Orlando, FL, October 16, 2009- Last week Disney Vacation Club announced to its “advance sales associates” (ASAs –what Disney calls its OPCs) that they will be taking a 10% pay cut in their base pay. Disney denies it is a cost-cutting measure, sayings the changes are intended to make the OPC positions more incentive-driven and [...]
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 15, 2009 — Ultimate Escapes Holdings, LLC, a leading luxury destination club, and Everlands, a destination club for those with a passion for outdoor life, announced an exclusive agreement in which Everlands members will be offered the opportunity to join Ultimate Escapes under preferred membership terms. Everlands has been seeking an appropriate [...]
DOVER, NH–(Marketwire – 10/15/09) – Sell My Timeshare NOW, the global leader in the online advertising and marketing of timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, announces the hiring of Jacqueline Russ as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Jason Tremblay, CEO and co-founder of Sell My Timeshare NOW, says, “Jackie is a tremendous asset to our executive management [...]
Las Vegas, NV, October 15, 2009 — Construction continues at a fast pace on the 1,201-unit Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate on the Las Vegas Strip, with an eye toward opening in mid December.
Workers are finishing up on the nearly 20,000-square-foot lobby area overlooking the pool, which will include a check-in counter, retail space, a [...]
Santa Fe, NM (Vocus) October 14, 2009 — The Residence Club at El Corazon de Santa Fe has created partnerships with nearby restaurants, spas, and golf courses to offer unique opportunities to its vacation homeowners. The Club is pleased to announce a new partnership with Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi. Typically, residence club owners visit [...]
Lake Tahoe, CA, October 14, 2009 — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is on track to open its new resort in Lake Tahoe on Dec. 9. Major exterior construction for the resort is near completion, including the gondola that connects to the Village-at-Northstar and the new quad chairlift.
Called The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, the $300 million [...]
Scottsdale, AZ, October 12, 2009 – Two of the timeshare and lodging industry’s most respected senior level operating executives have collaborated to launch a new business management organization, created to aide companies in need of highly specialized operational expertise and management services.
Utilizing their four decades of combined operations management expertise, Managing Partners James (Jimmy) Danz [...]
SINGAPORE and DUBAI, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — The Registry Collection(R) exchange program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), today announced the addition of three private residence clubs to its worldwide network. Each of the three private residence clubs developed by Raimon Land are located [...]
Kauai, Hawaii, October 11, 2009- Summer-long negotiations between Celebrity Resorts and attorneys representing members of the VOA and AOAO Board of Directors for Hanalei Bay Resort have finally reached an agreement on the management of the resort.
Under the terms of the agreement California-based Trading Places International will assume management duties at the resor, while Celebrity [...]
LONDON, Oct. 9, 2009 — Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq:IILG), announced the addition of Pafiana Heights to its vacation exchange network. Located in the outskirts of Paphos on the southwest coast of Cyprus, the resort comprises 57 units that are furnished to [...]
