Mike Alleva, Vice President of Marketing & Client Strategy for Lighthouse Media Solutions is promoted to National Accounts Manager and will be expanding Lighthouse’s reach throughout the U.S. We are proud to announce that Mike Alleva, our VP of Marketing & Client Strategy, has now taken on the additional responsibility of National Accounts Manager. Mike […]
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MDCE 2014 issues Call for Presentations
ORLANDO – Organizers of the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo are seeking educational session proposals from potential speakers for the 2014 MDCE, which will be held Nov. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 14. Presentations should be directed at an audience of marine dealership professionals, from dealership principals and […]
Certified Dealership Program participation up 33 percent
MIAMI – The recently revamped Marine Industry Certified Dealership Program has made great strides since its soft launch in November of last year, and has already seen a 33-percent increase in the number of participating dealers, according to Sonja Moseley, Director of Certification and Benefits at the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, who administers […]
Update on Ethanol
The anti-ethanol DC coalition, Smarter Fuel Future, which MRAA is a member, generated over 10,000 comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in support of its recent proposal to maintain 2013 blend volumes for corn-based ethanol. The marine industry contributed over 1,800 of those comments. During January, the coalition led a campaign that was strongly […]
The Taxing Question in Congress
For the past several years, Congress has faced a year-end deadline to pass the tax extenders bill. It has been one of Congress’s bad habits. But it did not happen this year causing several key pro-business tax deductions like the estate tax and allowing business to deduct the cost of equipment purchases in the year […]
MRAA Supports Change in Recreational Boat Definition in Longshore Act
MRAA supports H.R. 3896, a bill introduced on January 16, 2014 by Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, to amend the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act to provide a definition of recreational vessel that is a better and clearer application of the Longshore Act to marinas and insurance companies providing service work on recreational boats. There are […]
Congress Looks at Several Ways to Increase Revenue for Transportation
A bipartisan effort to find new revenue to fund roads, bridges, and mass transit may hit recreational boating hard. Historically, transportation has been a bipartisan effort in Congress. So far 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats in the House support a plan that would fund loans for infrastructure improvements from bonds that would be sold to […]
Congress Turns to Magnuson-Stevens, the Saltwater Fisheries Management Act
On February 4, 2014 the House Committee on Natural Resources held its first hearing on the re-authorization of the important Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act. This legislation guides federal saltwater fisheries management. A discussion draft of the authorization bill had been distributed to interested groups several weeks before the hearing. MRAA is generally pleased […]
MDCE launches 2014 survey
MINNEAPOLIS – Organizers of the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo have begun planning for the 2014 educational agenda, including some new features that are expected to boost the value of the event beyond any prior MDCE. Each year, building the MDCE educational line-up begins with a thorough review of the results of the previous event’s […]
