For more than 20 years, Horizon Outdoor Hospitality has been a trusted management partner for RV resorts, campgrounds, glamping destinations, and hybrid properties across the United States. What began as a small, hands-on management company has grown into a team supporting nearly 30 select properties in 16 states. With the 2025 launch of Terrain by Horizon, a professional services brand for owners who don’t need full management but still want expert support, Horizon continues to expand its impact with over 270 years of combined hospitality experience driving success for client partners.
Horizon’s roots run deep in the belief that time in nature creates meaningful connections, with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. Their team, made up of both seasoned veterans and fresh perspectives, draws daily inspiration from personal outdoor experiences. This passion fuels their mission: to create and manage places where memories are made, communities are strengthened, and guest experiences are elevated.
Q&A with Scott Foos, Managing Partner, Hospitality and Strategy
Background
Tell us a bit about your company’s history:
Horizon Outdoor Hospitality was founded over 20 years ago to provide professional, hands-on management for RV resorts, campgrounds, glamping destinations, and hybrid properties. We’ve grown from a small management company to a trusted partner for nearly 30 select properties in 16 states, offering tailored support across every major operational area.
In 2025, we launched Terrain by Horizon, a professional services brand built for owners who don’t need full management but still want expert support in accounting, marketing, systems, and strategy. Together, the team at Horizon brings over 270 years of combined hospitality experience to drive exceptional guest experiences, support onsite teams, and ultimately help our client partners to succeed.
What inspired you to work in outdoor hospitality?
Our team draws inspiration from our own experiences in the outdoors. Many of us have felt firsthand how camping, traveling, and time in nature can spark deeper connections—with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. Outdoor hospitality gives us the chance to share that impact with guests, and we believe those moments of connection can ripple outward to strengthen families, friendships, and even local communities.
That passion is what fuels our work every day. With a blend of seasoned industry veterans and fresh perspectives, our team works collaboratively to support property owners through both Horizon’s management services and Terrain’s professional consulting. At the core, we’re inspired by the opportunity to help create places where lasting memories and meaningful connections are made.
Services and Expertise
What services do you offer, and what sets your approach apart?
Horizon Outdoor Hospitality provides full third-party management for RV resorts, campgrounds, glamping destinations, and hybrid properties. For owners who don’t need full management, our new brand—Terrain by Horizon—offers professional services such as accounting, marketing, systems support, and strategic consulting.
One area that sets us apart is our personalized approach and focus on building relationships with our client partners. Understanding their goals and their property’s unique needs, and then crafting a more tailored approach to help drive their success is a rewarding process. And our firm’s nimble size, deep experience across disciplines that support this space, and the way in which these disciplines are integrated allows us to move cohesively, efficiently, and effectively for our client partners.
How do you address current trends in the industry?
The last five years have brought unprecedented change to outdoor hospitality, but we draw from a much deeper well of experience. With 21 years as a management firm exclusively serving this space, we’ve navigated both past market turbulence and today’s shifting landscape by pairing long-term perspective with forward-thinking solutions.
We stay responsive in part by listening closely to guests, onsite teams, and industry peers. That real-time feedback and data, combined with our operational insight, helps us guide owners through emerging trends like tech integration, staffing shifts, and evolving guest expectations with practical, tailored strategies that prioritize both resilience and innovation.
Projects and Achievements
What’s a standout project your team has worked on?
We’ve been fortunate to work with incredible client partners over the years, which makes choosing a single standout project a challenge. Our team finds just as much fulfillment helping a first-time owner open their dream campground as we do serving as the operating platform for larger investment groups assembling multi-property portfolios.
Whether we’re guiding a ground-up development, navigating an acquisition, or delivering tailored services to support an owner/operator’s success, our team brings deep passion and commitment to every project. That variety—and the relationships we build along the way—is what makes our work so rewarding.
What outcomes do your clients achieve with your help?
Our clients see stronger financial performance, streamlined operations, and more confident decision-making—whether through Horizon’s fully integrated management or Terrain’s focused professional services. We help them implement smart systems, empower their teams, and deliver elevated guest experiences that drive loyalty and long-term success.
Sage x Clockwork Partnership
How has your partnership with Sage Outdoor Advisory impacted your work?
Sage plays a critical role in helping our industry grow with clarity and confidence. Their ability to deliver realistic, data-driven projections gives clients—and partners like us—a strong foundation to build from. Their work helps align vision with viability, which is invaluable as we move forward with planning, development, or operational strategy.
What do you enjoy most about collaborating with us?
Working with Sage feels like true collaboration. The team brings a thoughtful, professional approach and is always willing to share insights that elevate the process for everyone involved. We appreciate the mutual respect, aligned values, and shared goal of helping owners make smart, informed decisions in this evolving space.
Looking Ahead
How do you see your role in shaping the future of outdoor hospitality?
We believe outdoor hospitality has entered a new era, and we’re excited to help shape what comes next. Through our third-party management platform, that means elevating the guest experience while driving operational excellence at scale. Through our professional services offerings, it’s about empowering owners with flexible, expert support to navigate a more complex and competitive landscape.
We’re committed to leading with integrity, embracing innovation, and helping define what success looks like in this evolving space—so that outdoor hospitality continues to grow not just as a business, but as a force for connection, discovery, and impact.