinema’s inflatable movie screens.
8/23/2007 KOA Camper Nights Hold Strong Throughout Summer Season Campers continued to flock to Kampgrounds of America parks throughout North America in numbers that well outdistanced results from the summer of 2006.
8/20/2007 Greenberg Hosts Radio Show From Las Vegas, Nevada KOA Peter Greenberg, travel editor for the Today Show, MSNBC and CNBC, hosted his nationally syndicated Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show from the Las Vegas KOA at Circus Circus, Saturday morning, August 18.
8/15/2007 Kampgrounds of America Welcomes Hog Rally Participants Kampgrounds of America is one of the sponsors for the 24th Annual Club Hog Down Home Rally, taking place August 24 – 25, in Knoxville, Tenn.
8/2/2007 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND KOA FEATURED ON CBS MORNING SHOW The South Padre Island, Texas KOA Campground played host on Thursday, Aug. 2 to the CBS Morning Show broadcast. Kampgrounds of America is a national sponsor of the Great American Vacation Giveaway.
7/30/2007 Kampertainment Livens Up KOA CampgroundsTitle KOA Campgrounds are bringing live entertainment to campers throughout the year with a new and exciting program called Kampertainment™.
7/26/2007 Great Campgrounds Converting To KOA! Kampgrounds of America gives insight from three new KOA franchisee's on converting their campgrounds to KOA.
7/18/2007 Campers Continue to Find Their Way To KOAs This Summer The number of campers visiting Kampgrounds of America parks this summer continues to climb, up 3.3 percent over the same period in 2006.
7/18/2007 Reynolds Resorts Bring 6 To KOA When Tom and Michele Reynolds added the Sacramento, California KOA Campground to their collection of 12 California camping resorts in 2005, they weren’t sure they wanted to keep it in the KOA system.
7/6/2007 KOA Starts New Scout Program for all Scouting Groups Kampgrounds of America, Inc. has developed a new Scout program to provide safe and affordable camping to Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide groups throughout the United States and Canada.
6/26/2007 KOA & RESERVEAMERICA JOIN FORCES FOR ONLINE RESERVATIONS Campers who use ReserveAmerica to make campground reservations now have hundreds more quality campgrounds to choose from, thanks to ReserveAmerica’s recent partnership with Kampgrounds of America Inc.
6/25/2007 Strong Advanced Reservations Good Sign For Camping Season Despite the usual spring climb in fuel prices coupled with less-than-ideal camping weather in the midwest and east, the number of campers already enjoying Kampgrounds of America parks continues to hold steady. And it looks as if the Memorial Day weekend will usher in yet another successful summer camping season.
6/11/2007 RV Art Gallery prints and gifts now available online The RV Art Gallery at Texarkana KOA has opened an on-line store featuring art prints and unique gifts celebrating the RV Lifestyle.
6/4/2007 KOA Sponsoring ‘RV There Yet?’ Book Tour Author Julia Roberts will be traveling the country this summer to promote her book, “RV There Yet? A Cross-Country Cautionary Tale,” and Kampgrounds of America will be hosting Roberts as she visits – and revisits- North America.
5/21/2007 KOA Blends Specialty Coffee with Camping Kampgrounds of America is luring consumers to their camp stores with a new hot seller. The Montana-based recreation giant recently partnered with City Brew Coffee to develop Winding Road Coffee Co., a private-labeled coffee program exclusive to KOA. City Brew Coffee is also headquartered in Billings, Montana.
5/14/2007 KOA Come Camp & Care With Us Event Sets New Records More than 14,500 families registered to camp May 11-12 at 370 participating KOAs in the U.S. and Canada. Those families received a free night of camping on Saturday, May 12. That number topped the previous record of 13,800 reservations set during the 2006 event. The reservations this year resulted in a total of 34,500 camping nights, a 23% increase, at KOAs during the Friday-Saturday weekend.
5/11/2007 KOA’s Reservation System For Campers Continues to Grow Kampgrounds of America campers have made more than 200,000 online reservations in the past 17 months using KOA’s industry-leading Realtime Reservations® system.
