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10/15/2026

Our OHI Awards of Excellence finalists series continues with the parks giving the great outdoors a little something back.

The Plan-It Green Environmental Innovator Award celebrates parks that put their green ideas into action and saw the impact on their budgets, their surroundings, and their guests.

Congratulations to our 2026 finalists!

Small/Medium Parks
🌿 Sun Outdoors Central Coast W**e Country - Paso Robles, CA
🌿 Lakeview Park Lakeview Park and Beach - Eunice, LA
🌿 Quilly's Big Fish RV Park - Rockport, TX
🌿 Endless Caverns Resort & Cavern Tours - New Market, VA
🌿 HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages - Moab, UT

Large/Mega Parks
🌿 Jellystone Park Harrisville - Harrisville, PA
🌿 Jellystone Park Waller - Waller, TX
🌿 Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay - Chula Vista, CA
🌿 Santee Lakes - Santee, CA
🌿 Evergreen Campsites & Resort - Wild Rose, WI

Winners will be announced at the Awards of Excellence Luncheon at OHCE®2026, November 9 in Fort Worth, TX.

10/14/2026

Our OHI Awards of Excellence finalist series rolls on with the parks that decided the best way to predict the future of outdoor hospitality was to build it.

The Park Innovator of the Year Award celebrates parks rethinking the guest experience and the way they run their business. A smart DIY fix gets the same respect as a major tech rollout. If it made the guest experience better, it belongs here.

Congratulations to our 2026 finalists!

Small Park Finalists
🌟 Aspen Grove Rv Park - Tremonton, UT
🌟 Martin Stream Campground - Turner, ME
🌟 Quilly's Magnolia RV Park - Rockport, TX
🌟 COTA RV Park - Austin, TX
🌟 Ruby Creek Resort - Cusick, WA

Medium Park Finalists
🌟 El Campo Lost Lagoon RV Resort - El Campo, TX
🌟 Greensport RV Park And Campground - Ashville, AL
🌟 Roundabout Oxford RV & Water Resort - Oxford, MS
🌟 Twisted Parrot Luxury RV Resort - Montgomery, TX
🌟 Chincoteague Bay RV Resort & Cottages - Chincoteague, VA

Large Park Finalists
🌟 Camp Margaritaville Auburndale - Auburndale, FL
🌟 Jellystone Park Zion - Hurricane, UT
🌟 Jellystone Park Lakes Region - Milton, NH
🌟 Roundup Lake Campground - Mantua, OH
🌟 Santee Lakes - Santee, CA

Mega Park Finalists
🌟 Camp Margaritaville Breaux Bridge - Breaux Bridge, LA
🌟 Jellystone Park Clay's Resort - North Lawrence, OH
🌟 Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains - Granby, CO
🌟 Lakewood Camping Resort - Myrtle Beach, SC
🌟 Resort at Erie Landing - Port Clinton, OH

Winners will be announced at the Awards of Excellence Luncheon at OHCE®2026, November 9 in Fort Worth, TX.

10/13/2026

It’s finalist announcement time! Over the next few days, we’re introducing the 2026 OHI Awards of Excellence finalists, chosen from a record-breaking applicant pool.

Meet the people lifting the whole industry up.

The Outdoor Hospitality Industry Leadership Award goes to someone who grows their own business and then turns around to help everyone else grow too. They mentor others and show up for the industry when it counts. We'd be lost without them.

Huge congratulations to our 2026 finalists!

⭐ Stephanie Culver - Owner, President of Operations at BuzzWorthy Property Management
⭐ Johanna Mason - General Manager at Jellystone Park Watts Bar Lake (Loudon, TN)
⭐ Brittany Morris - General Manager at Sun Outdoors Cape Charles (Cape Charles, VA)

Winners will be announced at the Awards of Excellence Luncheon at OHCE®2026, November 9, in Fort Worth, TX.

10/12/2026

Hurricane Isaias left behind a trail of destruction from Florida's Gulf Coast to the Carolinas over the weekend after slamming onto shore near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm. The storm made landfall on Friday night and roared through the Southeast. At least two people were killed in Florida and two were killed in Alabama.

Wherever your park is located in the country, you can do something to help your fellow campground owners and their communities. Donate to the OHI Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund, where grants are distributed directly to campgrounds affected by these natural disasters.
🫶 OHI.org/ohi-foundation

Has your park been affected by natural disaster?
If your park experiences damage from any natural disaster, you are eligible for funds from the OHI Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund.
❤️ OHI.org/ohi-foundation-disaster-relief-grant-application/

You DO NOT need to be an OHI member to apply.

10/08/2026

Big news! Your new representatives for the OHI Board of Directors have been announced! 🎉

OHI proudly welcomes the following newly elected and re-elected Board Members:
Rachel Godbout, Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Outdoor Management
Mike Harrison, Chief Operating Officer, CRR Hospitality
Courtney Mauldin, Director of Customer Success, Staylist
Terry Munoz, OHE, CPO, VP Recreational Properties, Signorelli Company dba The Retreat RV & Camping Resort; Consultant and Trainer, Campground Consulting Group
Ali Rasmussen, Co-Founder & CEO, Spacious Skies Campgrounds

Together, the incoming board members bring experience spanning campground and RV resort operations, management, consulting, technology, customer success, and outdoor hospitality development. Let's hear it for your new leadership in the comments. 👏

10/07/2026

We're so excited to welcome Jessica Turner, current President of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), as a featured speaker at the 2026 Outdoor Hospitality Conference & Expo® in Fort Worth, Texas!

Turner will share her perspective on the outdoor recreation industry, drawing on nearly two decades of experience spanning federal policy, outdoor recreation advocacy, conservation, industry leadership and government relations. Her career has taken her from the U.S. Department of the Interior and Capitol Hill to leading one of the country’s largest outdoor recreation coalitions.

Not registered yet? You better giddy up and get on that. OHI.org/OHCE

https://ohi.org/ohi-blog/ohi-announces-jessica-turner-as-featured-speaker-for-ohce2026/

OHI is excited to welcome Jessica Turner, current President of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), as a featured speaker at the 2026 Outdoor Hospitality Conference & Expo® (OHCE®), November 9–11 in Fort Worth, Texas. Big ideas are coming to Fort Worth, and Jessica Turner is bringing an ...

10/06/2026

This is your last chance to get the full experience. The OHCE room block closes this Friday!

How?

1) Get registered for OHCE.
2) Get your room.
3) Have a blast in Fort Worth, TX with your newest besties.

OHI.org/OHCE

10/06/2026

New member resource alert! Social media can shape a guest’s decision before they ever visit your website or call your park. But where do you even start?

This new webinar from RMS Cloud will help you learn how to build a presence that supports bookings, choose the channels that make sense for your park, and create content your team can manage consistently. You’ll also see examples from real park accounts and leave with ideas you can put to work.

Dive in at the link in the comments.

10/01/2026

ELECTION CLOSED

Get those votes in, folks! Electronic voting closes Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

View the full slate of candidates at OHI.org/BoardService.