TACO Wraps Up Record Convention and Trade Show

Record numbers of current and aspiring park operators attended the Texas Association of Campground Owners’ annual Spring Meeting & Trade Show at the Lone Star Convention Center in Conroe, Texas. If anyone needs convincing about the current strength and growth potential of the campground and RV park business, the recent Spring Meeting and Trade Show of the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) was certainly a good indicator.

TACO’s April 25-26 convention at the Lone Star Convention Center in Conroe, Texas, had nearly 400 attendees, including 225 representatives from campgrounds and 165 vendor representatives from 76 exhibitors, the largest in TACO’s 51-year history, according to Brian Schaeffer, TACO’s executive director and CEO.

“The tradeshow was up 40%, but overall we are up about 25% (in Spring Meeting attendance),” Schaeffer said.