5/10/2007 KOA Offers Top Notch Training Program to Campground Management Kampgrounds of America, founded in Billings in 1962, has been offering new franchise owners the opportunity to attend an extensive campground operations training program at KOA University since 1970.
5/7/2007 Prom-Goers Dance The Night Away At Shelby/Mansfield KOA Garry and Vicki Cole, owners of the Shelby/Mansfield KOA Campground, are creating loyal customers at an early age.
4/30/2007 Petoskey KOA One of Top 10 Romantic RV Parks in U.S. “Romantic” RV parks? Yes, they’re out there, and the Petoskey KOA Campground in Petoskey, Michigan has just been ranked Number Four in a top 10 list of romantic RV parks in the U.S. by MotorHome Magazine in its June 2007 issue.
4/25/2007 Add A KOA ECO Tour To Your Summer Vacation The Sugurloaf Key/Key West KOA reminds us that there is much more to do in the Keys than just enjoy the weather.
4/18/2007 Field Service Teams Ready to Hit the Road “The Field Services teams each have about 50 campgrounds under their wing,” said Lori Regele, KOA assistant vice president of Franchisee Services. “They build very strong relationships with their campgrounds. They take a personal interest in the success of all of these parks, and that’s exactly the way we want them to feel.”
4/3/2007 KOA Purchases California Resort/Marina Complex Kampgrounds of America Inc. has purchased the entire Tower Park Resort and Marina complex in Lodi California from Westrec, the world’s largest marina operator.
4/2/2007 Bristol KOA Adds New Jumping Pillow To Campground The opening of the first giant jumping pillow in Tennessee will highlight Easter weekend festivities at the Bristol/Kingsport KOA Campground.
3/30/2007 Kampgrounds of America Moves To New, Improved Reno Location Campers looking for a great KOA Kampground in Reno, Nevada will have to start looking just a little further west than they did before.
3/26/2007 KOA Purchases Virginia Beach Franchised Park Kampgrounds of America, Inc., has purchased a Virginia Beach, Virginia KOA Campground that has been operating as a KOA franchised park since 1970.
2/23/2007 World Surf Fishing Record Set At South Padre Island KOA Despite less than ideal weather, throngs of surf fishermen lined the beaches of South Padre Island February 10 to take part in the inaugural Kampgrounds of America World’s Largest Surf Fishing Tournament. The event, which had 415 registered participants, set the new world record for surf fishing tournaments, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
2/22/2007 KOA Hires Top Former Owners To Advise Current Campground Franchisees The Barrett’s join Steve and Barbara Rabesa, former owners of the Twin Mountain, New Hampshire KOA, as new KOA Field Service representatives.
2/12/2007 KOA Adds Another Premiere Park In Great Smoky Mountains Kampgrounds of America has purchased one of the premiere campgrounds in Tennessee, right on the doorstep of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
2/6/2007 Thirteen new campgrounds join KOA family in 2006 The year 2006 was a busy one for Kampgrounds of America, Inc, KOA. Thirteen new campgrounds are now flying the KOA flag for the first time. Each one offers new and exciting adventures for your upcoming camping season.
1/11/2007 KOA Returns To Connecticut For First Time In 22 Years For the first time since 1985, Kampgrounds of America Inc. again has a campground in Connecticut.
1/9/2007 Million Minute Family Challenge™ Exceeds Game-Playing Goal Kampgrounds of America, Inc, KOA, is pleased to announce that people across the United States joined together to play games and make the 2006 Million Minute Family Challenge™ a success, recording a total of 1,253,770 game-playing minutes from September through December.
1/8/2007 KOA Expanding Popular Free Camping Event Kampgrounds of America’s popular Come Camp With Us Day event, held the second Friday each May, will be expanded for 2007.
1/5/2007 KOA Grows Again With New Park In Houston Area For the second time in just nine days, Kampgrounds of America Inc. has purchased a new campground in Texas.
200612/20/2006 KOA Continues Growth With New Park on South Padre Island Kampgrounds of America has again added to its collection of premiere campgrounds with the purchase of the South Padre Island, Texas KOA Campground.
