Tag: MRAA Press Releases

Volvo Penta named first MRAA, Dealer Week Strategic Partner

Volvo Penta, other Strategic Partners, will participate in dialog to help set MRAA initiatives and priorities. Volvo Penta has signed on as the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas’ first Strategic Partner, the highest level of MRAA Partner Membership and support for Dealer Week, MRAA’s Annual Conference & Expo.   Celebrating its 43rd annual conference […]

MRAA Announces 2018 Great Dealerships To Work For

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas named the marine industry’s innaugural Great Dealerships to Work For, recognizing 20 boat dealers at an awards program last month and through a publication released today. The 20 dealerships qualified for recognition through the results of the Marine Industry Certified Dealership Program’s annual Employee Satisfaction Survey. This survey, […]

MRAA, Dominion Domains Provide Website Marketing Guidance

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, in partnership with Dominion Domains, is unveiling the digital publication, Evaluate Your Website’s Domain, Design and Digital Content, today at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla. This guide – authored by Jim Million of Professional Resource Group and Million Learning – is the first in […]

Goettling Named Marine Industry College Scholarship Recipient

Carter Goettling, a marine technician apprentice at Blue Springs Marine in Blue Springs, Mo., and a full-time welding student at Metropolitan Community College, has been selected as the recipient of the third annual Marine Industry College Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation. The scholarship was presented at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo on Sunday […]

Angela Pilkington Named Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year

Angela Pilkington of Correct Craft Holding Company has been selected as the recipient of the thirty-second annual Darlene Briggs Marine Industry Woman of the Year Award. The award was presented to Pilkington by the 2017 award recipient, Wanda Kenton Smith, on Sunday evening, Dec. 9, during the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas Opening Night […]

Patrick Green Named 2018 Kevin Lodder Scholarship Recipient

Patrick Green, Director of Certification and Customer Service Manager at Tobler Marina of Hayden, Idaho, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Kevin Lodder Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation. The scholarship recipient was honored Sunday evening, Dec. 9, at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo during the Marine Retailers Association of the […]

Kalina Named First-Ever Recipient of the Marine Apprentice Technician Scholarship

Austin Kalina, a marine technician apprentice at Indian Lake Marina, in Central City, Pa., has been selected as the first recipient of the Marine Apprentice Technician Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation. The scholarship was presented at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo on Sunday evening, Dec. 9, during the Marine Retailers Association of the […]

Marine Trades Association of New Jersey Awarded Technical Scholarship

The Marine Trades Association of New Jersey (MTA/NJ) has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Marine Trade Association Technical Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation. The scholarship was presented to Melissa Danko, executive director of the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey, at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo on Sunday evening, Dec. […]

Taylor Named Duane Spader Leadership Development Scholarship Recipient

Chad Taylor, owner of Taylor’s South Shore Marina in Waynesville, Ohio, has been selected as the recipient of the sixth annual Duane Spader Leadership Development Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation yesterday. This year’s scholarship recipient was unveiled at the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo on Sunday evening, Dec. 9, during the Marine Retailers Association […]

MRAA Launches Guide to Building a Foundation for Accountability

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas has released the MRAA Guide to Building a Foundation for Accountability, a digital publication available exclusively to its members and Marine Industry Certified Dealerships. The guide was developed in response to dealer survey results that suggest holding employees’ accountable is one of owners’ and managers’ leading challenges. Within […]