• NMLA to unveil a revised edition of its popular tri-fold publication at MRAA’s Dealer Week Conference and Expo in Tampa, Fla. The NMLA, one of over 147 exhibitors featured at the annual MRAA Dealer Week Conference and Expo in early December, will officially re-launch an updated version of “More Boat
• Two Dealer Week educators to deliver soul-stirring keynotes. Imagine this. You put on baseball catching gear and squat down on your toes 60 feet 6 inches away from a hard-throwing pitcher on a mound of dirt. Your goal is catching his 102-mph fastball and arsenal of sliding and sinking
• Consumer Boat Show Lineup Spans 10 Major Markets Across the U.S. • Attracts and Engages Current Boaters and Next-Gen Customers Discover Boating® announced today its lineup of 2024 consumer boat and sport shows. Kicking off in January and extending through the fall, Discover Boating boat shows, in partnership with Progressive
There are a lot of reasons to attend MRAA’s Dealer Week Conference and Expo (Dec. 4-7, Tampa, Fla.), but the overall benefit of spending time away — focused on your improvement — is what you really need to boost your business in the year ahead. Here are 20 Reasons to
MRAA’s Dealer Week is about learning, growing and educating your dealership team for even more success in the year ahead. However, it’s also about having fun, seeing friends, making new connections and celebrating another year of being part of the greatest industry ever! Last year in Austin, Texas, the
• Minnesota dealership creates a boat drop-off lot for its storage and winterization customers No one would fault a boat dealer if they chose to maintain the status quo during the seasonal shift from summer to fall, where demand for their Service Department’s time is at its maximum. Demand for
My high school geography teacher had several quirky expressions he used to say to help a student realize their effort was not meeting his expectations. The one he used most often was, “There are two kinds of people in the world, the quick and the dead.” Typically, his message delivery
Friday, Oct. 27, the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration Office of Fisheries denied a petition to establish a mandatory 10-knot (11-mph) speed limit, and other vessel-related mitigation measures, to protect the endangered Rice’s whale in the Gulf of Mexico. This decision comes ahead of the highly anticipated Final Agency Action
As a business owner, you have seen and heard about scams that others have gotten caught up in. These increasingly sophisticated deceptions can create a lot of headaches for your staff and your finances. Your industry peers within the marine and powersports markets are experiencing the same pressures as you.
• Recreational Boating Industry Meets with Paul Jahnige, Director of Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation By Chad Tokowicz, MRAA Government Relations Manager Last week members of the recreational boating industry met to welcome Paul Jahnige as the inaugural Director of Massachusetts’s Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC), making the Bay State