12/20/2006 KOA Partners With Sony For ‘Open Season’ DVD Release Kampgrounds of America will be partnering with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as part of a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to support the January 30, 2007 DVD release of the family animated comedy Open Season.
11/21/2006 Stovold Family Named Top 2006 Franchisee by KOA It was quite a week for the Stovold family, owners of the Toronto North/Cookstown, Ontario KOA Campground.
11/8/2006 Ott Named President/COO of Kampgrounds of America Kampgrounds of America Inc. has announced a change in its top management structure that allows the company to continue its rapid expansion in the burgeoning outdoor recreation industry.
10/16/2006 KOA Upgrades Internet Reservation Process The last thing any camper wants after a long day on the road is a surprise when they pull into their campsite.
10/6/2006 Cedar City KOA Hosts Luxury RV Club The Cedar City, Utah KOA Kampground played host September 10-16 to one of the nation’s most exclusive recreational vehicle clubs. More than 60 members of the “Bus N’ Bikers” RV club took over the entire campground for one of the group’s twice yearly rallies.
7/18/2006 KOA and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Partner to Bring RV to Campers Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) have partnered around the release of the blockbuster film RV on DVD Aug. 15. The promotion will offer RV fans a 10 percent discount on KOA camping fees for up to a seven-day stay at any of the 450 KOA locations in North America with purchase of the RV DVD. The special KOA camping offer is valid through August 2007.
5/23/2006 Thousands Camp Free To Benefit Kids With Cancer Now in its third year, Kampgrounds of America’s annual Come Camp With Us Day is designed to give those who have never tried camping a chance to experience the great camping lifestyle; get those who already love to camp camping earlier; and raise funds for the 35 KOA Care Camps for children with cancer located throughout North America.
5/17/2006 KOA Teaming with American Motorcyclist Association Kampgrounds of America is partnering with the 270,000-member American Motorcyclist Association to provide special savings on KOA camping to motorcycle enthusiasts.
5/15/2006 KOA’s Newest Campground Opens in Arlington, Texas! Kampgrounds of America’s newest park is a wooded, camping oasis located in the heart of Arlington, Texas.
5/2/2006 Packer Star LeRoy Butler Visiting Wisconsin Dells KOA Green Bay Packer great LeRoy Butler will be the special guest of the Wisconsin Dells KOA Campground on Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3 as part of two days of special activities at campgrounds in and around Wisconsin Dells.
4/13/2006 KOA Teams With Jiffy Pop For Summer Fun Promotion Kampgrounds of America (KOA) and Jiffy Pop are teaming up for a summer of family fun, providing discounts to campsites across North America. KOA Value Kards can be found on packages of the pop-in-pan popcorn and are good for a 10 percent discount on a one- to seven-night stay at any of KOA’s 450 campgrounds in the United States and Canada.
4/3/2006 The largest military meet comes to Stockton/Delta KOA More than 200 military vehicles will be on display and cruising the Stockton/Delta KOA and the Tower Park Resort from April 16 - 22, during the Military Vehicle Collectors of California (MVCC) annual meet. The meet brings members from all over the world that enjoy collecting war memorabilia.
3/21/2006 KOA’s Newest Campground Opens At Laughlin, Nevada Kampgrounds of America’s newest park is an oasis in the Southern Nevada desert in Laughlin.
3/17/2006 Woodducks Now On Display At Manchester KOA The brand new pond at the Manchester, Tennessee KOA Campground has four new residents.
3/15/2006 New Trivia Contest Will Challenge Campers The KOA Camper Trivia Challenge, available online starting May 1 at KOA.com, allows all visitors a chance to test their camping IQ by answering fun trivia questions. The new game is free and no purchase is required to play.
200512/19/2005 KOA Giving Away FREE Camping on May 12 Kampgrounds of America will be offering campers across North America an absolutely FREE night of camping on Friday, May 12, 2006 as part of their third annual KOA Come Camp With Us Day event.
12/16/2005 236 KOA Kampgrounds Receive President’s Award Kampgrounds of America, Inc. recently honored 236 KOA Kampgrounds with the President’s Award for their outstanding facility and operation.
