March 27, 2010: WESTGATE RESORTS GETTING SMALLER: When you need cash, you gotta make some serious moves.
DIAMOND RESORTS GETTING BIGGER: Even as ILX gets smaller…
TIMESHARE RESALE COMPANIES ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT: And they’re taking hits from State governments from sea to shining sea.
What? Only three things to talk about this week? Ahhhh… But they’re [...]
ORLANDO, FL (March 26, 2010) — Wyndham Vacation Resorts launched a new family travel deal site, www.Wyndhamfamilyspecials.com, for families searching for cheap year-round travel deals that the kids will enjoy, too. The site reviews family travel rates and vacation activities on a budget coast to coast from Orlando to San Diego.
Guests can book now at [...]
MIAMI, FL (March 27, 2010) — Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), today revealed that its U.S. resident members reported annual household income greater than $125,000 per year, high product satisfaction with their timeshare ownership, and a commitment to vacationing. [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND (March 26, 2010) — Tourism Overview
The tourism sector appears to have emerged from the relatively sharp downturn that occurred in the first nine months of 2009. Official data show that foreign tourist arrivals declined by 2.3% year-on-year (y-oy) in 2009 to an estimated 12.4mn people. This is better than was generally [...]
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY March 26, 2010 — While Stephen J. Cloobeck, Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts International (DRI), is the keynote speaker this week during the TATOC (Timeshare Association) conference in Europe, I am wondering if Mr. Cloobeck will be sharing with the audience his reasoning for a contractual arrangement to have a third party company sell DRI points (to consumers) at a “fraction of the price”.
-by TS Newshound
Here’s a good one, along the same line as the group of atheists who are offering to care for the pets of fundamentalist Christians after the believers have been raptured up to Jesus in the “Last Days”. (See “After the Rapture” in Woody’s Weekend VPG, Feb. 20)
Robert Vicino, who built a real [...]
Five resorts in Mexico, the Caribbean and the Pacific Coast join the world’s largest vacation exchange network.
PARSIPPANY, NJ (March 25, 2010) — RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and Fiesta Hotel Group, one of the leading hotel chains in Spain, have announced a new affiliation agreement that welcomes five properties from the Grand [...]
Phuket, Thailand (March 25, 2010) – The Absolute World Group, Asia’s leading lifestyle property developer, resorts and hotels operator, fractional ownership and vacation club pioneers, have collected their latest international award from the highly respected American Resort Development Association.
The ARDA Awards Program is organized by the American Resort Development Association and is committed to [...]
Big Bear Lake, CA (March 25, 2010) – The Alderwood Group has announced Tina Hill, Vice President of Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers (C.A.R.E.), has joined The Alderwood Group as Direct Exchange and Wholesale Manager for its newly launched Alderwood Advantage™ program. “We are excited to have Tina on board and are confident she can [...]
Maria Mills-Farinas, Managing Director of TLG is delighted to be able to offer the consumer this new opportunity and work together with DRI.
Sudbury, UK (March 24, 2010) — Travel & Leisure Group International Timeshare Resale Brokerage, is a family owned company working closely with developers and helping owners to sell their Timeshare and buyers to [...]
