-by TS Newshound
Especially during tough economic times many resorts are faced with the ogre of unpaid maintenance fees, and especially for smaller and/or sold out resorts this can have drastic consequences for both owners and the resorts themselves. Unfortunately, David Walley’s Hot Springs Resort & Spa in northern Nevada is currently facing just such [...]

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (Feb. 25, 2010) — Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club (LHVC), located in Puerto Plata on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, has announced the opening of Jazz, a French Fusion restaurant and Bourbon Street, an outdoor café and bar, exclusively for members and guests staying in the Presidential Suites by Lifestyle [...]

CHICAGO, IL (Feb. 24, 2010) — Despite another expected increase in total U.S. timeshare ABS delinquencies and monthly defaults, total delinquencies fell compared to the same period last year for the first year-over-year (YOY) improvement since August 2007, according to the latest timeshare ABS index from Fitch Ratings.
“Delinquency and default levels are still above historical [...]

Aviara Resort Properties, a licensed California Real Estate Brokerage, is poised to provide Four Seasons Aviara Residence Club Owners with exceptional, local representation as on-site sales draw to a close.
Carlsbad, CA (February 24, 2010) — In the ongoing arbitration between the Four Seasons hotel management company vs the owner of the 200-acre resort situated in [...]

SEATTLE, WA (Feb. 23, 2010)–The Annual Top 25 list of timeshare rental resorts was released today from RedWeek.com (www.redweek.com), the largest timeshare marketplace. Brand new timeshares and recently opened resort phases marked the most significant additions to this year’s list. Marriott Vacation Club International has six resorts new to the list for 2010 for an [...]

Dominican Republic and Canary Island Resorts Become Part of Elite Group
ORLANDO, FL (Feb. 23, 2010) — Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has joined The Registry Collection®, the world’s largest luxury exchange program including luxury fractional, whole ownership, private residence club, [...]

Motion Seeks Restitution for Wisconsin Residents Who Were Misled
MADISON, WI (Feb. 23, 2010) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed suit yesterday against Going Places Travel alleging that their marketing practices violated Wisconsin’s Consumer Protection Laws and mislead consumers into believing that they had won a prize.
Solicitations were mailed to Wisconsin residents on [...]

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2010) — Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN) yesterday announced the pricing of the public offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2020. The senior unsecured notes offering is expected to close on February 25, 2010. Wyndham Worldwide intends to use the aggregate net [...]

IRVINE, CA–(Feb. 23, 201010) — EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive 3D software provider, is proud to assist WATG, the world’s leading design consultant for the hospitality, leisure and entertainment industries, in their design and customer project presentations by using EON’s authoring tools and interactive display solution, EON Icube.
WATG’s senior design team from Irvine, CA [...]

Nationally Coordinated Travel Promotion Campaign Needed to Save U.S. Jobs, Help Spur Economic Recovery
Washington, DC (February 22, 2010) — A new report by the U.S. Travel Association in conjunction with Oxford Economics reveals that the decline in overseas travel to the United States since 2000 has cost America 440,000 jobs and more than $500 [...]