12/16/2005 44 KOA Kampgrounds Receive Founder's Award Kampgrounds of America, Inc. recently honored 44 KOA Kampgrounds across North America with the Founder’s Award for their outstanding camper guest service.
10/21/2005 KOA All Star Work Kampers Win $5,000! KOA awarded five $1,000 cash prize awards to All Star Work Kampers on October 17, 2005.
8/23/2005 KOA Adds Three Campgrounds To Corporate ‘Fleet’ Kampgrounds of America, Inc., with headquarters in Billings, Montana, will soon be taking over the operation of three large campgrounds currently owned and operated by KOA franchisees.
8/19/2005 KOA’s New ‘Family Zone’ Will Enhance Family Camping Trips Kampground of America’s popular camping website, KOA.com, has a new section that will help take your next family camping trip to a whole new level.
5/20/2005 KOA All Star Work Kampers Win $5,000! KOA awarded five $1,000 cash prize awards during their first ever All Star Work Kamper rewards drawing on May 12, 2005.
3/1/2005 KOA Giving Away 30,000 FREE Campsites on May 13 Kampgrounds of America will again be offering campers across North America an absolutely FREE night of camping on Friday, May 13 during the second annual KOA Come Camp With Us Day.
2/7/2005 New Hampshire KOA wins Franchisee of the Year Award The Twin Mountain, New Hampshire KOA Kampground has been named the Franchisee of the Year for 2004 in the KOA system of family campgrounds.
2/1/2005 Niagara Falls Ontario KOA Receives Award The Niagara Falls, Ontario KOA Kampground was named “Accommodation of the Year” for 2004 in the campgrounds category by the Niagara Falls Tourism Bureau.
2/1/2005 North Carolina Has Another KOA Campground The newest jewel of the Kampgrounds of America system is the Smithfield, North Carolina KOA Campground.
200412/27/2004 Colorado Springs KOA Owner Honored by Visitors Bureau Robert Speight, longtime owner of the Colorado Springs South, Colorado KOA Kampground, was named Tourism Industry Manager of the Year by the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau.
12/27/2004 Manchester Beach KOA On Cover Of RV Life Magazine One of the jewels of the Kampgrounds of America system of campgrounds was featured recently on the cover of RV Life Magazine.
12/27/2004 Thanksgiving Campers Give More Than $1,000 To Charity Thanksgiving had special meaning for campers who spent the holiday at the Manchester Beach/Mendocino Coast KOA Kampground.
12/15/2004 KOA Adds Second Location at Bar Harbor Campers heading to the beautiful Acadia National Park region near Bar Harbor, Maine, now have a second Kampgrounds of America facility to call their home away from home.
12/14/2004 KOA Adding New Franchises At Rapid Clip Continuing to focus on bringing quality campgrounds into the KOA system, Kampgrounds of America added another 19 campgrounds to the KOA system in the past 12 months. Campgrounds were added across North America in 12 States and four Canadian Provinces. In addition, four state-of-the-art KOA Kampgrounds have been built from the ground up.
12/14/2004 KOA Announces Promotions in Company Operated Properties Division Kampgrounds of America Inc., located in Billings, Montana, recently announced several personnel changes in its Company Operated Properties Division, which oversees the operation of 18 large resort campgrounds in the U.S. and Canada.
12/14/2004 New KOA Directory Ready For 2005 KOA's new 2005 Directory is hot off the press and ready for campers. The new version is bigger and better than ever before, with expanded, more descriptive listings for all of the 465 KOA Kampgrounds in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
9/1/2004 KOA Unveils 2004 North American Camper Study Campers in the United States and Canada spend more than 107 million nights each year in commercial campgrounds. That is just one of the findings from a new study commissioned by Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
8/30/2004 KOA Picks Burrowes To Head Human Resources Lora Burrowes has been chosen as the new vice president of Human Resources for Kampgrounds of America Inc.
7/20/2004 KOA Selects CMD As New Marketing Agency One of the world’s biggest names in camping has selected CMD, one of the West Coast’s largest integrated marketing firms, as its new marketing agency.
