Dealer Week, the annual conference and expo of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, is moving online in 2020. The event will take place, as scheduled, Dec. 8-11, 2020, on the device of your choice, with a preview event slated for October and a series of educational webinars taking place, beginning in mid-September, available […]

Dealer Week, the annual conference and expo of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, held Dec. 8-11, 2019 in Tampa, Fla., finalized its post-event attendee survey campaign to find that dealer attendees rated the event with world-class net promoter scores. “To reinvent our annual conference, we collaborated with the dealer community, leading manufacturers and […]

Amanda Levandowski, Owner Principal of Charlotte Ski Boats in Mooresville, North Carolina, has been selected as the recipient of the seventh annual Duane Spader Leadership Development Scholarship, announced the MRAA Educational Foundation yesterday. This year’s scholarship recipient was unveiled on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, as part of the Dealer Week Awards Luncheon in Tampa, Fla. […]

Ken Sorley, owner and President of Marineland Boating Center of Waco, Texas, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Kevin Lodder Scholarship. The scholarship recipient was honored on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, as part of the Dealer Week Awards Luncheon in Tampa, Fla. This scholarship was founded in memory of Kevin Lodder of […]

The Massachusetts Marine Trades Association (MMTA) has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Marine Trade Association Technical Scholarship. The scholarship was presented to Randall Lyons, President of the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association (MMTA), on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, as part of the Dealer Week Awards Luncheon in Tampa, Fla.   The MRAA Educational […]

Sara Anghel of the National Marine Manufacturers Association Canada has been selected as the recipient of the thirty-third annual Darlene Briggs Marine Industry Woman of the Year Award. The award was presented to Anghel by the 2018 award recipient, Angela Pilkington, on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, as part of the MRAA Dealer Week Awards Luncheon […]

Dealer Week will take place Dec. 8-11, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Next week MRAA’s newly reimagined conference and expo, Dealer Week, will welcome more than 1,000 industry members to its inaugural edition in Tampa, Fla. However, plans are already well underway for the 2020 event, which will take place Dec. 8-11 at the Austin Convention […]

The Dealer Week Industry Celebration, which takes place on the Tampa Riverwalk at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, is open to all conference attendees and will celebrate the 2019 accomplishments of the entire marine industry. Dealer Week, the newly reimagined MRAA Conference & Expo, has updated the format of previous MRAA events in many ways, […]

The Field Trip, guided by industry trainer Valerie Ziebron, will highlight lessons in great operations, employee relations and customer experience from three Tampa-area businesses. And include some fun surprises. Dealer Week, the newly reimagined MRAA Conference & Expo, has announced the final locations of the Dealer Week Field Trip, a new all-day interactive learning opportunity. […]

These associations have committed to supporting Dealer Week, and several are offering special incentives. Dealer Week, the newly reimagined MRAA Conference & Expo, was created as a way to provide education, resources, products and services to all marine dealers, embracing the philosophy that when dealers succeed, the industry succeeds. The more organizations that come together […]