Two new KOA incentives are in place to help KOA campground owners complete capital and operational improvements. KOA’s Royalty Incentive Program, which offers a reduction in franchise royalties with qualified developments, supports a newly created role to maximize revenue for…
Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) CEO and President Toby O’Rourke completed a satellite media tour (SMT) April 21 sharing findings from the 2021 North American Camping Report and talk about the continued popularity of camping. Appearing live from the Lake…
Jackie Banas credits the hand of fate for leading her to purchase her campground in Brighton, Ontario and her successful KOA partnership. “It was 2014, and we had just had our second baby. We were on our way back to…
Kampgrounds of America has a beefed-up Business Development Team with a host of new analytical tools geared to help KOA campground owners improve their businesses and add to their bottom lines, featuring the new, custom Best Park in Market Report….
John T. Baker II was a Kampgrounds of America franchisee for a long, long time before he saw his first camper. But that was only due to the fact he didn’t yet have a campground. Baker, owner of the Austin…
Today, the Moldenhauer family are multi-park owners, but they weren’t looking for a campground 20 years ago when patriarch Dan Moldenhauer bought a waterside cabin at Bear Lake, a small resort community hear Garden City, Utah. “We were in the…
Compared to 2019, the proportion of first-time campers across the U.S. grew five-fold, while the number of households that own RVs grew by 2.6 million, according to the latest research from Kampgrounds of America’s annual North American Camping Report. COVID-19…
Six years ago, Greg Query already had a great life. He was part owner of a successful insurance firm in Illinois, had a paid-for house and was looking forward to finding the right college for his daughter. But he wasn’t…
A surge in short-term business in the first quarter of the year resulted in an increase of total revenue of 20.9% versus 2020 and 21.3% over a record 2019, according to Kampgrounds of America, Inc. in their recently released Q1…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) has been working to keep campgrounds open and operating in both the U.S. and Canada. This work is ongoing amidst increasing restrictions in Ontario and in an effort…
As a follow-up to the CARES Act passed in March 2020, new COVID Relief Legislation was signed into law by the President on December 27, 2020. The new law provides for several additional relief measures to assist individuals and businesses…
Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) was recently named to Franchise Business Review’s first annual “Culture100” list. The list recognizes the top 100 franchise brands in a 2020 report on the Best Franchise Cultures. With over 500 locally and owned and…