7/6/2004 Jonathan and Melissa Greenspon were looking forward to a quiet July Fourth weekend, shaking the kinks out of their brand new travel trailer while camping at the St. Louis West KOA Campground. They didn’t think they’d end the weekend as heroes twice over.
6/23/2004 Early Numbers Predict Busy Season For KOA Despite higher fuel prices, campers are still taking to the roads of North America, according to early season figures from Kampgrounds of America Inc.
6/21/2004 After an extensive nationwide search, Kampgrounds of America Inc. has selected John J. Burke to be KOA’s new Chief Financial Officer.
6/2/2004 Lt. Col. Michael Morone, a National Guard neurosurgeon stationed at Camp Babylon in Southern Iraq, was missing the camping trips he would have been taking this spring with his wife, Sally, and their children Ella, 6, and Benjamin, 4. His favorite campground was the KOA in his hometown of Billings, Montana (also the home of KOA’s corporate headquarters).
3/10/2004 KOA.com Traffic Continues To Grow Kampgrounds of America’s popular website, KOA.com, continued to experience phenomenal growth in February 2004, with 46 percent more visits to the website than in February 2003.
200312/29/2003 KOA Manager Killed In California Mudslide Jan Bradley, manager of the San Bernardino, California KOA Kampground for the past 12 years, was killed Christmas Day when a huge mudslide devastated the campground.
12/22/2003 Gettysburg KOA 2004 Fanchisee of the Year The Bergeron family, owners of the Gettysburg/Battlefield, Pennsylvania KOA Kampground, was named 2003 KOA Franchisee of the Year during the recent Kampgrounds of America International Convention in Reno, Nevada.
11/16/2003 KOA Kampgrounds Joins Forces With Circus Circus Las Vegas KOA’s familiar yellow sign will soon appear on the famous Las Vegas Strip. Kampgrounds of America has signed a 10-year lease with the Circusland RV Park in conjunction with the Circus Circus Hotel, Casino and Theme Park. This agreement positions KOA with one of the largest camping resorts in the United States. The new Las Vegas KOA at Circus Circus will begin serving campers on December 1, 2003.
9/30/2003 Campers Spending More Time With Families A recent online survey by Kampgrounds of America found that more than 52 percent of those responding said they are spending more time quality time with their families since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
9/2/2003 Nearly one-third of campers visiting Kampgrounds of America’s popular KOA.com web site or receiving the KOA Kompass electronic newsletter this summer identified themselves as tenters.
8/18/2003 KOA Adds New Director of Marketing Kampgrounds of America Inc., the largest system of family-oriented campgrounds in the world, has added Shannon Scheiwiller to its Marketing staff.
8/7/2003 The Million Minute Family Challenge Playing board games has long been a popular pastime for camping families. Kampgrounds of America is encouraging families to spend even more quality time playing games by partnering with Patch Products for the third annual Million Minute Family Challenge™.
7/15/2003 Buy Or Sell Your Next RV At KOA.com Visitors to KOA.com, the world’s most popular camping website, will now be able to buy and sell recreational vehicles via the Internet.
6/19/2003 Foreign Visits Up At KOA Kampgrounds The number of foreign visitors frequenting Kampgrounds of America parks is up more than 5 percent compared to the same period last year.
5/15/2003 KOA Teams With HOTSPOTZZ To Offer High-Speed Wireless Internet On Campgrounds KOA, the nation’s largest system of family campgrounds, has partnered with HOTSPOTZZ, one of the nation’s largest providers of wireless Internet “hot spots,” to offer high-speed wireless Wi-Fi access at KOA campgrounds. KOA expects to have nearly 100 of its 500 locations on the HOTSPOTZZ network by the end of 2003.
3/17/2003 McDonald’s customers will soon have the chance to win a hot vacation. Kampgrounds of America, as well as Winnebago Industries and Moturis, have teamed up with McDonald’s to provide a great road-trip package as part of McDonald’s new in-restaurant game called “Winning Time™,” starting Tuesday, March 25 at participating McDonald’s nationwide.
3/4/2003 Gas Price Hikes Won’t Stop Most Campers Rising prices at fuel pumps around the country won’t stop most campers from enjoying their favorite leisure activity, according to a new survey by Kampgrounds of America.
3/3/2003 Exclusive New Website For KOA Value Kard Kampers The KOA Value Kard has always offered campers 10 percent savings on their camping fees at any of the nearly 500 KOA Kampgrounds in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but now an exclusive website for Value Kard holders offers many more benefits.
2/19/2003 Early 2003 KOA Directory Distribution Tops 1 Million For the first time in its 41-year history, Kampgrounds of America has distributed more than one million free copies of its 2003 KOA Directory prior to the start of the traditional summer camping season.
2/19/2003 War Worries Won’t Curtail Camping Habits Concerns over a possible war with Iraq won’t keep campers from enjoying the Great Outdoors this year, according to a new survey conducted by Kampgrounds of America.
2/18/2003 Campers Can Win Cash With 2003 KOA Passport Rewards Kampgrounds of America will be giving away more than $300,000 in free camping and $20,000 in CASH to lucky campers this year through its annual KOA Passport Rewards Program.
1/29/2003 KOA Endorses TST Holding Tank Chemicals Kampgrounds of America, the largest system of campgrounds in North America, has officially endorsed the line of TST holding tank chemicals produced by Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
1/3/2003 Earn Free Camping By Using KOA Visa Card Campers throughout the United States will now have a great new way to earn rewards redeemable for FREE camping at designated KOA facilities, just by using the new KOA Kamper Rewards Visa Card.
200212/17/2002 KOA Explorer’s Kit Turns Travel Into Adventure Campers across North America have a great new way to bring adventure back to their next family vacation. The KOA Explorer’s Kit offers campers a fun way to plan vacations and have fun while on the road.
12/17/2002 Petoskey KOA Named KOA Franchisee of the Year The Rose family, owners of the Petoskey, Michigan KOA Kampground, was named 2002 KOA Franchisee of the Year during the recent Kampgrounds of America International Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
10/24/2002 KOA.com Traffic Up Significantly Kampgrounds of America, Inc. reported nearly a 100 percent increase on KOA.com page views in September compared to last year at this time.
10/22/2002 KOA Camping Shows Fall Rebound Campers came back to Kampgrounds of America parks this fall, reversing the post-September 11, 2001 slump experienced at KOA Kampgrounds after the terrorist attacks last year.
9/27/2002 60% Say They Camped More This Summer A recent Kampgrounds of America survey of more than 1,000 campers found that nearly 60 percent of those responding had camped more this summer than in the summer of 2001.
9/16/2002 KOA Kampgrounds throughout North America are continuing to report the largest growth in three years in camper nights and revenues.
8/1/2002 Interest in Campground Ownership Soars Kampgrounds of America, Inc. is seeing a heightened interest in campground ownership, with over 30 KOA Kampgrounds sold to new owners so far in 2002.
6/25/2002 KOA Partners with GMAC Insurance Billings, Mont. – Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) announces an exclusive RV/auto/home insurance program called KOA Advantage, that is now available to KOA Value Kard holders through a unique partnership with GMAC Insurance.
5/21/2002 Campers cashing in with KOA Passports BILLINGS, MT – Campers staying at KOA Kampgrounds this year are already starting to collect instant savings on camping fees as part of this summer’s KOA Passport Rewards Program.
5/1/2002 KOA Purchases Campground at Niagara Falls, Ontario Kampgrounds of America, Inc., has purchased the Niagara Falls, Ontario KOA from its franchisee owner. The campground is the first company-owned KOA Kampground in Canada.
4/15/2002 Billings, Montana – Results from the first four months of 2002 at Kampgrounds of America Inc. show travel fears sparked by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks apparently aren’t affecting the camping industry.
4/8/2002 KOA's Rogers Receives Scouting Award Billings, Mont. – Kampgrounds of America Inc. President & CEO Jim Rogers was recognized recently for a lifetime of dedicated service to the Boy Scouts of America.
1/1/2002 Kampgrounds of America, Las Vegas Silverton Casino Join Forces with Las Vegas KOA at Silverton LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Silverton Hotel Casino announced that its RV park has joined the Kampgrounds of America (KOA) system to become one of the largest KOA Kampgrounds in the U.S.
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